The 2007 Scouting Report by the Fans for the Fans
Every year Tom Tango (tangotiger) puts together a neat little experiment where he asks for fans to help rate players on their various defensive abilities. Tango then compiles all of the ratings using the idea of strength in numbers to see who the best defenders in baseball are. This is a chance for you to be the scout and rate players in these categories:
Reaction/Instincts
Acceleration/First Few Steps
Velocity/Sprint Speed
Hands/Catching
Release/Footwork
Throwing Strength
Throwing Accuracy
I think it's a great concept and I think we have enough knowledge here to help Tango accomplish his goal for the Reds at least. You can read about his plan for the whole thing here as well as find links for each team.
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Cool.
Hey Slyde (and all you saber-and-tech savvy Reds fans), did you see this article?
I was going to make a diary about the article and ask folks what they typically think about MLB.com's GameDay and all that, but Slate has an ad on their site featuring video of Kelly Ripa (with some great Farrah Fawcett-hair) driving an SUV and I've now watched it loop and forever lost like eight minutes of my life. And I haven't even taken 'mute' off yet.

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 21, 2007 11:28 AM EDT reply actions
I think it's cool stuff
I don't understand where's the Category for
I think the 'King Felix' anecdote..
The crowning achievement of the Gameday researchers and, I would argue, one of the greatest moments for nerdom since Ric Ocasek married Paulina Porizkova, occurred earlier this summer in Seattle. Dave Cameron, a writer for the U.S.S. Mariner blog, was trying to figure out why hitters were getting to M's ace Felix Hernandez in the early innings. Cameron turned to Gameday's database, which helped him figure out that King Felix's problem is pitch selection: The dude throws too many fastballs. So, Cameron posted his findings in a beautifully argued open letter to the Mariners pitching coach. The coach printed out the post and handed it to Hernandez. Next time out, the pitcher laid off the fastball and threw eight innings of shutout ball. Bloggers around the world should tack up portraits of Cameron in their living rooms.
(I do think the "Ric Ocasek is a goofy looking guy with a hot wife" reference is a little bit played out but I suppose that might be because I'm a goofy looking guy with a hot wife.)
i always like to reference
by Charlie Scrabbles on Aug 21, 2007 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
which is good for some of us
Salmon Rushdie gets..

by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 21, 2007 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions
Aren't they broken up now?
...ouch, I think I pulled something trying to make that joke work.
by Brendanukkah on Aug 21, 2007 4:30 PM EDT up reply actions
yep
by Man Mountain on Aug 21, 2007 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Too lazy to wikipedia this
by Brendanukkah on Aug 21, 2007 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
car crash when she was a kid
Oh
by Man Mountain on Aug 21, 2007 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
I am requesting a photo
Come FAV everybody knows that isn't
I'll tell you...
by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 22, 2007 12:47 AM EDT up reply actions
And you still havn't account for the Tiara...
Help
fuck the heck is that?
i'm very very frightened.
You joke..
(The first 2:04 is unbearable but stay with it. The money shot is at 3:51.)
by Fat Vegas Alan on Aug 21, 2007 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions

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