That’s weird. I could have sworn Champ Bailey had a UZR of 22.8 so far this year, and I keep hearing talk about Dwight Howard’s RAR was projected to be roughly 88 in the 09-10 season.

What’s with all of this hullabaloo about a heliocentric solar system? The sun and other planets revolve around the earth. If it was good enough for Ptolemy it’s good enough for us.

Also, what’s with all of these doppler radars and advanced meteorologic technologies? If I want it to rain I’m going to shake a stick at the sky and slaughter a baby goat, like they did in the good old days.

Sure there are bullshit stats. Holds, saves, and productive outs don’t really tell us anything we didn’t know before their advent. Not all science is good science, which is why good stats (and good science) are subjected to intense scrutiny and peer review before being accepted by the baseball analysis community.

Equality, you say? Sounds like Commie talk to me. And you know what else doesn’t make sense? Saves. Way back in the day, they didn’t have this b.s. stat because pitchers threw complete games 3-4 times per week. I heard Bob Costas say that this new stat was only created by agents to get their clients bigger contracts. And what about electricity? Just an invention by the anti-candle lobby to drive candle makers out of business. And don’t even get me started on the metric system. My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that’s the way I likes it.

Pffft, progress. Who needs it?

What do your eyes tell you?

That’s how I learned the game of baseball. That’s how I learned to be a youth baseball coach. That’s how I learned to be a youth basball manager.

Anyone can be a little league coach. It’s not that hard. It requires an hour and a half on the weekend and 6 hours during the week. Seriously.

All these stupid numbers and UZR’s and things like – they are a lazy man’s way to tell himself that he THINKS he knows the game.