One of my "things" is that you shouldn't have to have an advanced degree to understand what folks are saying about baseball.

So what I'll do is just make up a whole bunch of complicated stuff and ask you to trust me.  And if you don't get it, I'll sneer at you and belittle your input.

No.

I will try to explain what I'm getting at as directly as possible.  The starting point is my Mild Protest Against the "One-Number" Stats, in which I decry the tendency to try to cram everything into a single number.

I don't recall the actual point at which I decried, but clearly that's what happened.

Therein, in addition to decrying, I offered what I view to be an alternative approach.  Rather than adding more and more components into the World's Tallest Thermometer ...

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