Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 10, 2002
Boring Baseball:

Rob Neyer's column discusses why the Oakland A's are both fascinating and boring. Although not intentionally, he sums up a great truth of baseball; what helps you win is boring. Waiting for pitches, offenses centered around HR, endless pitching changes are probably a good way to build a winner, but it's not exciting. I think this is why the average fan doesn't care about Sabremetrics; they go to a game to be entertained.

I noticed last year that I had to force myself to like Ichiro. He doesn't walk enough, he swings at pitches out of the strike zone, no power, runs too much. That's the Sabrematrician in me talking. But Suzuki is exciting. I should have been embracing that excitement, while keeping his flaws in perspective. I did that with Bo Jackson, before he got hurt. I should have known to do that with Ichiro.


Posted by David Pinto at 01:38 PM | Baseball