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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Rob Neyer touts wOBA

By .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), 06:46 AM

Here is the blog entry:

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?name=neyer_rob

For a change, there are some good comments/suggestions about the merits and demerits of wOBA and whether it will or should be “mainstream.”  I say “for a change” only because unfortunately (given the good quality of the articles) the quality of the comments/discussion on Rob’s blog is generally poor. I guess that is because ESPN.com is a “mainstream” site and tends not to get the ‘serious’ sabermetrically-oriented fan.  Or at least most of the fans are not.

Anyway, feel free to discuss the pros and cons of wOBA.  It was Tango’s creation and introduced in The Book.

(65) Comments • 2008/12/07 SabermetricsLinear_Weights