Comments on: Matthew Carruth Writes Several Tons Of Great Stuff

By: MedicineHat

MedicineHat — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:37:45 +0000

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By: Gomez

Gomez — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:36:09 +0000

Matthew can also own you for free in football. Covering him is like trying to tackle Barry Sanders: just forget it.

So yes, we’re talking about a smart and multitalented writer in Matthew Carruth.

By: galaxieboi

galaxieboi — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:13:50 +0000

Part of the thrill of being part of this whole “sabermetric” movement or whatever are all the new homemade stats coming along. Some, like GPA I think, will fall by the wayside. Others, like maybe BaseRuns, will stick around. It’s sorta like statistical deathmatch. The best eventually win out.

By: Sentinel

Sentinel — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:55:27 +0000

Anything that makes Ibanez appear as valuable as Ichiro! is not worth using, in my opinion.

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:01:34 +0000

Dave explains his objections in the comment thread over at LL.

By: coasty141

coasty141 — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:59:40 +0000

DMZ or Dave, Can you give an explanation for not liking GPA?

By: Dave Clapper

Dave Clapper — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:57:48 +0000

No doubt. His articles over there lately have been blowing me away. Really looking forward to seeing where he goes next with the pitch by pitch data.

By: DMZ

DMZ — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:15:29 +0000

GPA somehow manages to be less useful than OPS, which is hard to do. I’m not sure why anyone would ever use it, ever, but then, I hate OPS, so…

But yeah! The rest of that stuff is great!

By: PositivePaul

PositivePaul — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:08:10 +0000

Matthew rocks! I’m definitely a neophyte to sabr-stuff, but his writing definitely makes these seemingly fundamental concepts (to the more experienced statheads) a lot easier for me to understand.

By: TheEmrys

TheEmrys — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:07:01 +0000

I read LL as diligently as I read USSM. I kept reading these posts by “Matthew.” I kept wondering who he was because he was awful smart. I just didn’t make the connection he was the guy that is at THT. Definatly must-read stuff.