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[Carlos del Vaca]

Nice one. Apparently it's incumbent on you to prove a negative.

[pmcd9]

I could attempt to explain it to you, but I'm certain you wouldn't understand.

[Arachno-capitalist]

I can explain it for you in one word: Drugs.

[pmcd9]

I can explain it for you in one word: Drugs.

Well yes, that explains why they think it's true, certainly.

[pmcd9]

There's a story circulating about a Athiest coming to the rescue of a family after being turned away by Christians.

This story pisses me off because it is misrepresenting the facts so badly. But so many of my left leaning atheist friends are posting it on Facebook with comments which all amount to so much as 'see I told you so.'

Clearly there was a misunderstanding at the Church, but given the fact that they have since bent over backwards to try and make things right is at least some indication of their intent. And as for the atheist saving the day. if this is not a case of opportunism masked as altruism with the sole purpose of making this church look bad then I don't know what is. It should be noted that he Church was set up to help many families and the Atheist only helped one.

Perhaps the headline should read "Atheist use case of incident involving an overly sensitive woman and uptight Church volunteers to make Christianity look bad."

[KeithHernandez]

But if you are happy with the amount of drugs you have you will run out of drugs.

[pmcd9]

[Carlos del Vaca]

He's also the all-time leader in being hit by pitches.

[pmcd9]

He's also the all-time leader in being hit by pitches.

That stat is on there. What's not is his RBI's. Sure, he got more hits that Babe Ruth (not an apples to apples comparison by any measure), but he had half the RBI's. So I guess he was really good at getting hits when nobody was on base.

[pmcd9]

Someone needs to tell the Astros to Hove some dignity.

[jaydub]

So I guess he was really good at getting hits when nobody was on base.

That is kind of interesting, isn't it?  When a pitcher has to throw from the stretch because he's trying to keep baserunners honest, you would think that helps the batter.

[Carlos del Vaca]

Well, he hit leadoff a lot, didn't he? That means it was his job to get on base so other people could drive him in. If he's coming up after the 8-9 hitters he probably didn't get as many chances with guys on base.

[wombat]

Sometimes I don't know what the fuck y'all are talking about and I'm ok with that.

[Carlos del Vaca]

WHOO! SPORTS!

[JorgeFabregas]

That stat is on there. What's not is his RBI's. Sure, he got more hits that Babe Ruth (not an apples to apples comparison by any measure), but he had half the RBI's. So I guess he was really good at getting hits when nobody was on base.

Wait, you guys are crapping on Craig Biggio? Why come?

--So I guess he was really good at getting hits when nobody was on base.
He was better with runners on .273/.353/.435 with bases empty. .296/.381/.430 with runners on. As Carlos mentioned, he hit leadoff a lot (6979 of his almost 10876 ABs were from the number 1 spot in the order). And, while he had respectable power, his game was mostly about getting on base.

--(plus a big fat playoff wad shooting loser, .234 AVG/54 OPS+)
185 plate appearances. Small sample size blues.

--(plus Enron/Minutemaid field conflated his stats for his declining last eight years and kept him in the game long enough to accrue the fancy counting stats. His OPS+ for those last eight years is a sub-average 95. Up to his age 33 year he was an exceptional 124 OPS+ player. In his last eight years he maxed at 3.2 WAR and averaged 1.1 WAR. He was a piss-poor player for eight full seasons, kept in the game by a weird and favourable home stadium and stupid assed Killer B sentimentality. )

OPS is a kind of lousy stat because it places SLG on equal terms with OBP, when OBP is far more important. His RC+ was average or above average for 5 of his last 8 years, and that accounts for park factor. According to fWAR, his overall play was at or above league average for three of those last 8 years. He wasn't below replacement level (which is what would get him out of the league) until his last year. At the conclusion of which he was...out of the league. He was an above average base runner with 32 base running runs above average over his career.

His career wRC+ is 115--same as Ryne Sandberg. He had a perfectly respectable (for a HOFer) 4 year peak of 6.7 fWAR per year (1995-1998) and a monster season under his belt in 1997. He's over the 60 WAR threshold in both fWAR and rWAR. I don't see what's not to like unless you think he was a juicer or have a bias against "grindy" white guys.