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    Quote Originally Posted by Slasher9 View Post
    same boat as everyone else? ummm...no, no it doesnt.
    calling ALL the shots.
    driven by stats is one thing. all the shots is entirely different.
    What percentage do you think are driven by stats now?

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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    What percentage do you think are driven by stats now?
    There can be a pretty big gulf between old school stats and the newest analytics.
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    Quote Originally Posted by notin View Post
    What percentage do you think are driven by stats now?
    < 100
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    Quote Originally Posted by Slasher9 View Post
    < 100
    I was wondering how you were going to answer the unanswerable question. I like that answer. Can I use it from time to time?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    There can be a pretty big gulf between old school stats and the newest analytics.
    But at one point, many of the old school stats were new analytics.

    No one was keeping track of ERA in the 1890'. Pitchers were just evaluated by W-L. But then that changed with this weird new stat that involved 2 decimal places and required math. Think that was just embraced right away?

    And slugging percentage took over 40 years to be recognized as an official stat. My baseball cards growing up didn't have it on there...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slasher9 View Post
    < 100
    While probably true, it's probably closer to 100 than we realize.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slasher9 View Post
    oh boy:

    we also are being told that ownership would like to be more involved in baseball ops, and that the analytics department will be calling all the shots. From this point forward, the Sox’ strategy will be all about precise spin rates, swing paths, and velocities supplied by Statcast. Game-planning will be directed by the analytics department

    where in the world is DGale???
    Go analytics!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slasher9 View Post
    same boat as everyone else? ummm...no, no it doesnt.
    calling ALL the shots.
    driven by stats is one thing. all the shots is entirely different.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bellhorn04 View Post
    Let's keep in mind those are Shaughnessy's words, not an actual quote from the team.
    Yeah, I'm thinking Shaughnessy is using a bit of hyperbole here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slasher9 View Post
    oh boy:

    we also are being told that ownership would like to be more involved in baseball ops, and that the analytics department will be calling all the shots. From this point forward, the Sox’ strategy will be all about precise spin rates, swing paths, and velocities supplied by Statcast. Game-planning will be directed by the analytics department

    where in the world is DGale???
    This would be as kooky a plan as freezing Ted Williams' head.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kimmi View Post
    Go analytics!
    Instead of manager of the year, the new award will be given to analytics department of the year. It will be presented by the robotic umpires.

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    Quote Originally Posted by oldtimer View Post
    Instead of manager of the year, the new award will be given to analytics department of the year. It will be presented by the robotic umpires.
    lol. well played.
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    Quote Originally Posted by oldtimer View Post
    Instead of manager of the year, the new award will be given to analytics department of the year. It will be presented by the robotic umpires.
    Excellent, oldtimer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kimmi View Post
    Yeah, I'm thinking Shaughnessy is using a bit of hyperbole here.
    Shaughnessy is hyperbole on two legs.
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    It works the same way for stupid."

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    Quote Originally Posted by SoxnCycles View Post
    Shaughnessy is hyperbole on two legs.
    Shaughnessy i certainly closer to being an insider than I am, but that doesn't make him one. I doubt the Sox themselves know how all their future decisions will be made until they actually hire/promote a GM...

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    Quote Originally Posted by SoxnCycles View Post
    Shaughnessy is hyperbole on two legs.
    Yes, but I want to point out that being wrong is not hyperbole, and he's wrong a lot.
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