The Endless Debate

Sabermetrics Guy vs Non-Sabermetrics Guy.

This video was made by Chris from TheFightins.com

http://twitter.com/LONG_DRIVE

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• sabermetrics
• phillies
• baseball
• argument
• mlb

[PhilliesLongDrive]

Thanks for the kinds words everyone, there will be many more of these.

[UglyToontown]

please make more of these btw...

[thestatusquo]

@ryman1230 I would take Youk over howard in a second.

[crowleyswhitehorse]

@ryman1230 RBI isn't a completely meaningless stat but it is very poor for judging the ability of a hitter because it's so dependent on factors out of his control. Getting RBIs is primarily dependent on runners getting on base before you bat, which you have no control over. It's also dependent on the speed of the runners on base, which you have no control over. The only way to guarantee a RBI in any given AB is to hit a home run, and there's already a stat for that.

[purplestuff722]

"who are you? fucking jeff francouer?" hahahhaha

[ryman1230]

sabremetrics are good for REFERENCE, but a player cannot be solely judged using them. for instance, kevin youkilis probably KILLS ryan howard with his sabremetrics and WAR. theres not a chance in hell i would take youk over ryan howard. sure, his obp may be lower.... but if you watch both teams regularly and watch every game for both teams (which i try to do) you can really see who the better player is. this video makes RBIs seem meaningless, which is completely false. sabremetrics dont tell all

[brian93089]

The best first baseman in baseball? Are you fuckin' high?

[OrigLanceR]

@jmoquinn

I'll take a couple of Lou Gehrig's, with his RBI numbers, on my team any day...

[MrMikeMck15]

ah. amazing.

[cnpjphillypwn]

haha, this is awesome.

[lecavalierfan004]

Go sabermatrician!

[Mernerwastaken]

An Endless Debate over Lee needs to happen