Find out how GM's use sabermetrics to analyze thier teams and more.... Courtesy of Foxsports.com's GM's Corner w/ Jim Bowden
Interesting 10 min video with several different GM's including a rather lengthy segment with John Daniels...
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Dayton Moore what statistic do you like most?
“I like runs scored..”
We need to not always make hard work out of sex- Rick Carlisle.
No kidding
I like wins. Not from a pitcher, just the team. That’s how I evaluate individual players.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
God damn, Dayton Moore is out of place in this video
Is there something that Moore did in the past that validates him as being a GM?
Moore
Served as assistant GM, director of player personnel, and director of international scouting in Atlanta.
He definitely had the qualifications; he just hasn’t done a very good job.
"Jesus, Spanish- our jobs aren't enough, now you want our words?"
-- Sterling Archer
He's a fucking Tar.
That’s just how we tootsie roll.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 23, 2010 2:57 AM CST up reply actions
That
ending is sooo creepy.
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -- Vince Lombardi
AJM can't be happy about that
He loves him some Dykstra stock tips.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
I thought you guys would get a kick out of that
creepy and yet out of touch…. makes you wonder why Bowden is a GM… ohhh never mind
JD’s like, "you want some fucking pitching? Here’s all the pitching you can stand. Now choke on it, bitches!"- RCCook
I like how
JD and Epstein looks like they’re at home and Moore looks like he was at a correctional facility.
"If the Saints can reach the Superbowl, the Rangers can reach the World Series." - PhilKid
The Animated Ballpark in Arlington
hahaha....
This video is like a fevered dream from heaven.
Nice haircut, Jim Bowden.
by ghostofErikThompson on Feb 22, 2010 7:04 PM CST reply actions
"So, did you pay for that haircut, or what's going on there?"
That’s one of my favorite burns of all time.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 23, 2010 3:04 AM CST up reply actions
Not to sidetrack this fun ride...
but has there been an update on Holland’s knee MRI?
I want to hear the all clear so I can breathe again.
by ghostofErikThompson on Feb 22, 2010 7:46 PM CST reply actions
Though he continues to report improvement after suffering a mild right knee sprain on Saturday, LHP Derek Holland is scheduled for an MRI Monday afternoon. He probably won’t get results until Tuesday morning, though.
"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." -- Vince Lombardi
Jesus
who edited that crap? That was the video equivalent of cutting and pasting each letter of a ransom note. Still, an interesting look at how some of these guys view the stats and how to use them.
The chick is pretty low-rent.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Yeah she was...
looked like a 40 year old who couldn’t make it in porn anymore.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Knowing Bowden
he probably traded a much hotter babe for her.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
by t ball on Feb 22, 2010 10:46 PM CST up reply actions 7 recs
Good one. That's a keeper.
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
Not that they weren't scared already
but if I were a Royals fan I would be screaming and pulling my hair out. Dayton Moore did not come off well.
"Thank God for Feldman." - Ron Washington to Eric Nadel, August 2008
I really liked how Dayton Moore gives us the old "at the end of the day it's about driving in runs and scoring runs" bullshit line
And they follow up with JD’s comment about preventing and creating baserunners.
That, in a nutshell pretty much tells you the difference in their baseball intelligence levels.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
Holy fucking shit is Dave Cameron a fucking dork.
Wow.
I don’t know if I can take him seriously anymore.
Shit.
That blew my mind.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I want to punch him so bad.
Wow.
Punch, punch, punch… REPEAT.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 23, 2010 3:09 AM CST up reply actions
No no.
Just wait until one of those times he spazzes out on his readers in the comment section on Fangraphs. Then read every one of his comments with that voice in your head.
OMG, it will be like Christmas. I mean, I love his stuff, but. . . I’m excited.
by philkid3 on Feb 23, 2010 3:42 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Ooh, I like this idea also.
I’m giddy…
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 23, 2010 6:30 AM CST up reply actions
Heh
however, I’d be happy to listen to that nerdomatic voice if it were on mlb-tv providing quality commentary instead of some of the crap we’re forced to hear from more telegenic types.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
I'd be glad to listen to the fucking chipmunks call a game if they actually knew anything about analyzing it.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
the folks at LL are really having quite a good time with this video
here.
Also, apparently the woman in this video is Bowden’s wife or girlfriend or something.
And finally, holy crap, Dayton Moore. Simply unreal.
This is so awesome it's making me sad.
Cause we’ve reached the pinnacle here, folks… Nothing will ever be as awesome as this.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Feb 23, 2010 6:27 AM CST up reply actions
Is this a series of videos?
This was tagged as no. 3, I’m going to look for the rest if they’re all hosted by Dr. Bowden.
Freude, schoener Goetterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische dein Heiligtum.
Oh goodness...
It’s shameful, downright filthy, how much I’m enjoying this gif.
by ghostofErikThompson on Feb 23, 2010 6:45 AM CST up reply actions
greatness
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Feb 23, 2010 8:01 AM CST up reply actions
Awesome
That gif has to make a few appearances throughout the season. Let’s just hope it doesn’t mate with the Medusa- I’m not sure Earth could handle the offspring of that pairing…
"Jesus, Spanish- our jobs aren't enough, now you want our words?"
-- Sterling Archer
After reading this thread and the Lookout Landing thread, I feared that actually watching the video would be a letdown
It was not.
Holy cow that was freaking awesome. Here’s how I just described the video in an email to a friend:
Bowden is best described as creepy and potentially a candidate for committing unspeakable crimes against humanity.
The video appears to have been produced by FSN’s terrible Big 12 football producers in their spare time. Then they have a middle-aged chick making random comments between segments, so it’s got the always wonderful "Best Damn Sports Show" element too.
JD looks like a teenager sitting at the house Skype-ing with his long-distance girlfriend. He also makes fun of Lenny Dykstra’s stock tips. Theo is chilling in his fleece looking like a frat daddy and being awesome.
JD talks about his great respect for Baseball Prospectus and how his club focuses on stats that evaluate created baserunners and prevented baserunners. Theo explains OPS, explains how advanced stats are good as long as you have "appropriate filters" on them and talks about CARMINE, the Sox’ proprietary stat system.
Dayton Moore gives us his favorite statistic – "runs scored."
In other news, Dayton Moore is not a good general manager.
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
Quote block fail, oops
"Dying ain't hard. It’s living in the wake of a thorough public humiliation that’s hard.--JDT217
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