[USML Announce] Discussion Topics

[Rick Gammons]

Greetings:
   I'm in agreement with Mr. Barrett, though I wouldn't fight switching
from BA to OBP.  And speaking as a traditionalist, I'm pleased as punch to
see game pace return to at least 1980s levels, if not 1970s levels.
  Rick

On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 11:27 AM Klein Nine via Announce <announce at usml.net>
wrote:

> I'm guessing a lot of others agree. Also guessing that, as a
> traditionalist, Jim is lamenting that the bases are a few inches larger
> this year, too. :)
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> -Andy
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> -------- Original Message --------
> On Mar 5, 2023, 12:08 PM, Jim Barrett < chicagojab at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I’m still a believer in Wins and BA. I would not be in favor of switching.
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> And I think that dealing with trades to the NL adds an extra strategic
> wrinkle that can liven things up part way into the season. So I’m not in
> favor of changing that either.
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> Jim
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Mar 5, 2023, at 10:32 AM, Klein Nine via Announce <announce at usml.net>
> wrote:
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> As long as we’re gearing up for the season, I wanted to toss out a few
> discussion items.  None of these are suggestions for this season.  Just
> wanted to get thoughts to see if we might have momentum for putting forward
> proposals later this year to implement in future seasons.
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> 1.            Wins:  Wins seems a dated category, especially with so many
> starters going five innings per game or less.  Is there a good substitute?
> Quality starts?
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> 2.            Batting Average:  Would OBP be better?  Does anyone play in
> league that uses OBP instead of BA?  If so, what do you think?
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> 3.            Trades to NL:  We’ve raised this before but have not had a
> critical mass of support for counting stats of players traded to the NL
> mid-season.  With MLB balancing the schedule and adding more inter-league
> games, is anyone willing to re-consider?
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> -Andy
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