Comments on: Color by Numbers: Wabash George Mullin and the Virtue of Being Average http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/12/color-by-numbers-wabash-george-mullin-and-the-virtue-of-being-average/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sat, 25 May 2013 05:23:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: William J. http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/12/color-by-numbers-wabash-george-mullin-and-the-virtue-of-being-average/#comment-79131 William J. Fri, 13 May 2011 00:32:37 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58617#comment-79131 Thanks all...I guess if you are going to be average, it might as well be in a very well paying field. [10] Replacement level is better for determining value, but it's just a nebulous concept that it really isn't very interesting to talk about. Thanks all…I guess if you are going to be average, it might as well be in a very well paying field.

[10] Replacement level is better for determining value, but it’s just a nebulous concept that it really isn’t very interesting to talk about.

]]> By: Jon DeRosa http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/12/color-by-numbers-wabash-george-mullin-and-the-virtue-of-being-average/#comment-79130 Jon DeRosa Thu, 12 May 2011 20:47:33 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58617#comment-79130 In his introduction to the first Win Shares book, Bill James explained the tremendous value in being average. And that systems that focus on average as a baseline aren't doing average players justice for all of their contributions. He compared it to an iceberg. If you just look at the above average player as positive, the part that sticks out of the water, you're ignoring the huge mass of the iceberg under the water. So much of that mass is made up by the distance from replacement level to average. In his introduction to the first Win Shares book, Bill James explained the tremendous value in being average. And that systems that focus on average as a baseline aren’t doing average players justice for all of their contributions. He compared it to an iceberg. If you just look at the above average player as positive, the part that sticks out of the water, you’re ignoring the huge mass of the iceberg under the water. So much of that mass is made up by the distance from replacement level to average.

]]> By: Sliced Bread http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/12/color-by-numbers-wabash-george-mullin-and-the-virtue-of-being-average/#comment-79129 Sliced Bread Thu, 12 May 2011 20:00:35 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58617#comment-79129 great stuff, William! Thanks for a great read! great stuff, William! Thanks for a great read!

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/12/color-by-numbers-wabash-george-mullin-and-the-virtue-of-being-average/#comment-79128 thelarmis Thu, 12 May 2011 19:21:58 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58617#comment-79128 [7] yeah man. Mookie was my all-time favorite. in fact, that was my nickname in little league! : ) hubie was my 2nd fave, after mook. funny how they both ended up north of the border. i was *shocked* to see hubie had an ops+ of 100. figured it'd be well lower! [6] william <i>J.</i>, of course! [7] yeah man. Mookie was my all-time favorite. in fact, that was my nickname in little league! : )

hubie was my 2nd fave, after mook. funny how they both ended up north of the border. i was *shocked* to see hubie had an ops+ of 100. figured it’d be well lower!

[6] william J., of course!

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/12/color-by-numbers-wabash-george-mullin-and-the-virtue-of-being-average/#comment-79127 Alex Belth Thu, 12 May 2011 19:18:15 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58617#comment-79127 Man, I loved Hubie. Man, I loved Hubie.

]]> By: Chyll Will http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/12/color-by-numbers-wabash-george-mullin-and-the-virtue-of-being-average/#comment-79126 Chyll Will Thu, 12 May 2011 19:12:04 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58617#comment-79126 William <i>who?</i> >;) William who? >;)

]]> By: thelarmis http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/12/color-by-numbers-wabash-george-mullin-and-the-virtue-of-being-average/#comment-79125 thelarmis Thu, 12 May 2011 18:46:59 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58617#comment-79125 william!!! this was wonderful! thanks for bringing him aboard, alex! looking forward to more "color by numbers" columns, all of which will be well above average and score high on the BFOG+ meter! oh, and any piece that features Hubie Brooks is good by me! : ) william!!! this was wonderful!

thanks for bringing him aboard, alex!

looking forward to more “color by numbers” columns, all of which will be well above average and score high on the BFOG+ meter!

oh, and any piece that features Hubie Brooks is good by me! : )

]]> By: ms october http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/12/color-by-numbers-wabash-george-mullin-and-the-virtue-of-being-average/#comment-79124 ms october Thu, 12 May 2011 18:13:26 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58617#comment-79124 cool title and post. i'm also looking forward to more. [2] so true. that's one of the things that makes baseball so interesting. cool title and post.
i’m also looking forward to more.

[2] so true. that’s one of the things that makes baseball so interesting.

]]> By: rbj http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/12/color-by-numbers-wabash-george-mullin-and-the-virtue-of-being-average/#comment-79123 rbj Thu, 12 May 2011 18:02:22 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58617#comment-79123 Welcome! Most average, cool topic. Even being an average MLer puts you in elite company. Welcome! Most average, cool topic. Even being an average MLer puts you in elite company.

]]> By: Shaun P. http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/12/color-by-numbers-wabash-george-mullin-and-the-virtue-of-being-average/#comment-79122 Shaun P. Thu, 12 May 2011 17:40:05 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58617#comment-79122 Brilliant intro, william, and I love the title. There's an awful lot of story to be had from the numbers. Looking forward to you turning us on to the color. Brilliant intro, william, and I love the title. There’s an awful lot of story to be had from the numbers. Looking forward to you turning us on to the color.

]]> By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2011/05/12/color-by-numbers-wabash-george-mullin-and-the-virtue-of-being-average/#comment-79121 Alex Belth Thu, 12 May 2011 17:09:29 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=58617#comment-79121 Yo Bro! Welcome. Great piece. Yo Bro! Welcome. Great piece.

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