Oh, well I'm not great at comprehending sarcasm early in the morning lol.
Oh it was just an example. It's a fact, you don't need to strike out guys to have good FIPs. It'll be better if you strike guys out, but it can be good.
This isn't actually true.
Also, Andrew Cashner has a 6.09 K/9 and a 3.71 FIP, you don't need to strike guys out if you can limit your walks and homers.
Exactly! People who disagree need to get out of their mothers' basement. I bet they haven't even played baseball.
Rideau canal in winter, on the ice. Hockey style. Loser is pulled into the depths of the river, under the ice.
Alright, and that's your opinion. I see you are more inclined to results as opposed to process, per se, but I respectfully disagree for the reasons I've outlined ITT
Josh Hamilton
He is the living embodiment of luck, which as a Blue Jays fan angers me
To be fair, FIP measures results. Just not the results you like, lol.
Am I the only one who doesn't hate this stat with the passion of 1000 white hot burning suns?
Well, I think you're right, and this is something I love thinking about, but I don't think we really need to get that deep lol. We're in so deep I see Adelle .-.
Good job, good effort.
Oh. That's what I get for skimming lol
But if he has even a slightly worse team, or the ball is hit slightly differently or some other physics ******** and it's not a triple play, or some other s*** the pitcher doesn't control, he has a bad inning. Why should he be credited there?