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Are we trashing veterans now?On D-Day, he fired at German defenses in Normandy from a 6 man boat.
Mike Lieberthal career WAR: 15.2.I tjc-edited my original post calling him a poor man's mike lieberthal. Mea Gulpa.
There's no factor in WAR for grittiness, toughness, pitch framing and "calls a good game".WAR undervalues catchers. This is a persistent criticism of the stat.
Was his defense underrated?
It's all bullshit if you ask me, has to do with metrics, other than that, nothing.Does anyone know/understand exactly how this WAR number is calculated. Spare me the typical line about it being a star that most baseball people use. How is it calculated? For example, slugging percentage is total bases on hits divided by ABs.
One of the greatest names in sports history. When I was a kid, my dad took me to Yankee games a lot of times and Yogi was one of my favorite players. He was a real sports hero/role model to a lot of kids back then.I had the chance to meet Yogi at a fundraiser for the ill-fated Rudy campaign in the 08 cycle. He was old then. Spent about 10 minutes with him and it was cool to see a bunch of very successful men, including Rudy, worship at his alter. I wasn't a Yankee fan and didn't have any appreciation for Yogi. Seeing how much people revered him was really cool. For the Jersey guys, it was at Sal Conte's house. Joe Piscapo, Rudy, Yogi, Conte...a huge Italian fest. They all loved Yogi. It was cool to see even as the lowly guy in the back of the room.
One of the greatest names in sports history. When I was a kid, my dad took me to Yankee games a lot of times and Yogi was one of my favorite players. He was a real sports hero/role model to a lot of kids back then.
tjc is a north jersey guy. Cut from the same cloth as Dmill.
The best was when a past his prime Vlad got a hit on a ball that bounced in front of the plate.Someone just said "best bad ball hitter" and listed two examples without the word "Vlad".
W h ooooooooo?Let the record show that bill james was quoted as saying that Yogi was the best catcher of all time.
This might be a little above the intellect of a CoPer, but I'll indulge.Does anyone know/understand exactly how this WAR number is calculated. Spare me the typical line about it being a star that most baseball people use. How is it calculated? For example, slugging percentage is total bases on hits divided by ABs.