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Ben Clemens FanGraphs Chat - 5/4/20

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Ben Clemens

2:57

The guy Favre throws to is *wide* open

I could make that throw

Couldn't they at least show him throwing long or into coverage or something?

Like, he just lobs the ball to a guy who's completely uncovered.

2:58

As to who would sell the most jeans, I dunno, it's probably just whoever is most charismatic overall.

So Lindor or Mookie for my money.

Curtis

2:58

I think you could get 10 parts just on Roberto Clemente with part 10 being "What if..."

Ben Clemens

2:58

Yeah although it'd be sad and I don't know how much sadness I want to add to my life at the moment.

My dad just sent me a Roberto Clemente card, for seemingly no reason, in the mail.

2:59

(we're just free associating here now)

Anon

2:59

Not sure if this is a better question for Dan and ZiPS, but (assuming we have a season), how much more likely is it that we see a .400 hitter given the shortened season?

Ben Clemens

2:59

It's way more likely, and yeah, probably a question for Dan.

aaronsaron

2:59

In regards to the scoreboard thing, do you think it's a similar issues for announcers when watching on TV? Most of them are older and traditional and it doesn't help to educate the public (like a scoreboard at the ballpark). They are knowledgeable about baseball history, but then say things like "x player kills y pitcher because he has gone 3 for 7 against him" or "x player is great because he hits .475 with RISP." I dunno, just something I think about.

Ben Clemens

2:59

Yeah there's some muscle memory to it I think. You use what you're comfortable with. If I had to be an announcer I don't think I'd be comfortable with batting average against or anything.

3:00

So it's understandable that when talking for three hours, they default to what's comfortable.

Matters who their audience is too.

I'd be a terrible broadcaster, even if I could do the basic tasks of the job (and to be clear, they're incredibly difficult and I could not)

Because I don't think I'd be very good at capturing the average baseball viewer's attention.

Derek

3:00

Was it a baseball card or like, a Happy Anniversary card that happened to have Roberto Clemente on it?

Ben Clemens

3:00

Baseball card

3:01

Let me go get it and see what year it was

It appears to be a 1967 card. Has his stats through '56.

3:02

'Bob also demonstrated his timely hitting by posting a .300 Average in 10 pinch hit appearances.'

lovely

1957**

If you're curious, the stats on the card are: G, AB, R, H, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, AVG

Derek

3:02

Wait did he actually go by Bob? If so I never knew that.

Ben Clemens

3:02

I don't believe he did

Andrew McCutchen Fan

3:03

What is your favorite park-adjusted stat and why? I know OPS+ is mine.

Ben Clemens

3:03

If you're gonna plus it I like wRC+

Because it does the OBP/SLG translation that OPS is ever so slightly off on

And if you're collapsing it into a 1-number stat, might as well use the more accurate one

The thing I love about OPS is that it's easy to understand

3:04

But once you're saying 'look 100 is average and 110 is 10% above average'

I'd rather get the extra few % accuracy of wRC+

But both are great

After that, I really like FIP-

Because I think FIP is also reasonably easy to grok

Sam

3:04

Yes to a Curt Flood/free agency documentary. Also what about a documentary on the rise and fall of the '86 Mets?

Ben Clemens

3:04

10 parts no, but watch yes

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