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    Quote Originally Posted by Thunder View Post
    You can't talk about Naps without bringing up the Hall of Famer Nap Lajoie. He literally played for the Naps while also having the name Nap
    They were actually named after him, as he was the player-manager...

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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    But I would also think that WAR and especially the defensive component of it had to be calculated differently back then, due to the inability to review every defensive play against the standardized grids...
    That Naps team had 322 errors in 140 games LOL I suspect a whole lot of things were different back then.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    That Naps team had 322 errors in 140 games LOL I suspect a whole lot of things were different back then.
    I cannot account for whether or not official scorers handled plays differently. Really, that can still be said about today's game, which is why "errors" is probably the most useless stat.

    But a lot of stats and their definitions have changed over time. And as of now, 98 errors stands as the single season "modern day" record and is probably never going to broken.

    Of course, prior to 1900, some 20 players were actually changed with as many or more, with 122 being the actual record, held by Herman Long (1889) and Billy Shindle (1890)...

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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    I cannot account for whether or not official scorers handled plays differently. Really, that can still be said about today's game, which is why "errors" is probably the most useless stat.

    But a lot of stats and their definitions have changed over time. And as of now, 98 errors stands as the single season "modern day" record and is probably never going to broken.

    Of course, prior to 1900, some 20 players were actually changed with as many or more, with 122 being the actual record, held by Herman Long (1889) and Billy Shindle (1890)...
    File under 'all in good fun'...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    File under 'all in good fun'...
    https://www.justballgloves.com/blog/...seball-gloves/

    Hard to take any fielding stat seriously until the invention of the modern webbed glove.
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    ( I won't say the "C word.")

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    That Naps team had 322 errors in 140 games LOL I suspect a whole lot of things were different back then.
    Are we sure Devers wasn't playing for them in some sort of previous life reincarnation?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mvp 78 View Post
    https://www.justballgloves.com/blog/...seball-gloves/

    Hard to take any fielding stat seriously until the invention of the modern webbed glove.
    And ones that you did not have to share with the opposing team...

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    The Yankees signed Socrates Brito to a minor league deal.

    My only real connection with Brito is a few years back in a 10-team NL-Only Fantasy League, Socrates was briefly part of my Ancient Greeks Squad, along with Pirates reliever Arquimedes Caminiero and Homer Bailey...

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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    The Yankees signed Socrates Brito to a minor league deal.

    My only real connection with Brito is a few years back in a 10-team NL-Only Fantasy League, Socrates was briefly part of my Ancient Greeks Squad, along with Pirates reliever Arquimedes Caminiero and Homer Bailey...
    The Yanks are clearly going all out, this winter!

    We are doomed!
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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    The Yankees signed Socrates Brito to a minor league deal.

    My only real connection with Brito is a few years back in a 10-team NL-Only Fantasy League, Socrates was briefly part of my Ancient Greeks Squad, along with Pirates reliever Arquimedes Caminiero and Homer Bailey...
    My only true wisdom is in knowing I know nothing about him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 5GoldGloves:OF,75 View Post
    My only true wisdom is in knowing I know nothing about him.
    He's AAAA material. He won't get many more at bats for the Bombers than I will...

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    I think I have to file Travis Demeritte under unfortunate names.
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    So the Mariners have a reliever named Will Vest.

    I really hope some day this guy has in his contract an option year that depends on him making a certain number of appearances...
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    Watching baseball this weekend has piqued my interest towards starting the following lists:

    Countries: Jonathan India

    Months: Dustin May
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    I can't disagree with you

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    Countries: Domingo German and Frank German
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