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Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Another Hitler comparison
...and this time it's not in reference to President Bush! This one comes from Peter Gammon's new column, in which he describes the Sabermetrics community as "stats Nazis" (via Crank):
Cabrera is a dashing, 78 rpm defender who sometimes almost plays too fast. But he gives himself up when necessary, pounds high fastballs and clearly loves playing on a Red Sox team that is in contention and sold out every game all season. . . Roberts is right about Cabrera, and the same thing can be said about Derek Jeter -- who the stats Nazis will insist from their garages isn't an exceptional shortstop -- and Brian Roberts. On the other hand, there are some star-type players that are not as good on a pennant contender.
I like Gammons a lot, but that is in very poor taste. I believe it was in jest, but he should know better. Also, it's rather odd that the man who wrote a glowing article about advanced defensive statistics would, just a week later, demean the community which creates those statistics by calling them "Nazis".
I am amused by the "in their garages" portion. It sounds as if he's specifically referring to bloggers. Geez- you bring down one major media outlet, and all of a sudden you're in everybody's crosshairs...
UPDATE: The "stats Nazis" remark has now been replaced with "statheads". Smart move.
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