tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post3024560610416902972..comments2024-02-17T14:57:50.954-05:00Comments on The Verdant Dude: No Crying in BaseballVerdant Earlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-52642357927967756522012-03-13T09:07:55.729-04:002012-03-13T09:07:55.729-04:00Paticus - That's the spirit!Paticus - That's the spirit!Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-38957597927310663832012-03-13T08:20:16.871-04:002012-03-13T08:20:16.871-04:00Where are the calculations for grit? Moxie? Stick-...Where are the calculations for grit? Moxie? Stick-to-it-iveness? :)<br /> I think I'm in, but fear I might be horribly overmatched...Much like my beloved Mets...Sigh.Paticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04412270073568754882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-12984215104763316442012-03-12T14:25:28.741-04:002012-03-12T14:25:28.741-04:00I don't sit down and make the figures any more...I don't sit down and make the figures any more like I used to when I lived at the track in the 90's. But since I know the components that go into it I do still do a quick scan when I sit down at the track or OTB nowadays. Without all the details, of course.RWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416316296228157208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-44117192775792870252012-03-12T13:58:43.167-04:002012-03-12T13:58:43.167-04:00Slyde - C'mon, that's horseshoes.
Savanna...Slyde - C'mon, that's horseshoes.<br /><br />Savannah - That counts! In my top 3 baseball flicks of all-time.<br /><br />Sybil - Okey-dokey. I'll send you out an information packet this week.Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-15228606605097036362012-03-12T13:06:50.407-04:002012-03-12T13:06:50.407-04:00Well, it definitely scared me, but hey- so do lots...Well, it definitely scared me, but hey- so do lots of things! I'm still game. :)sybil lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13629349319977383547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-16894472358507800662012-03-12T11:16:32.321-04:002012-03-12T11:16:32.321-04:00i didn't read this, but we did watch a league ...i didn't read this, but we did watch <i>a league of their own</i> this weekend, sugar! ;~D xxoxooxoxosavannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04310843901371718758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-14772768679818509602012-03-12T09:41:18.688-04:002012-03-12T09:41:18.688-04:00"baseball" is the one where you have to ..."baseball" is the one where you have to kick the ball through the little upright sticks, right?Slydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170343849186268727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-47609007546636837402012-03-12T01:51:02.107-04:002012-03-12T01:51:02.107-04:00RW - Do you ever play around with that anymore, fo...RW - Do you ever play around with that anymore, for either fun or profit? Sounds interesting. <br /><br />Anyway, I hope you will enjoy this if you still feel like joining. I think it might get some folks interesting on what CAN make a player more valuable based upon things they don't see on the back of a baseball card.Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32194857.post-56859712383071073942012-03-12T00:12:13.099-04:002012-03-12T00:12:13.099-04:00Sabremetrics have always been a logical and relati...Sabremetrics have always been a logical and relatively "easy" jump for me because I come from a horse racing background, and the over-the-top players will make speed figs (speed figures) for the tracks they play. A speed fig is a numerical rating of a horse's performance of a past race as it relates to the class he ran with and the specific track he ran on. Good speed figs aren't really usable until the meet has been going a few weeks and you have a group of races to reference on that track this season. The trick is that racing forms and track programs publish their own speed figs in the material you buy to pick your horses, but when your speed figs spotlight a big horse where the track speed figs discount him, you may have a winner at good odds.<br /><br />What were we talking about? You have a horseracing game going on?RWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416316296228157208noreply@blogger.com