Tonight I'm volunteering at Fenway for the 50/50 raffle, which benefits all the great programs sponsored by the Red Sox Foundation. Two New Year's Eve's ago, I resolved that I would volunteer more... a vow that fizzled once I learned I was pregnant.
With the success of this year's resolution to watch or listen to every Sox game, I decided to make good on both resolutions by.... volunteering while I watch the Sox.
Could karma be kicking in before I even arrive at Fenway? Apparently pinkhatbluehat.com was listed on Boston.com.
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Sabernonsense
We took a trip back to the Middle Ages (home) where I guess I should be happy there is a color television with NESN, if not a computer or Internet access. While I upheld my commitment to watch or listen to every game, I was not able to follow the baseball buzz or blog about what I learned.
Back in the 21st Century (Boston), I spend the early morning catching up. As I drink my early cup of coffee and catch cheerios being thrown off the highchair tray by my daughter, I read the latest baseball news- go Roy Halladay with the perfect game! Every so often I turn to wikipedia to refresh my memory- what is a perfect game again?
Did you hear that among designated hitters David Ortiz has the highest OPS? For the season. Not just for May when he's been on fire.
In fact, at .929 his OPS is higher than it's been since 2007, when it reached 1.066.
Great news... but what is an OPS?
OPS stands for on-base plus slugging percentage. Now I could break down on-base percentage and slugging percentage and how they combine to form OPS, but I don't feel like doing algebra this morning. Basically OPS takes into account hits, bases on balls, times hit by a pitch, at bats, sacrifice flies, and total number of bases. Thanks, Wikipedia!
Pinkhats, think of it as a measure of hitting awesomeness.
Bluehats, think of it as another measure you invented to confuse us pinkhats.
According to Wikipedia, OPS is part of Sabermetrics, which has an even less self-explanatory acronym than OPS. Sabermetrics are baseball statistics driven by information from the Society for American Baseball Reference-the SABR, hence SABeRmetrics. The term was coined by Bill James, who also pushed it into popularity and wrote it's manifesto.
I will have to learn more about this Bill James fellow. For now, I blame you bluehats for allowing this nonsense, unless some of you can explain the importance of Sabermetrics and the need for a manifesto.
The more I learn about baseball, the more appealing it sounds to move to Amish Country North (home), where they might not play baseball with a stick and stone, but they don't have Wikipedia to ruin your morning cup of coffee.
Back in the 21st Century (Boston), I spend the early morning catching up. As I drink my early cup of coffee and catch cheerios being thrown off the highchair tray by my daughter, I read the latest baseball news- go Roy Halladay with the perfect game! Every so often I turn to wikipedia to refresh my memory- what is a perfect game again?
Did you hear that among designated hitters David Ortiz has the highest OPS? For the season. Not just for May when he's been on fire.
In fact, at .929 his OPS is higher than it's been since 2007, when it reached 1.066.
Great news... but what is an OPS?
OPS stands for on-base plus slugging percentage. Now I could break down on-base percentage and slugging percentage and how they combine to form OPS, but I don't feel like doing algebra this morning. Basically OPS takes into account hits, bases on balls, times hit by a pitch, at bats, sacrifice flies, and total number of bases. Thanks, Wikipedia!
Pinkhats, think of it as a measure of hitting awesomeness.
Bluehats, think of it as another measure you invented to confuse us pinkhats.
According to Wikipedia, OPS is part of Sabermetrics, which has an even less self-explanatory acronym than OPS. Sabermetrics are baseball statistics driven by information from the Society for American Baseball Reference-the SABR, hence SABeRmetrics. The term was coined by Bill James, who also pushed it into popularity and wrote it's manifesto.
I will have to learn more about this Bill James fellow. For now, I blame you bluehats for allowing this nonsense, unless some of you can explain the importance of Sabermetrics and the need for a manifesto.
The more I learn about baseball, the more appealing it sounds to move to Amish Country North (home), where they might not play baseball with a stick and stone, but they don't have Wikipedia to ruin your morning cup of coffee.
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