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Title: For those who begrudgingly and belatedly embraced WAR...
Post by: Houston on May 09, 2012, 12:12:01 pm
I have bad news. Changes have been made to the formula. To the old WAR, I say "What is it good for -- absolutely nothing."

http://www.baseball-reference.com/about/war_explained.shtml (http://www.baseball-reference.com/about/war_explained.shtml)
Title: Re: For those who begrudgingly and belatedly embraced WAR...
Post by: OregonStrosFan on May 09, 2012, 12:56:55 pm
To the old WAR, I say "What is it good for -- absolutely nothing."

Would you be mocking the Baseball Reference version of WAR or the Fangraphs version of WAR.  They are different ya know.... [/OSF-WAR-mocking]

Title: Re: For those who begrudgingly and belatedly embraced WAR...
Post by: Houston on May 09, 2012, 01:04:06 pm
Would you be mocking the Baseball Reference version of WAR or the Fangraphs version of WAR.  They are different ya know.... [/OSF-WAR-mocking]



Not mocking as much as taking advantage of an opportunity to insert song lyrics.
Title: Re: For those who begrudgingly and belatedly embraced WAR...
Post by: MusicMan on May 09, 2012, 01:07:34 pm
Would you be mocking the Baseball Reference version of WAR or the Fangraphs version of WAR.  They are different ya know.... [/OSF-WAR-mocking]



This is known as the Two WARs Doctrine.
Title: Re: For those who begrudgingly and belatedly embraced WAR...
Post by: OregonStrosFan on May 09, 2012, 01:17:06 pm
Not mocking as much as taking advantage of an opportunity to insert song lyrics.

I was doing the mocking... Appreciated the song lyrics!
Title: Re: For those who begrudgingly and belatedly embraced WAR...
Post by: Uncle Charlie on May 11, 2012, 07:37:41 am
Sort of like the AP and Coaches poll.  It's clear we need a BCS version of WAR.