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The main conclusion I can make from this data is that there is no correlation between WPA before and WPA after.

This place has been so full of passion since the trade deadline deals. I like it!

If you think it's preposterous, why do you want them to do it? Or were you being sarcastic?

No, because it's not baseball. I am interested in watching a baseball game, not a home run hitting contest. How about two extra innings and if it's still tied, then do the free base runner thing. There aren't that many games that would go longer than 11 innings and my goal is to have as many real baseball games as possible.

I'd rather see a win than a loss on paper, but I don't enjoy watching that ****. Once they get to extra innings now, the entertainment value goes way down for me.

Oh, I'm sure it's a joy working for BLS right now!

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That's what I figured. I imagine it's the same thing as as going to the nice parts of San Diego.

In my experience providing numbers to the government (not employment numbers), the numbers are not "made up" in the sense that they pull a number out of thin air. They are cooked in that they'll change definitions and cutoff dates to their benefit, but they don't just make up a number. When I was doing that kind of work, I covered myself by doing it the right way and also the way they asked and writing a brief report with both numbers in it.

I was just going to post something similar.

"Words are very important" LOL

I encountered homeless pretty much every day when I worked in Boston. In eleven years, they never behaved aggressively or in a threatening way. They would ask for money and then usually say "God bless" whether I gave them anything or not.

Did you see a lot of hillbillies in Louisville?

I am not especially thrilled with what they got at the deadline, but I don't know what it would have cost to obtain more impactful players. I don't think they significantly impoved their chances of going all the way this year, but how do you do that? There was no urgent need because they have such a big lead and the teams in back of them aren't really trying to win. I think the post-season is mostly a crapshoot, so I am not in favor of selling the farm just for what might turn out to be one series.

Suarez has a good WAR and it's almost exactly the same on different sites. I don't think anyone is saying he would be a downgrade. I see people saying that they don't want to give up top prospects for him or that they had bigger needs elsewhere (pitching).

Which stats were being cherry picked?

I don't think any organization has a good handle on that. It seemed like the Tigers did the last couple of years, but this year it hasn't worked out so well.

Yes, that makes a lot of sense, especially with pitchers.

True, but I don't believe that getting something for nothing usually means being rigid or difficult. Consistently making good deals likely comes from having a better ability to evaluate talent and develop players compared to the people you're negotiating with.

You're being difficult!

Absolutely. I hate when there has been a well played game or the Tigers make a good comeback to tie the game and then I see a baserunner on second base. This is the first year I have even allowed myself to watch it and the the extra inning rule ruins the moment every time. Even if the Tigers win in extra innings now, It's just a hollow feeling.

If he really is hard to deal with, that might not be a good thing. If other teams started to avoid him on the assumption that it was impossible to get a deal done, the Tigers might miss out on opportunities to make good deals. I am not saying that is happening, just saying that being hard to deal with is not necessarily a good quality.

10+ is a long time. If any of them are stars, they probably won't make it past 6. Also, Greene and Tork will probably flame out before 10 years. Go for 5!.

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I don't think pitcher statcast cards are very predictive, so I wouldn't be too concerned with that. Statcast hitter numbers are more useful.