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HuckleB

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12. Exactly! -eom-

Reply to JonLP24 (Reply #7)

Tue Jan 31, 2012, 09:05 PM

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Highly recommend Moneyball [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2012 OP

Saber-metrics worked well for a season... trumad Jan 2012 #1

Only based on offense, right? Guess the assumption is Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2012 #2

The whole key is On base percentage. trumad Jan 2012 #3

right....I see it as successful in a perfect world where Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2012 #4

And not just that, but even under ideal circumstances hughee99 Jan 2012 #11

right... The best OBP the A's can put together is probably much lower than the big money Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2012 #14

Unbelievably, Pats giving 3 hughee99 Feb 2012 #15

Well, you can only keep beating good teams every time for so long Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2012 #16

A's are in the same boat as Cleveland Auggie Jan 2012 #5

The advantage the A's found JonLP24 Jan 2012 #7

Exactly! -eom- HuckleB Jan 2012 #12

Other teams started using it to snatch up good players PVnRT Feb 2012 #29

As more MLB teams get wise to this method of evaluating talent hughee99 Jan 2012 #6

I don't always agree JonLP24 Jan 2012 #8

I feel the same about you. n/t hughee99 Jan 2012 #10

I assume it's on video now? nt joeybee12 Jan 2012 #9

not sure...saw it On Demand on cable. nt Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2012 #17

Took me 4 months to get Bridesmaids from the library... joeybee12 Feb 2012 #18

Ok ! Bridesmaids was unexpectedly very funny to me nt Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2012 #19

I have to say it was a letdown...entertaining and funny... joeybee12 Feb 2012 #20

Horrible movie... trumad Feb 2012 #21

It was not... joeybee12 Feb 2012 #22

Really? Not even Melissa McCarthy? nt Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2012 #23

She made that movie...nt joeybee12 Feb 2012 #24

They were simply trying to one up the Hang over movie... trumad Feb 2012 #25

I agree partly...more brisdesmaids, less Kristin Wiig... joeybee12 Feb 2012 #26

You think Bridesmaids was better than the Hangover...? trumad Feb 2012 #27

Staring at the lint in my navel is better than Hangover... joeybee12 Feb 2012 #28

Alright---you asked for it. trumad Feb 2012 #30

Slacker! joeybee12 Feb 2012 #31

See 31...responded to the wrong post! nt joeybee12 Feb 2012 #32

Everyone is missing the point. El Supremo Jan 2012 #13

Great film, though Art Howe isn't such a jerk Auggie Feb 2012 #33