Author Topic: For those who begrudgingly and belatedly embraced WAR... (Read 1697 times)

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

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #1 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]

Houston · « **Reply #2 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.

MusicMan · « **Reply #3 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.

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #4 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!

Uncle Charlie · « **Reply #5 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.