Backin' me Up

SPORTING GOODS

Aaron Gleeman at Hardball Times came to the same conclusion about Wednesday's Simmons column that I did:

There are, of course, a number of stats that do precisely what Simmons is looking for. For instance, Lee Sinins' wonderful Sabermetric Baseball Encyclopedia tells us that, prior to this season, Palmeiro had hit 267 more home runs than the average hitter during his career, and 136 more home runs than the average first baseman. The funny thing is that those are exactly the sort of stats Simmons loves to mock.

Worth a read of Gleeman's column today, which I linked above. There's some good stuff in there, including a link to the ESPN talking heads tourney. It's like we're on the same wave-length. Spooooky.

BTW, ESPN tourney second round starts today, go vote if you're bored!