Comments on: So it seems like steroids work

By: pat

pat — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:29:31 +0000

wow… just wow pete… I usually agree with you but…hands down the worst piece of “reporting” or “analysis” I’ve seen here

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:39:05 +0000

To all the posters who are complaining about Pete hating A Rod, why shouldn’t we hate him? Huh?

By: Rudy

Rudy — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:27:27 +0000

There definitely are park factors. A-Rod’s seasons in Seattle were plagued by the fact that, well, he was a rookie. Hell, A-Rod’s most dominating year home run wise was probably 1999, where he hit 42 homers in only 129 games in Safeco Field which is a pitchers’ park. If you somehow could transpose that season onto the Arlington ballpark, he’d probably have 50 homers had he played a whole season.

That being said A-Rod clearly doesn’t need performance enhancing drugs, and his usage of them is more indicative of a league-wide epidemic and MLB’s inability to solve the problem.

That being said Hicks, the guy whose teams have had more cases of steroid usage than any other known cases, has no place talking about A-Rod when he had Juan Gone, Pudge, Raffy, Caminiti, and whatnot playing for him.

By: gwynar

gwynar — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:00:15 +0000

In case anyone is interested, I posted a breakdown on park factors (taken from B-R), as well as listed a few other stats, over at my blog.

http://forums.simcentral.net/blog.php?b=622

Not sure if it’ll really add anything extra to what’s already been said though (that it’s silly to say that A-Rod’s 3-years in Texas somehow proves steroids works).

By: Russell NY

Russell NY — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:59:53 +0000

“Peter: delete this entry and all the comments. It has no useful purpose.

Just like they should have done with the 2003 steroid test results.”

Agreed, these stats come across a little biased.

By: Frank Solares

Frank Solares — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 04:42:05 +0000

We believe in Alex!

By: Lara08

Lara08 — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:53:09 +0000

Since they work I got a few Yankees that need some.

By: Patrick Bateman

Patrick Bateman — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:49:40 +0000

Peter: delete this entry and all the comments. It has no useful purpose.

Just like they should have done with the 2003 steroid test results.

By: Matthew Cohen

Matthew Cohen — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:47:02 +0000

We strongly believe there is no place in baseball for shoddy statistics of any type, and we support the efforts of statheads everywhere to continually improve the statistical analysis process.

Although we are disappointed in the mistake that Pete made in his post, I think that we all need to realize that Pete — like all of us—is a human being not immune to fault.

We support Pete, and need to do everything we can to help him deal with this statistical challenge and prepare for the upcoming season.

By: harley

harley — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:03:40 +0000

Jeebus, Pete, at least do a tiny amount of homework. Who are you, Murray Chass? (The plural bias is not data.)

Take a look at the relevant park effects numbers, particularly lefty vs. righty. And change the frackin’ headline.

Thanks in advance.