tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post4425279646038461830..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Filling Out The Lineup CardAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-11686025822852735122007-06-19T15:40:00.000-04:002007-06-19T15:40:00.000-04:00Best suggestion I've heard so far is to pull Lugo ...Best suggestion I've heard so far is to pull Lugo from the lead-off spot (under-.300 OBS? Wow) and put Kevin Youkilis there. He's not a traditional lead-off man, but he works in that spot in the same way that Wade Boggs worked there in the '80s: he makes contact, he gets on base, he plays smart, and he's capable of putting himself into scoring position immediately rather than needing a stolen base.Ben Wymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12491745981357751416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-58604018473726889352007-06-18T22:46:00.000-04:002007-06-18T22:46:00.000-04:00I love OPS. It doesn't measure stupid baserunning...I love OPS. It doesn't measure stupid baserunning, but it captures about everything else on offense.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-58032811100916243802007-06-18T22:19:00.000-04:002007-06-18T22:19:00.000-04:00I read a book in the 1960's called "Percentage Bas...I read a book in the 1960's called "Percentage Baseball" by Earnshaw Cook. He wasn't really a baseball guy, he was a stat man. He advocated leading off with the guy that gets on base the most. It took MLB about 4 decades to embrace his ideas, or at least to get Billy Beane to embrace them. And don't forget that they now add the SLP and OBP to come up with OPS. As you may imagine, Barry Bonds has had a primo OPS most recent seasons, with his unprecedented power and number of walks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com