And Sky Kalkman probably has never seen him play. Seriously, there are some fun, interesting, informative conversations over at BYB, but that doesn’t mean using esoteric calculations can run a MLB franchise as GM and manager like those guys believe. When Neyer makes the claim that NL managers and coaches are fools and ignorant the only response over there is snickering, sarcasm and condescension.

McLouth had more out of zone plays per inning than Carlos Beltran. He had slightly fewer than Cameron. I doubt he has many balls clanking off his glove given the official scorer there, so how would those numbers be reconciled. He’s one of the best, comparable to Mike Cameron in getting to OOZ but somehow he lacks range? At worst that should raise question to the results.

Why the relatively low rate of BIZ? There are lot of possibilities, but off the top of my head two are the camera angles and magnifications and defensive shifts. There is also a significant chance that the two people doing the measurement based on watching video that produce the raw data share the same biases (and I mean systemic not a prejudice).

His raw numbers look really good. I know its the most un-PC thing to say, but maybe the people shooting off their mouth should try the scientific method and look at the calculations when the observed results seem contradictory. I don’t think that’ll happen because many of the people who claim superior knowledge and equate “science” with making mathematical computations don’t view observation as reliable or sometimes even valid.