Scoops aren't just chips anymore

The Fielding Bible's John Dewan takes a look at first baseman "scoops" the last two years. Guess who ranks highly this season?

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that's only because we have a shortstop who happens to be cuban (and lazy, not that smart in the head)

clearly

Always bet on black!

by onlysoxfaninboston on Aug 4, 2009 1:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

and a pussy

Sox win, cubs lose.....what a wonderful world!

by picktoclick on Aug 4, 2009 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

c'mon jimmy, be fair

Always bet on black!

by onlysoxfaninboston on Aug 4, 2009 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Must've tallied it before the Spanks' series.

Didn’t PK muff a couple?

We’re a pack of a-holes. by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
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by winningugly on Aug 4, 2009 2:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

they are only counting "scoops" so it wouldn't matter

Sox win, cubs lose.....what a wonderful world!

by picktoclick on Aug 4, 2009 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Aren't they missing sort of an important variable here?

"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."

by jc2313 on Aug 4, 2009 2:33 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Speak!

We’re a pack of a-holes. by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
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by winningugly on Aug 4, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was thinking actual scoop attempts?

I mean I don’t know if they are so consistent that it doesn’t matter, but it would seem a count rate stat would need to be taken with a grain of salt without including actual number of attempts. Maybe the reason Konerko is ‘suddenly’ so good this year is that Ramirez throws a lot more balls into the dirt than OCab did. I don’t know, just saying it seems to be a big leap in my opinion to start saying someone is better than someone else without that piece of info.

"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."

by jc2313 on Aug 4, 2009 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

That's what I thought you meant.

Like % of successful scoops vs. total scoops.

We’re a pack of a-holes. by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
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continues.by ReservoirDog on Jul 21, 2009 2:30 PM EDT

by winningugly on Aug 4, 2009 7:53 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

you mean so that there was some sort of relevance? surely you jest. how could opportunity play into this counting stat?

Cashing checks and having sex.

by MarketMaker on Aug 4, 2009 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This?

The true difference between Gold Glover Mark Teixeira and Jason Giambi is in handling grounders. In the last two years Teixeira has saved his teams 18 runs fielding grounders, while Giambi has cost his team 18, a 36-run difference in Defensive Runs Saved. (Defensive Runs Saved is a statistic developed in The Fielding Bible—Volume II.)

"Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand."

— Leo Durocher

by Chiburb on Aug 4, 2009 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i was one of the best scoopers in little league :)

then after a 6 year absence i went back to play and i lost my touch. terrible.

Kenwo4life=ratings

by KenWo4LiFe on Aug 4, 2009 2:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I think its really funny that Alexei wants a gold glove at short stop when its

probably Paulie that will get one (or more likely to get one) from scooping up all of Alexei’s lazy tosses

i'll delete your SSS existence in a second. there is nothing that allows SSS posters, at any one moment, to keep posting, but the mere pleasure of larry.
-larry

by blackoutsox on Aug 4, 2009 3:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs