r/baseball • u/briankennyMLB Brian Kenny • May 21 '16

Brian Kenny - Impromptu AMA

Jumping back in...all baseball topics. Let's do it... New K zone, robot umps, silly auto-IBB rule, OPS+ is awesome..etc..

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u/[deleted] May 21 '16

Because we enjoy the sport

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u/briankennyMLB Brian Kenny May 21 '16

You enjoy bad calls? I don't get it.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '16

I'm not interested in replacing human umpires with machines. Besides, you say a lot of things on TV that I don't get.

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u/jacobfmlb May 21 '16

Should read up on new baseball things then. Quite interesting.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '16

I understand sabermetrics. They just aren't useful in any way.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '16

They just aren't useful in any way.

As far as like, cooking goes, maybe. Or learning French. But for baseball, uhhh, yeah they are

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u/[deleted] May 21 '16

Are you actually a fan of the Boston Braves? Which grandkid taught you reddit?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '16

College student and diehard Atlanta fan

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u/[deleted] May 21 '16

How do you think advanced statistics aren't useful?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '16

Nothing they measure has any context in a game situation

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u/jacobfmlb May 21 '16

They are useful to analyze players, no?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '16

Not particularly

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u/jacobfmlb May 21 '16

Why not?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '16

So splits based on pitch type have no context on game situations?

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u/getmoney7356 Milwaukee Brewers May 22 '16

Shifting the defense, bringing in a lefty to face a lefty due to splits, and, most importantly, front office moves that lead to the acquisitions and moves your teams do rely heavily of advanced statistics.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '16

Goose is that you? Only one way to find out...What's your opinion on Jose Bautista?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '16

I actually like bat flips

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u/jacobfmlb May 21 '16

You still haven't explained why they aren't useful. Many things in life aren't useful. Maybe life isn't useful. Idk. What are we doing? Are we dead?

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u/jacobfmlb May 21 '16

Yeah? Well that's just like your opinion, man