Two great articles this morning over at HardballTimes.com dealing with last nights game and Gold Gloves.
Aaron Gleeman takes a closer look at last nights game between the Sox and Astros and breaks down all of the coaching issues on both ends. Really interesting.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/playing-in-the-rain/
David Glasko uses his "Range" formula to decipher who should win this years Gold Gloves. Jeter once again is slammed by the stat guys for being overrated at SS, and ARod was trashed as well. A couple of great comments on several bad players, and is worth a read.
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/2005-gold-gloves/
1 comment:
ABout Lidge and his use in the 7th inning of game 2:
I've seen that argument before. When do you want your "closer" to enter the game?
- up 1 in the 7th with men on 1st and 2nd, 1 out, or
- up 2 in the 9th, 0 on, 0 out?
The answer is obvious, yet all teams seem to wait on bringing in their closer until the 8th, at the earliest.
Is this just a factor of a stat driving strategy? If the save stat was never invented, would the managers behave this way? I really don't think so.
If the save was a subjective stat - say, the official scorer decides which relief pitcher was the most critical in saving the game - I think managers would act differently.
If you accept that, and think about it a while - that truly is a scary hypothesis. 21st century managerial strategy is being dictated by a "stat" which may not be in the best interest of the team?
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