lovesportsfacts.bsky.social
Huge fan of most sports, sports trivia, statistics.
Many statistics produced by @Stathead.
Chicagoland, IL
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“87 people have hit a triple for the Dodgers in the last 15 years, including Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Manny Machado, Bobby Abreu, and Drew Butera.”
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That … one of those 6 is not like the other.
It’s like saying “72 people have thrown a touchdown pass for the 49ers, including Joe Montana, Steve Young, Y.A. Tittle, Alex Smith, Brock Purdy, and Ken Dorsey.”
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You're just not going to find a SB guy equivalent in the same era. Frisch and Carey and Cuyler stole some bases, but not like what Bell would have or others have in other eras. And accounts have his speed translating to the field and basepaths beyond SB.
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Combs OPS+ 125
Bell OPS+ 126
Combs best rBat seasons: 40, 40, 32, 29, 24, 23, 23, 17
Bell MLEs best rBat seasons: 43, 33, 26, 22, 20, 17, 15, 15
Combs ISO: .138
Bell ISO: .121
Combs better at plate, but I like the era and CF comparison.
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I can't find a contemporary hitter to Bell that I like as an equivalent. But the closest to me might be Earle Combs. I think Combs was a better hitter by a clear amount, but I think he's closer to him than any we've named.
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I like the Cuyler comparison. Cuyler has a bit more power.
With all due respect, Bell's hitting stats are better than Lofton, Ashburn, and Martin. Even his MLEs (which to me understate his offense a little) has him 20-40% ahead in rBat.
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There's plenty of dangers of treating anecdotal data as fact, I'm aware, but there's no reason defensive data from NeL games is going to be accurate enough for me to discount Bell's defensive reputation of writers of his time, and of right after he retired.
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I have some strong feelings that when MLEs differ significantly from the write-ups of their time, and their reputation written down a generation later, that I'm thinking the MLEs are more likely incorrect than the consistent anecdotal and reputation data of their time.
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I view Bell as Lou Brock with a step up in hitting (like between Paul Molitor and Wade Boggs), with elite CF defense.
That puts him not at Willie Mays level, arguable with Mantle, as the 2nd best CF post dead ball era. Ahead of Trout or DiMaggio.
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I understand the Lou Brock comparison, but I'd quibble on one thing and very much argue on another.
I'd quibble on the hitting comparison. Bell was better than Brock, though yes not an all-time hitter.
I'd strongly argue that a Mays/Andruw rep in CF is far different than a weak defensive LF.
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No doubt HOFer, 7 first team All-Pros mean he’s a lock.
First ballot just going to depend on who else is up for consideration that year. All time guards just aren’t shoo-ins compared to higher value positions. It’ll depend. First ballot finalist no doubt.
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Charleston and Gibson are the only no brainers.
I understand value, but for greatness I think I choose Bell, Lloyd, or Leonard over the 2-way guys.
Paige vs. Williams is a tough one, I know I don’t know enough to answer it.
I love Mackey, but can’t put him top 5.
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Based.
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Just read the news ... Wembanyama is no longer on pace for 278 blocks this season.
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This somehow reminded me of StrongBad and his English Paper, circa roughly 2003.
homestarrunner.com/sbemails/64-...
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That looks right to me.
Biggio was drafted as a catcher, played catcher at every level of baseball, and didn't play an inning of 2nd base until his 4th year in the majors.
I'm still amazed when I look at his BR page and see he played 2B about 5x as much as C. In my mind, it's near 50/50.
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For comparison, Wembanyama is on pace for 278 blocks for the 2024-2025 season.
Steph Curry has 257 blocks in his 16-year career.
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For comparison, Wembanyama is on pace for 278 blocks for the 2024-2025 season.
Steph Curry has 257 blocks in his 16-year career.
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We need massive anti-fascist rallies (legally) disrupting daily lives. Marches in streets. Marches in D.C. Let alone general strikes and other actions that affect actual people and decisions makers.
The last thing we need is rallies in stadiums. Rah-rah stuff isn't getting us anywhere.
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You can blame Trump for so many legitimate things. He's horrible.
You can't blame Trump for cutting FAA and air traffic controller jobs, then a plane accident happens AT AN AIRPORT WHERE THERE NEVER WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.
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Making these wild generalizations when it isn't true is going to make people ignore the naysayers when they do become true because of the recent mass firings.
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And don't get me wrong, Trump's FAA firings and policies is going to get people killed, and it's going to be because of understaffed air traffic control towers. But policy didn't impact the D.C. tragedy even though that was in part due to understaffment, and hasn't been part of ANY others .... yet.
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So worried about crashes like the Delta one (oh wait, that happened in Canada) or this one (oh wait, this is at an airport that doesn't use air traffic control towers).
Most of this is a combination of coincidence and media reporting every airline situation, not impact of policy (yet).
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Could the police legitimately arrest media members? If so, what is the standard that what would require taking down potential libel?
For conviction of the crime, it'd be a standard of reasonable doubt. For a civil action, it'd be preponderance of evidence. But for stopping an accused crime? No idea
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I'd really be interested in an informed legal opinion, that in a state like Mississippi where defamation/libel can be a crime, what is the threshhold where the belief of enforcement of stopping a crime can allow action?
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From what I can tell on this one, the checks and balances on it would run through the judicial branch not the legislative branch.
There's been a lot of Trump stuff where I'd complain Congress is complicit. This one I'm not confident falls into that basket.
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Have you in real life ever spent 5 minutes interacting with someone who would make their personality "anti-woke"?
Unfortunately I have (about 40% of my wife's extended family). Not all of them, but some ... it's no bit. They believe anything that sounds like it fits their world view.
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Yep
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I thought Kevin Brown was surprising for this list. Also, was a little surprised Roy Halladay was in this list of 19.
On the hitter side, only one surprising to me was Roger Connor.
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There are 19 starting pitchers who are in the top 50 for Adjusted Pitching Runs, ERA+, WAR, WAA, and Pitching Runs per IP.
13 are in the HOF
3 are not yet eligible
The other three are Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling ... and Kevin Brown.
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There's been some interesting work done on AI chatbots as a style of self-therapy, of commenting and critiquing on draft of work, and other things where the interaction is the key thing.
I won't defend this as worthwhile, but I think the criticism of it is in a whole other area than "answering" AI.
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Without trying to defend AI chatbots, we're talking about two different things.
You're talking about things like Google's AI results.
The quoted post is talking about things like interactive chatbots, who can semi-hold a conversation and interact back and forth about what you want to talk about.
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I think it's going to be no, because they don't want Democratic officials influencing MAGA decisions.
But it could easily be yes, because they don't want to help Democrats (i.e., Adams) if they can't help them. Let alone any explicit racial reasons.
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First answer is yes.
Second answer is, who knows because it's a federal charge not a state charge, and who knows if the justice department would bring charges back. It is trying to be dismissed without prejudice (theoretically could be re-charged).
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“How about a show about a rich British guy”
“OK”
“Who is a professor at NYU”
“O…..k…..”
“Who fights crime”
“Uh….”
“BY USING HIS SECRET ABILITY TO TURN INTO ANY ANIMAL TO HELP POLICE CATCH THE CRIMINALS!”
“…ok, I’ll green light 8 episodes and we’ll take it from there.”
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If there was no pandemic, he would likely have been in AA in 2020, not had bad MLB data in 2020-2022 (clock wouldn't have started on him, he would have stayed down), and would still look like a potential MLB starter who not sure if 2023 or 2024 was his more typical MLB success.
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He was rushed higher up in 2020 (because he was a first round high ceiling guy, and only MLB players got to do anything in 2020).
2021 he was decent in AAA in his age-23 season.
2022 he was spectacular in the minors.
2023 he was again spectacular in the minors.
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Agreed with platoon issue, bad on me on that.
Based on his age and minor league success, I think your concern about his hitting is too definitive.
If Trout healthy, then could work well. But they need another CF, at least a platoon backup, agreed.
RHP: Moniak CF, Trout RF
LHP: Trout CF, Adell RF
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I wonder whether 2023 Moniak was the outlier, or 2024 Moniak was the outlier. I haven't looked at the peripherals or read up about him. 2023 Moniak is/was a solution.
Agreed Jo Adell in CF makes zero sense.
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Billy Wagner has been elected to the Hall of Fame, but he is not yet IN the Hall of Fame. It’s like in December between a Presidential election and Inauguration Day. Technically, the tweet is accurate.
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Hyperbole aside, Rich Hill was drafted in the 90s.
He isn’t allowed to bat any more, but at one time he batted against Jamie Moyer, who batted against Nolan Ryan, who debuted in 1966 … 60 seasons ago.
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Hyperbole aside, Rich Hill was drafted in the 90s.
He isn’t allowed to bat any more, but at one time he batted against Jamie Moyer, who batted against Nolan Ryan, who debuted in 1966 … 60 seasons ago.