Back in action
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Mar 07, 2007 
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Going to get your computer fixed is like getting your car repaired. You hope it’s something small but you’re worried that the mechanic will sigh and mention the transmission.
So I was kind of concerned I might need a new keyboard.
But today was a happy day. I went to the Apple Store, I signed in to get help, the techie dude looked at my PowerBook and said, “Yeah, hold on.”
He went in the back, came back and a new “E” key and snapped it on. Took 10 seconds, no charge.
So if Joe Torre says, “Yipee,” I’m all set.
Headed out for lunch with my noted co-authors, Borden and Feinsand. Check back later for the lineup.
That’s Abraham to Borden to Feinsand. 6-4-3 doubleplay.
Congratulations on the new “E”…. anything to keep those blog entries coming!
wll don
Apple is good isn’t it
Fixed with the greatest of “E’s”!
(ok, I know, that was bad.)
Gotta love Apple. My last PC was a Toshiba and any issue required me to send it back for check and repair…even the smallest thing! Talk about a hassle. Glad you got it sorted sir! Looking forward to some info about Clemens at the game tonight!
This is why Apple is awesome. Been with Apple since the IIe and never looked back.
That’s why I like extended warranties.
Let’s just hope there are not a lot of ‘E’s around 3B this year.
Eek, crazy wEEk.
Let’s just hope A-Rod remains a Yankee so that he can absorb gratuitous disses from fans until he retires.
Let’s Eez up on the puns, folks.
Heck, I’m not concerned about the loss yesterday.
i love my mac.
Can there be one day without an A Rod diss? Just one. That’s all I’m asking for.
For the love of God.
Good article by Jayson Stark on ESPN about Phil Hughes.
Geez Pete,
Too bad you fixed it, you would have saved more errors for A-Rod than Minky…
Wouldn’t have been able to type ‘E’-5
We have an Apple store out here too. They really are awesome.
Very funny comments on this thread BTW.
does the “E-Rod” crowd realize that Jeter has been a terrible defensive SS for like 5 out of the last 6 years?
or does defense only matter when we’re trying to run A-Rod out of town? got it.
Jeter’s a “terrible defensive SS for like 5 out of the last 6 years”? Easy there tiger. I don’t think they’re giving away Gold Gloves to just anybody.
Hah! That is just too easy, but I really like Jeter so I won’t even touch that one.
yeah you’re right, there is a really deep thought process when giving out Golden Gloves. Always go to deserving people:
http://www.citypaper.com/columns/story.asp?id=8502
“Easy there tiger. I don’t think they’re giving away Gold Gloves to just anybody.”
and thus, we have entered the realm of the impossible to win argument.
whatever.
i like jeter too, but unlike many yankee fans, i can reconcile the two ideas that i think Jeter is a first ballot hall of famer AND has crappy range at SS.
but he has gold gloves. so let’s ignore every advanced defensive metric that says his range stinks.
Ok, but does his faults regarding his range render him a “terrible” defensive SS? His other defensive stats are consistently in the top 3 for those gold gloves, are they not?
Or is your theory that the voters are just taken from the screaming women at the stadium proposing to Jeter every night?
hmmm, just curious, who would’ve been your AL-SS-GG winner?
defensive metrics are totally subjective and manned by sabermetric geeks holed up in bill james celler looking at video of every defensive play of every game . they know it’s jeter when they do the”objective” grading, and they don’t like him because he’s a jeter. i’ll go with managers and coaches any day over bill james wannabes. until they get the subjective sabermetric people out of the defensive metrics these metrics are pretty worthless.
“they know it’s jeter when they do theâ€?objectiveâ€? grading, and they don’t like him because he’s a jeter. ”
wow.
i am speechless.
i am not going to argue with someone who actually believes this.
“hmmm, just curious, who would’ve been your AL-SS-GG winner?”
probably Juan Uribe.
and notice i said Jeter was bad 5 of the last 6 years. he was actually NOT bad in 2004, the year he won his first gold glove.
he just keeps winning b/c that’s how Gold Gloves work.
Hey I was only joking.. I personally Love A-Rod, Honest to God!
Remember Nettles’ Licence plate number?
E-5
A-Rod would have laughed…
“Ok, but does his faults regarding his range render him a “terribleâ€? defensive SS? His other defensive stats are consistently in the top 3 for those gold gloves, are they not? ”
maybe not “terrible” but consistently near the bottom of major league shortstops.
i’m not sure what other stats you are referring to. fielding %? jeter is sure-handed, and doesn’t make a lot of errors, but still makes fewer plays than the average SS b/c of his range.
DPs? he was last among AL starters.
but you can forget all of that because the people publishing the stats hate jeter and refuse to grade him the same way as everyone else. it’s clearly the most logical explanation for his poor range numbers and i take comfort in that even though jeter’s lack of range is visible to the naked eye.
hmmm,
have you ever looked close enough to see how they do their defensive ratings? are you telling me that every play is not looked at and judged for location,speed, hard hit,etc by someone sitting at a video screen. are you telling me also that this is not done by a person. i’ve yet to see a defensive rating schem that is all technology driven, but it will happen at some point. the technology will be able to tell where a player starts on a play, how far he has to go, and how much time he has, but right now the technology isn’t there. the data going into the objective formulas is subjective. if you are sayng it isn’t you clearly don’t know the methodology of these defensive ratings.
Wow. 30 (now 31) comments on a broken E. Bored today? I am.
i’m not bored, i’m waiting for hmmm to read up on his bill james,uzr,or john dewan and get back to me on the subjectivity/ objectivity of defensive metrics. with hmmm’s cliched rant on jeter i’m wondering if he’s really a yankeee fan. it sure sounds like familiar red sox crap we’ve all heard.
from david gassko on hardball times:
“The main problem is estimating chances. Once we know how many outs a player should have caught, we can judge his defense. But figuring out how many outs a player is expected to make is not so easy. ”
that about says it hmmmm. what’s the matter cat got your tongue?
Yo tiger lover,
Raphael Palmeiro has been a Gold Glove winner.
“what’s the matter cat got your tongue?”
or maybe i need time to commute home?
“are you telling me that every play is not looked at and judged for location,speed, hard hit,etc by someone sitting at a video screen. are you telling me also that this is not done by a person.”
no, i am NOT telling you this. i agree completely with the methodology you describe. what i DISAGREE with is where you said the people recording/analyzing the data do it DIFFERENTLY just for Jeter, because they don’t like Jeter.
do you know how INSANE that sounds?
you can argue about how the metrics are flawed, and how you don’t trust them, and yes, that they involve some “subjectivity” but arguing they are somehow intentionally biased against Jeter is just NUTS.
“it sure sounds like familiar red sox crap we’ve all heard.”
ah, the last desperate argument of someone who has no idea what he is talking about: accuse the other person of being a Red Sox fan. how mature.
i am a Yankees fan. a HUGE yankees fan. but jesus h. christ, being a fan isn’t going to make me believe something when all of the evidence points me to to the opposite conclusion.
jeter is a great great player. one of the 5 best SS of all time when everything is said and done.
but he is NOT a great defensive SS.
i guess the fact that i can accept BOTH of those 2 statements makes me a “sox fan”. whatever, i’m done arguing with you.
go back to reading your Murray Chass articles.
hmmm, you’re not taking my rebuttal very well. i notice a little hysteria with all those capitals. i’ve never thought the sabermetrically inclined were very good at handling pressure. of course bill james doesn’t believe in “clutch play” so you, i guess, don’t either. or does saint bill now believe in it? it’s so hard to keep track of when he changes his mind and when he doesn’t.
when bill james gets his first degree in statistics i’ll pay more attention to him. he’s a statistical lightweight in the academic world. he’s an entertaining writer but that’s about it. so you think you can learn the game by only reading about it. no wonder you can’t see what jeter does. jeter is a damn good defensive player. anyone who has played the game can see that. next lifetime try playing the game a little.
enjoy the game tonight.
hey hmmm. you got a pc or a mac ? not that it matters.some of my best friends have pcs.
oh ,sorry, i forgot you’re not talkng to me anymore. back to the game. way to go jeter. nice double play.
well, the comments section wasn’t working last night, so my responses were getting rejected.
we’ll just have to agree. it’s like religion, i’m not going to convince you and you won’t convince me.
the one thing i will say is that whole “you don’t know b/c you never played the game” is pretty silly. you have no idea who i am and if i played or not. also, it implies that someone like John Kruk knows everything about baseball b/c he played, and that just ain’t the case.
peace.
uhh, that should say “agree to disagree”.
we both have the ability to learn. like any good web argument there are more than a few logical fallacies and assumptions flying around. i have never met a sabermetrician who has played the game at a high level so that was a calculated assumption. who knows, you could be the first. of course ,you made the assumption that i like murry chass. when the reality is i read neyer , law, and gillete much more than i have ever read chass. i read everything i can get my hands on. baseball is too complex a sport for any simplistic dogma about it. the reason that i do read sabermetrics is that i do think it has something to offer, but not to the degree that it trumps actual experience. this phenomenon where someone trains academically ,has no experience in a field and is in charge in that field is a problem not just in baseball ,but society in general. baseball as usual reflects society.
there are many ramifications of ivy legue sabermetrically inclined people being in charge that cause inadvertant problems beyond whether or not jeter is a good defensive shortstop or not. one of them is that the sabermetric world is an extremely undiverse universe in a sport that is played by a diverse group of players. gary gillette who has worked hard at getting more diversity in the sabermetric world told me he counted only a few people of color at a recent sabr convention. so you see there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes in this argument than simply jeter’s defensive skill. there’s a certain level of class warfare going on thus the passion.
this isn’t the ideal forum for this kind of discussion. if you’re interested in further discussion you (or anyone else) you can contact me at rlladd@comcast.net
while also agreeing to disagree , i appreciate the fact you hung in there for a more thoughtful discussion .