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bluegreen17) wrote2005-06-18 07:15 pm
bluegreen17) wrote2005-06-18 07:15 pm
baseball and abermetrics
you know,i really 'should' be doing my dishes,brushing my teeth,and starting my laundry,but i'd rather post so here i am.
anyway,i'm a geek,but not one of the more common ones,i don't think. plus,i have linear as well as rotating geeky interests. i'll probably always be a reading geek. i say reading rather than 'book' because i read a lot of stuff that is not in books,but rather online or in magazines. of course,i read stuff on lj and the abraham-hicks yahoo group and lots of other places where i wander on the internet. and i'm a magazine fiend. i did read an actual entire book this week (more often i 'dabble' in books,reading bits and pieces. this works out pretty well since i mostly read nonfiction). the book was related to my current biggest geekiness,which is baseball,baseball,baseball. i could really relate to the guy who writes the baseball musings blog (i get it through a feed here on lj) when i read his bio and he mentioned how he used to follow a particular team but later on just followed baseball in general. well,mostly major league baseball,probably,which is true for me as well. i was supposed to go to a AA game last week,but it was too hot and i'm often sensitive to the heat,so i didn't go. dang. anyway.i do like some teams more than others,and some players more than others,of course,but i've been watching a lot of different ones.i do watch the yankees the most these days--i was sorry that i couldn't follow the game last night because it wasn't on any of the extra innings or other channels,and i can't get radio reception for it. i'm spoiled because most of their games ARE available,mostly through the subscription cable package i have. today,though,i got to watch a beautifully pitched game by chien-ming wang,who is probably my fave pitcher to watch these days. the other teams i watch the most are the angels (orlando cabrera! beloved by boston fans merely by playing for the sox for half a year!),the twins,the mariners,and the local boys,the red sox.
the book i read was moneyball by michael lewis and i love how the guy writes. he made me want to go read bill james' baseball abstracts. well,mostly because i didn't realize that james wrote a lot of interesting essays to accompany all the stats he talked about,at least in the early days. for instance,he mentioned that baseball errors are really not a useful stat. true,because sometimes players commit errors because they make more effort defensively than someone who wouldn't even go close enough to a ball to commit an error,but they also arent' going to make any astounding plays,either. so,i thought that was a great point.
this book is pretty popular,it seems,amongst baseball fans. some folks may have heard of sabermetrics,which is using different stats to assess a player's worth. they think this is a way to win games. i'd like to do a study called 'abermetrics' which would have to do with how the metaphysical/energy aspects affect the outcome of games. i don't know of anyone doing that,but i think it would be a blast. i wonder if there are any quantum physicists who love baseball? i'm sure there are.
anyway,i'd call it 'abermetrics' because i've been playing with the abraham-hicks writings and ideas and continue to do so. you could say i'm an abe-hicks geek,but i think ultimately it will transcend mere geekiness for me and become a way of life.
well,then. i think i'm going to go take a bite out of those chores now...
anyway,i'm a geek,but not one of the more common ones,i don't think. plus,i have linear as well as rotating geeky interests. i'll probably always be a reading geek. i say reading rather than 'book' because i read a lot of stuff that is not in books,but rather online or in magazines. of course,i read stuff on lj and the abraham-hicks yahoo group and lots of other places where i wander on the internet. and i'm a magazine fiend. i did read an actual entire book this week (more often i 'dabble' in books,reading bits and pieces. this works out pretty well since i mostly read nonfiction). the book was related to my current biggest geekiness,which is baseball,baseball,baseball. i could really relate to the guy who writes the baseball musings blog (i get it through a feed here on lj) when i read his bio and he mentioned how he used to follow a particular team but later on just followed baseball in general. well,mostly major league baseball,probably,which is true for me as well. i was supposed to go to a AA game last week,but it was too hot and i'm often sensitive to the heat,so i didn't go. dang. anyway.i do like some teams more than others,and some players more than others,of course,but i've been watching a lot of different ones.i do watch the yankees the most these days--i was sorry that i couldn't follow the game last night because it wasn't on any of the extra innings or other channels,and i can't get radio reception for it. i'm spoiled because most of their games ARE available,mostly through the subscription cable package i have. today,though,i got to watch a beautifully pitched game by chien-ming wang,who is probably my fave pitcher to watch these days. the other teams i watch the most are the angels (orlando cabrera! beloved by boston fans merely by playing for the sox for half a year!),the twins,the mariners,and the local boys,the red sox.
the book i read was moneyball by michael lewis and i love how the guy writes. he made me want to go read bill james' baseball abstracts. well,mostly because i didn't realize that james wrote a lot of interesting essays to accompany all the stats he talked about,at least in the early days. for instance,he mentioned that baseball errors are really not a useful stat. true,because sometimes players commit errors because they make more effort defensively than someone who wouldn't even go close enough to a ball to commit an error,but they also arent' going to make any astounding plays,either. so,i thought that was a great point.
this book is pretty popular,it seems,amongst baseball fans. some folks may have heard of sabermetrics,which is using different stats to assess a player's worth. they think this is a way to win games. i'd like to do a study called 'abermetrics' which would have to do with how the metaphysical/energy aspects affect the outcome of games. i don't know of anyone doing that,but i think it would be a blast. i wonder if there are any quantum physicists who love baseball? i'm sure there are.
anyway,i'd call it 'abermetrics' because i've been playing with the abraham-hicks writings and ideas and continue to do so. you could say i'm an abe-hicks geek,but i think ultimately it will transcend mere geekiness for me and become a way of life.
well,then. i think i'm going to go take a bite out of those chores now...