How We Rank in the Majors
by tgraham3 on Apr 16, 2009 11:10 AM EDT
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Batting Average
.290 (4th place)
On-Base Percentage
.376 (1st place)
Slugging Percentage
.471 (6th place)
Doubles
24 (2nd place)
OPS
.847 (4th place)
And now to the ugly stuff...Pitching.
Earned Run Average
6.33 (26th place)
Home Runs (allowed...obviously)
21 (Last in the League)
Hits Allowed
110 (Last in the League)
Runs Allowed (Last night didn't help)
69 (ooOOOooo sexual! Last in the League)
WHIP
1.77 (29th...edged out only by the 0-7 Nationals)
Using Bill James' Pythagorean Win-Loss Model, our current winning percentage based on our runs scored and runs allowed should be...
.406
...meaning our record should be between 3-6 and 4-5. Of course, it's very early in the season and, before last night's game the numbers said we should be 4-4.
Just bored in my Baseball and Statistics class. Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did...call me tomorrow and we can get lunch? I'd love to post again with you sometime...if you want to.
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Yeah.
It’s pretty sweet. Offered annually in the Spring semester here at Elon University. We look at baseball problems using statistical analysis and sabermetric reasoning. The professor’s this really old New York/SF Giants and dean of our business school. He stands up there and talks about baseball and the “good ole days” for at least 40 minutes of each 1 hour, 40 minute class.
Something Magic Happens...
Tim Graham
by tgraham3 on Apr 16, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm jealous.
Always trust your cape. -Guy Clark
by BPinOK on Apr 16, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah no shit
I’d audit that class in a second
by PhilR8 on Apr 16, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
this dude is the dean of your B-School?
Okay now we know why the economy is a mess. ;)
It's 4 in the morning. Too much to drink. All the girls look hot. So, the Nationals are Jennifer Lopez to me. —Julian Tavarez
by zknower on Apr 16, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nah, it's all the Harvard and Yale B-School types that fucked the country
by drj on Apr 16, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Actually....
it was those pushing for complete deregulation of the derivitives market. I’m looking at YOU, Phil Gramm, and all those Dems and R’s in Congress you conned into voting for it in 1999.
Matt Wieters took batting practice this morning. There were no survivors.
by duck on Apr 16, 2009 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Let's not forget assists to
Rubin, Summers & all the other theiving Wall Street goons who told Clinton what a great thing this would be to sign.
Looking at the #s I’ll grant he did more good than bad for the economy, but he dropped the ball SEVERELY on that one.
You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.
by sluggo 2.0 on Apr 16, 2009 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Correction: He WAS dean of the business school.
Pretty decent business school for a newish program, too. He was dean for a while and I think they realized he’s too old for it so they dedicated part of the new business center to him and his “9 years of service” and he kind of got the message. Go Birds.
Something Magic Happens...
Tim Graham
by tgraham3 on Apr 17, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is that like hiding your kid’s Greens in stuff that tastes good so he doesn’t realise he’s eating vegetables?
by mpire on Apr 17, 2009 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
what, like fruity pebbles?
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by SC on Apr 17, 2009 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I tell you how we rank in the Majors
In every major statistical category we rank ZAUN!!!
Jioe Flaacco, Hon!!! "He’s like a live JUGS machine."
by dayzd toe on Apr 16, 2009 8:43 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
You know, for an
indestructible force, ZAUN is really sucking at the plate even worse than I originally envisioned. I think it is time to bring forth the only card in the deck that trumps the ZAUN…
Mood about O's rotation: Depressed : (
by sickuvitall on Apr 17, 2009 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
the ace of spades?
"If they pitch to you, make them pay."
--Diamond Dave to the Phenom
by j.q. higgins on Apr 17, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I believe it's the Jack of Hearts
Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt
by BPinOK on Apr 17, 2009 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts?
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by SC on Apr 17, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly!
Just took out of my CD player this morning in favor of some townes.
Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt
by BPinOK on Apr 17, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
what's a "C.D."?
“Lily” is my favorite Bob song, actually.
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by SC on Apr 17, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like the Joan Baez version
"I think it’s shocking that the Baltimore Orioles are off to a 6-2 start this year, considering they are managed by TJ Hooker."
by Stacey on Apr 17, 2009 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really like
Meet me in the Morning on that album
Don't let the sunshine fool ya. - Townes Van Zandt
by BPinOK on Apr 17, 2009 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Toss up for me
Tangled up in Blue or Shelter form the Storm
actually, there’s not a bad track on there.
One of his best
There's no crying in baseball
by elktonfan on Apr 17, 2009 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it's not even my favorite song on the album
On the album I like, Idiiot Wind, Followed by Lily, Follwed by Tangled
Top 3 over all, however:
1. Desolation Row
2. Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
3. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
Yeah, I like the long songs. And yeah, Blonde on Blonde is the best album ever written.
by pipkin on Apr 17, 2009 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I HEARTILY DISAGREE
Dylan albums:
1. Highway 61 Revisited
2. Blood on the Tracks
3. Love and Theft
4. Planet Waves
5. Nashville Skyline
6. Bootleg 5: Live 1975
7. The Times They Are A-Changin’
8. Blonde on Blonde
9. John Wesley Harding
10. Bootleg 4: Live 1966
11. Street Legal
12. World Gone Wrong
13. Oh Mercy
14. Bootleg 6: Live 1964
15. New Morning
16. Time Out of Mind
17. The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
18. Bob Dylan
19. Bringing it All Back Home
20. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
21. Good As I Been to You
22. Shot of Love
23. Another Side of Bob Dylan
24. Hard Rain
25. Under the Red Sky
26. MTV Unplugged
27. Desire
28. Slow Train Coming
29. Real Live
30. Self Portrait
31. Infidels
32. Saved
33. Down in the Groove
34. Bob Dylan at Budokan
35. Empire Burlesque
36. Dylan
37. Knocked Out Loaded
38. Dylan & The Dead
Shameful though it may be, I can never really listen to The Basement Tapes all at once, so I haven’t really put together my full thoughts there.
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by SC on Apr 18, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Are these ranked? Impressive …
But Under the Red Sky is up way too high. “Wiggle Wiggle” is a crime against humanity.
Desire, Infidels and Empire Burlesque are way too low.
No Bootleg 1,2 & 3? Biograph?
Still, I’d just put Planet Waves at the top and then contemplate the major suckage of Journey. I’m impressed.
mt
by mystery tramp on Apr 18, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But Under the Red Sky is up way too high. "Wiggle Wiggle" is a crime against humanity.
UTRS is a loose, enjoyable album IMO. It’s Dylan having fun. And then since it was after Oh Mercy and got kinda panned, he just went, “Fuck you guys” and recorded a couple cool standard folk albums. Hey why not!
Desire, Infidels and Empire Burlesque are way too low.
1. Desire is so full of shit in just about all ways. “Hurricane” is an incredible song but the subject matter sort of makes me second-guess it. “Joey” is horrible; Rubin Carter and Crazy Joe Gallo are both heroes? “Isis” sounds way better live during the same time, kinda limp on record. The other gypsified songs aren’t…good really. I dunno. It doesn’t strike me right.
2. Infidels sounds really wimpy. The production is IMO the worst of any of his albums.
3. Empire Burlesque is rotten until the SOB throws “Dark Eyes” on at the end and you’re like, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by SC on Apr 19, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blonde all the way down at 8?
Love and Theft at #3?
We’ll just have to agree to disagree. You’re obviously a little more versed in the entire catalogue than I am, but my top 5 go like this:
1. Blonde
2. Highway
3. Another Side
4. Blood
5. Times
by pipkin on Apr 18, 2009 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey no argument from me. Blonde was my first Dylan album and I was, like, mystified by its aura or some shit. I then found other albums I liked more. But Blonde on Blonde will always have a special place in my heart. It’s just that the first two songs sorta leave me cold. It’s an incredible album regardless.
L&T is, like, “my” Dylan. I’m biased toward that album.
I also forgot to put Modern Times in there — it’d be #24
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by SC on Apr 19, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
have you ever come across Only Solitaire
http://starling.rinet.ru/music/index.htm
This brilliant Russian linguist spent, like, hours of his free time talking about classic rock. It’s worth taking a look at if you ever have, like, a ton of time to waste. He’s a wordy bastard.
His stuff about Dylan is usually pretty spot-on, though occasionally infuriating, and occasionally both.
by pipkin on Apr 19, 2009 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah I've read Starostin
“Occasionally infuriating” is the best way to describe him, but he’s never boring.
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by SC on Apr 19, 2009 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, he's pretty great
but man, is he long-winded.
by pipkin on Apr 19, 2009 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So the way to beat James is
to win close and lose big. Works for me.
by fishoutawata on Apr 17, 2009 1:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Big Jim was no one’s fool
He owned the town’s only diamond mine
by mystery tramp on Apr 18, 2009 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
26th place ERA?
Well, at least the pitchers aren’t teasing us the way the offense is.
by Jonny Pops on Apr 17, 2009 3:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think I say this every fucking year on April 17th.
by Jonny Pops on Apr 17, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Last year was the exact opposite. Offense stuuuuunk for a while.
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by SC on Apr 17, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But getting on base wins ballgames!
That must be how we’re doing it…esp since the top of the order is getting all of the hits, so we’re not scattering them.
What does your prof think of third order wins?
http://baseballprospectus.com/statistics/standings.php
According to this, we’d be 4-9 right now.
And are there any downloadable course materials? :)
AndHedges: soo... when do I get to throw a couple of pitches and complain about "tightness?"
by CoachOfEarl on Apr 21, 2009 1:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
That must be how we’re doing it…esp since the top of the order is getting all of the hits, so we’re not scattering them.
The ol’ bunch order. This is one of the ways the Astros made their big turnaround a few years ago.
"If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it." -- Marvin Hagler
by SC on Apr 22, 2009 2:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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