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05-20-2018, 07:37 PM
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05-20-2018, 07:51 PM
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The article isn't saying they think he's going to do it. Not even Trout's mom thinks he's going to do it. Just that he's on pace for it. Being on pace for the greatest season of all time after 40 games is hard, staying on that pace for the next 120 is much much harder. Ruth pulled it off, Trout probably won't.
But the article is celebrating Trout for managing this pace for even 40 games, which is an achievement all on its own.
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05-20-2018, 08:15 PM
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05-20-2018, 09:22 PM
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Struck out swinging in first. Walked in the third. Walked in the fifth. Stole second. Stole third. Scored on sac fly. Walked in the seventh. Took third on a single. Scored on sac fly. Flawless in the field (He was the DH). So, the DH doesn’t get his bat on the ball, reaches first three times, scores twice and his WAR continues to go up. Peter, what on earth do you expect? 
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05-20-2018, 10:25 PM
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IMHO War is stupid, it is not a stat it is a judgement, and it does not take a lot of things into consideration on the true worth of a player. I truly believe it was developed by people who never played baseball or were athletes in general.
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05-28-2018, 11:34 AM
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I'm fine with non-athletes developing stats or whatever. One not need to an athlete to enjoy or have educated observations on sport, just as one not need to travel at the speed of light to understand the theory of relativity. WAR has its flaws, no doubt, but just about every front office in MLB finds WAR and sabermetrics valuable enough to utilize them in their decision making process. In all likelihood, most MLB front offices utilize stats and analysis beyond WAR that I would have even more trouble understanding than WAR. But just because I don't fully understand it doesn't make it wrong or bad - I'll try my best to glean something useful out of it, if I can. Just like the theory of relativity.
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05-28-2018, 11:55 AM
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How does Bobby Grich come out so far ahead of Biggio and Alomar, among others, speaking of WAR? 7th best second baseman of all time?
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