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Cardinal Sin Episode 2 “Analytics” where @johnrabe and I basically discuss how everyone is stupid. open.spotify.com/episode/0N1…
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You can ignore this thread, just want a place to put my HOF relics/autos. Thought I’d post one here randomly every once in a while.
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202. Dave Bancroft. The original Ozzie Smith? The eye test gushed about his glove work at the time. The modern stats agree. Dude had a 4 dWAR year. The hall done good on recognizing this one.
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203. Leon Day - you might not know who Day is because of the tragedy of timing. Fought 2 years in WWII. Came back in 46, threw an opening day no hitter, pitched brilliantly all year but by the end his arm was dead. And baseball was integrated the next year. He was only 30.
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The theory that other teams would pony up for talent if only the Dodgers didn’t massively overbid for them doesn’t quite hold up when we’re talking about TEAM CONTROLLED ARB YEARS. holy crap.
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I used to think Pirates fans didn’t deserve to suffer under Nutting. Now I know better.
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Rare photo of 20-year-old Stan Musial. 1941 Rochester Red Wings. #STLCards
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Make sure you go though your base cards and look for these SSP base card variations. US-254 Adley Rutschman in a Red Sox uni and US-310 Tarik Skubal in a Dodgers uni.
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pretty amazing to look at this chart - see spending at the bottom is virtually unchanged - see the Marlins are the current bottom, which means that historically - NOT COUNTING INFLATION - they have spent more - and then believing the reason they aren’t competing is someone else.
Why is the salary cap discussion happening now? Why not in the mid 2010s? The league's highest spenders have drastically increased their payrolls since 2022. The gap is growing, and teams like the Dodgers/Mets are overpaying for talent.
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I’ve made an entire multi decade career out of things like smart people’s inability to interpret a graph, so I have to keep reminding myself to be thankful when I see stuff like this.
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I got him back also
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Be a Myrmidon and listen to this. Good stuff from these two!
Cardinal Sin Episode 2 “Analytics” where @johnrabe and I basically discuss how everyone is stupid. open.spotify.com/episode/0N1…
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@OnlyCardsFans and @johnrabe, or "Nerds Gone Wild" are out with Episode 2 of The Cardinal Sin. I feel dumber for having listened to it, and I am wearing a pocket protector today. Thanks guys! Seriously, it's an excellent listen. #stlcards #TheCardinalSin
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Baseball reference, you amaze me.
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Now @johnrabe , THIS is taking baseball stats too far.
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Saw on Facebook. Pretty cool.
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Multiple people showing them off. I’ve never rooted for him harder.
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Not just that card …
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The last time the Brewers were in the World Series.
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I am so so so happy the Brewers won. Now, fuck the Brewers. Go AL.
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Yes, a small market team can win the World Series in the age of the Dodgers. Don’t run. Don’t move goalposts. Just admit you were wrong.
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Oof. That’s a lot of illegally invested insurance money for a bad return.
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Bahahahahaha. So close and yet so far.
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