Ensberg by Numbers

[Limey]

I presume that this is his take on slide rule baseball.  If it is, ignoring the his "Top Gun" analogy (which I really like), my favourite bit is this:

Sabermetrics is being limited by the quality of information that is being provided.  What is great about this system is that it gives you an absolute value for effectiveness.  Sabermetrics doesn’t care if you sacrifice the runner over or not.  But, it will tell you how effective you are at sacrifice bunting.  However, Sabermetrics is calculating the outcomes instead of calculating the process possibilities.

[Bench]

I like Morgan's response to the commenter who presented the Brad Ausmus "litmus" test.

Totally different than Budgirl's test of the same name. 

[Limey]

I like Morgan's response to the commenter who presented the Brad Ausmus "litmus" test.

Totally different than Budgirl's test of the same name. 

I believe that's called a "lickmuch" test.

[Noe]

Brad I really feel like I can help sabermatrics proponents with filtering out this data. One major problem is that you guys are looking for tendencies without having the luxury of knowing certain baseball patterns. This is NOT a criticism. My point is that there is no way you COULD notice some of these patterns because you haven’t been taught to look for them.

Morgan

I see what you're doing there Morgan.  I see it plainly.

[Bench]

I see what you're doing there Morgan.  I see it plainly.

And unblinkingly watching it go right past you.