tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post765257576044706080..comments2007-03-15T00:25:29.478-04:00dakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386460112735397noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-62541260400892849722007-03-15T00:25:00.000-04:002007-03-15T00:25:00.000-04:00You know what's funny? The people who argue the vehemently-est that stats don't matter and that stats don't tell the whole story are often the people who most egregiously cherry-pick stats to prove their warped points. <I>That's</I> funny.Ken Tremendoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15290167169845520176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-90159196867442065282007-03-14T17:49:00.000-04:002007-03-14T17:49:00.000-04:00James sent the following. I like the way this guy thinks.<BR/><BR/><B>You shouldn't have been surprised that Singer's 500 at-bat, single-digit homer club was, in fact, very average rather than bad. This particular version of cherry-picking -- requiring 500 at-bats -- tends to single-handedly weed out "bad" players.<BR/><BR/>The more interesting question would be how those players stack up not against all of baseball but against other players with 500 at bats or more. Only 120 guys had 500 at bats. Given that the number of players on a 25-man roster at any given time is 750, which means roughly 450 offensive players, we're already talking about weeding out 2/3 of all MLB at-bats. So, really, if these guys are about average for all of baseball, they are way below average for the 500 at-bat club.</B>Juniorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399868922850358920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-65923845130869881972007-03-14T14:28:00.000-04:002007-03-14T14:28:00.000-04:00In fairness, it should be noted that Junior's mother is Ichiro's mother.dakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386460112735397noreply@blogger.com