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Originally Posted by frankbmd
Granted baseball is a game to be seen and a game of numbers (historically counting numbers), but if I asked someone which player of any 2 he liked better and he asked me what their DWARs were before answering, I would withdraw my question and think he was foolish.
The reliance on statistically manufactured ratings developed 60-80 years post mortem doesn't float my boat. Generational comparisons are also inherently flawed. The game is still played with bats on a diamond, but the game in 1920 is not the same game as in 2020.
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+1,000,000 on this ^^^^^ Well said
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