Sunday, May 02, 2004
BLUDGEON
So...did anyone see Harold Reynolds on Baseball Tonight conducting an all-out assault on on-base percentage as a stat?
His point was basically that if the hitter with the high OBP has wheels, then great, but if a Jason Giambi or a Frank Thomas gets walked or hits a single, he's not going to score on a gapper. Harold hates basecloggers.
This was just shown on BBTN, and I'm not sure I totally get what Harold's trying to say, so I might have to think about it for a while. I'm trying to differentiate between whether an actual point was being made about on-base percentage or if Harold just really needed to bash the stat/statheads.
I'll sleep on this one.
Now I see Harold going off about Arizona pitching out with the pitcher batting and a runner on first (Matt Mantei pitching, Robby Hammock catching, Doug Glanville on first). I can understand blasting off about this because, well, that's Bob Brenly Baseball, baseball from the mind of an idiot.
His point was basically that if the hitter with the high OBP has wheels, then great, but if a Jason Giambi or a Frank Thomas gets walked or hits a single, he's not going to score on a gapper. Harold hates basecloggers.
This was just shown on BBTN, and I'm not sure I totally get what Harold's trying to say, so I might have to think about it for a while. I'm trying to differentiate between whether an actual point was being made about on-base percentage or if Harold just really needed to bash the stat/statheads.
I'll sleep on this one.
Now I see Harold going off about Arizona pitching out with the pitcher batting and a runner on first (Matt Mantei pitching, Robby Hammock catching, Doug Glanville on first). I can understand blasting off about this because, well, that's Bob Brenly Baseball, baseball from the mind of an idiot.
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