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This was a thoroughly enjoyable read, Doc, and now I also have a better idea where you're coming from also, Matt. Thanks. What I really want out of sabermetrics are the analytical explanations for "luck", which I think exist in the numbers, but some smart saber-rat just hasn't figured out yet. Like what happened to the unlucky lost runs of the M's 2009 season, or lucky vs. unlucky BABIP.
It is now approaching two years past my son's last HS baseball season and thankfully the M's have stepped back into the breach with interesting, compelling, competitive baseball. It is about time, as we had quite a drought. But sabermetrics even could explain that, too, though it wasn't enjoyable.