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Everything but Batting, the LEAST Runs Above Average

  1. Frank Thomas (-319)
  2. Harold Baines (-280)
  3. Manny Ramirez (-274)
  4. Gary Sheffield (-272)
  5. Rusty Staub (-265)

almost 2 years ago Adam_tiny adarowski 8 comments 0 recs  | 

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from this post: http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2010/6/5/1502174/great-hittersbut-not-so-good-at

From Rally’s database, these are the guys with the lowest ROE+Baserunning+Double Play+Total Zone+Infield DP+OF arm+Catching+Positional Adjustment (hence, everything but Batting).

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by adarowski on Jun 6, 2010 8:02 PM EDT reply actions  

That's "Fewest" Runs Above Average

When dealing with plural nouns, use “fewer” rather than “less.”

by Howie Bruno on Jun 6, 2010 8:20 PM EDT reply actions  

I'll be honest...

I think I made a hell of a run before I got my first grammar correction. Thanks. :)

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by adarowski on Jun 6, 2010 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions  

There's actually a thread over a BBTF about the same "mistake"

With a great deal of argument over whether it’s wrong or not. Of course they moved onto the word “unique” pretty quickly, but the idea is the same.

by Dan Turkenkopf on Jun 6, 2010 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

I'd just as soon...

saber writers read through common errors and non-errors.

The common errors listing is long, but I tend to use it as a reference when correcting or editing, rather than reading it through from start to end.

Personally, I feel that spelling, grammar, and usage are important in these situations (I don’t mean this statement to imply that I think other writers here consider it unimportant). I dislike hearing other people say that math is unimportant (or worse, that an inability to perform math is some laudable thing), and feel that as someone who promotes math and science as gateways to understanding our world, we should similarly not dismiss language.

This rant brought to you by the almost-always-unnecessary-rants department.

by jwiscarson on Jun 7, 2010 12:27 PM EDT up reply actions  

Haha!

That’s funny.

When I was in high school, my youth counselor at church once turned the phrase, “charging Hell with a water pistol” in reference to overly zealous folk. He meant it in a slightly pejorative way, but it’s stuck with me in a totally different sense.

Whenever I say something about this, I envision myself charging through a slew of bad facebook status updates, blog posts, ESPN headlines (it still stuns me to find a typo or something equally bad, but it happens about once every week or two), etc. with a dictionary and an MLA style handbook

by jwiscarson on Jun 7, 2010 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions  

I've always heard it as "countable" vs. "non-countable"

But your explanation fits that mold exactly. Less time vs. fewer units of time (seconds, minutes, etc.).

by jwiscarson on Jun 7, 2010 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions  

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