Batting Average is Not a Flawed Statistic

It has become common in the baseball community to bash batting average, to say it is a flawed statistic, for a few reasons: It does not recognize how different types of hits (singles, triples, etc) contribute differently to a player’s value or team’s performance It counts at-bats and not plate appearances (and thus  pretends sac [...]

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• Thus I Have Twoten

  My answer to Stack Exchange Photography Q: Which of these lenses should I get for low light conditions?
  http://t.co/nPPs8rTd
  Holy shit, Chrono Trigger was just released for the iPad. $10. I'm in love [all over again]
  Really hoping Pujols signs with the Marlins. It'd be such a dramatic event in the baseball world! </geekout>
  RT @rushkoff F. Luntz at it again: @pantagrapher: How Republicans are being taught to talk about #OWS via @YahooNews
  http://t.co/eJ20K11n
  My pics of warbeast, @everytimeidie, GWAR (@therealoderous, @latestgwarnews) at @themarchesa in Austin TX:
  http://t.co/m6JFDxLX
  View all of my @funfunfunfest pictures:
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  Crowd surfers, robots, bandanas, and punk rock: FFF Day 2 is up at
  http://t.co/ZTSrCRMS
  My answer on @Quora to: What are fun things to do with your parents in Austin?
  http://t.co/fCgQFKC8
  Burnett has walked 3. #yankees
  My pics of @thesword, @kyusslives, and @monstroband at @stubbsaustin:
  http://t.co/zHWBfQmg

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