Morgan Ensberg
Morgan Ensberg was in the broadcast booth for a NCAA Arizona State vs. Arkansas game tonight. He was on his twitter during the game, and asked for things to say. I tweeted this. Later in the inning, he said something along the lines of "We've never brought up sabermetrics before". His broadcasting partner Justin Kutcher then said "I hate them", to which Morgan replied "I love them".
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Figgi4life
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I can understand the flat out hatred of the search for objective knowledge.
That makes. . . sense. . .
I'd bet that most mainstream people equate sabermetrics with advanced stats and snark rather than the search for objective knowledge
by vivaelpujols on Jun 16, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course that's mostly their fault
Sabermetrics has a goddamn wikipedia page.
by vivaelpujols on Jun 16, 2010 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Nick, was you who fought to get a sabermtric stat into a popular pitcher's wikipedia page?
If not, ignore me. If so, did it every work out?
No it was philkid
He was trying to show that Hamels was basically the same pitcher in 2009 as in 2008 by using xFIP I think.
by vivaelpujols on Jun 16, 2010 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
It looks like it's there now
The guy ended up happy with the cites that someone else added. Apparently you can’t put commentary in a wikipedia article, you have to point to someone else’s commentary.
by Dan Turkenkopf on Jun 16, 2010 4:37 PM EDT up reply actions
From his Twitter, Ensberg says
“To flat out deny that there is something to SABR is to deny that there is math that can help with reasoning.”
WTY's ERA+ = 134 : - / -- Kevin Frandsen > Brandon Wood??????
by Figgi4life on Jun 16, 2010 5:47 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
=)
I really like Ensberg. He always seems to be stopping to think.
Go Twins!
That’s what I like best about Ensberg. Even if he doesn’t understand the statistics at this point, the thought process is there. He’s open and understanding and has the attitude to look for evidence to back the answers to the questions he wants to know. It’s not really about statistics, it’s about looking to verify that his beliefs are correct and are supported by reality, and that kind of thought process is awesome. If only more people were like him.
by Missing Barry on Jun 17, 2010 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
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