tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514977.post3258634796280697962..comments2024-01-08T12:51:25.660-05:00Comments on Precision Blogging: Illogical Baseball Commentators:tobyr21@gmail.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08478279273433877261noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514977.post-5710443652820337362010-10-31T15:13:35.901-04:002010-10-31T15:13:35.901-04:00Commentators may say such silly things, but as YOU...Commentators may say such silly things, but as YOU know, it's perfectly reasonable got a .300 hitter to slump and get no hits for fifteen at bats. You can't apply statistics to a few at-bats.<br /><br />It's possible for pitchers to dominate the other team while giving up many hits. There have been 14-hit shutouts. I'm just saying, when the pitchers give up few hits, the batters must get fewer hits!<br />-PBtobyr21@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08478279273433877261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5514977.post-85925715939240248812010-10-30T23:46:26.829-04:002010-10-30T23:46:26.829-04:00I'm not sure that there's enough data, but...I'm not sure that there's enough data, but I imagine that one could tell the difference between a pitcher having an anomalous night and individual batters performing below standards.<br /><br />Of course, I can't remember the last time I tuned in to ESPN to hear "and as the data unambiguously shows, A-Rod's performance was significantly worse than expected with p < 0.001..."jgfellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815796612636163988noreply@blogger.com