tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post4824734428550856498..comments2007-04-06T14:39:10.446-04:00Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07697776280178146413noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post-8000652156406898662007-04-06T14:39:00.000-04:002007-04-06T14:39:00.000-04:00<I>I have to read this post on the installment plan!</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, I probably should have posted this in parts (e.g. infield, then outfield), but I just wanted to get it out there. Live and learn I guess. <BR/><BR/><I>Some of these things that you're doing - e.g. the standard deviation bars, or plotting WPA against VORP in your 2006 Reds Hitting Review - are so interesting and informative that after seeing you do them, I'm amazed I haven't seen anyone else do them as standard practice. And that should be taken as a great compliment; it's an excellent original perspective you bring to these analyses.</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks! I'm really liking this graphical approach I've been taking lately. I'm finding it to be far more insightful, not just because you can make such interesting comparisons between pairs of stats, but also because you get a much better feel for the distributions.<BR/>-jJinAZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07697776280178146413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post-4831539243496373542007-04-06T11:29:00.000-04:002007-04-06T11:29:00.000-04:00I have to read this post on the installment plan!<BR/><BR/>I found it interesting that a recent report on the Nationals mentioned that Felipe Lopez was resisting a move back to shortstop, saying it would hurt the team - while I hadn't even heard that he'd moved to second. But apparently he was quite aware of his defensive shortcomings at SS.<BR/><BR/>The use of the color bars on your graphs is a great addition.<BR/><BR/>Some of these things that you're doing - e.g. the standard deviation bars, or plotting WPA against VORP in your 2006 Reds Hitting Review - are so interesting and informative that after seeing you do them, I'm amazed I haven't seen anyone else do them as standard practice. And that should be taken as a great compliment; it's an excellent original perspective you bring to these analyses.DevilsAdvocatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post-62749713954019273582007-04-05T16:41:00.000-04:002007-04-05T16:41:00.000-04:00Great stuff once again. I expected Edwin to be a little higher than he was, but everyone else I placed about the same as what your numbers came up with.Doug Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06429070071208586169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post-14977019383276700282007-04-05T14:32:00.000-04:002007-04-05T14:32:00.000-04:00Thanks. :)<BR/><BR/>I do consider this something of a stats blog (see ZR post a few days back, for example), though my primary interest is in using stats to analyze Reds players. :) -jJinAZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07697776280178146413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post-32415118153042183662007-04-05T13:05:00.000-04:002007-04-05T13:05:00.000-04:00J-in-Az.<BR/><BR/>I think I can safely that this is the most impressive use of statistics that I have seen on a non stats team blog.<BR/><BR/>Congrats ... awesome, awesome stuff.<BR/><BR/>John BeamerBeamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18370416824667359127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post-17044473933229705912007-04-05T10:03:00.000-04:002007-04-05T10:03:00.000-04:00I'm hoping that the graphics are intuitive enough that folks can look at them and get something out of this, even if they don't want to read through the whole post. I won't do stuff this long very often (takes too long to put together!!), but this is a once/year review, so I wanted it to be reasonably comprehensive.JinAZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07697776280178146413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post-2575304517047080372007-04-05T10:00:00.000-04:002007-04-05T10:00:00.000-04:00Whew. It was worth reading the whole post, but you are right -- it took a long time!<BR/><BR/>Good stuff.Chadhttp://www.redlegnation.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23241716.post-60410216447628062502007-04-05T03:46:00.000-04:002007-04-05T03:46:00.000-04:00Heh, now THAT's a long post. Congrats to anyone who makes it to the bottom. -jJinAZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07697776280178146413noreply@blogger.com