Comments on: All-Star Win Probability

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:04:41 +0000

David,

Great graphs! I love the WPA and LI additions to the site – they’re great. I’ve never been a fan of the counting either.

Oh, and have you been recieving my emails? haha

-Mike

By: David Appelman

David Appelman — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 04:31:03 +0000

Pip,

I saw your study earlier today and desite it being “full of holes” as mentioned and “not proving anything”, I thought it was pretty cool. I’ve never been a fan of the All-Star game counting and this seems like a perfect example of why it shouldn’t.

By: Pip

Pip — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 02:45:06 +0000

Thanks for the ASG data — I was curious to get your thoughts on whether “stakeholders” — players most likely to play in the playoffs — might’ve performed better during the game. I used your data in an effort to determine it on our blog.

By: David Pinto

David Pinto — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:20:11 +0000

Thanks!

By: David Appelman

David Appelman — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:17:30 +0000

Looking at the play:

>>Carlos Beltran singled to center. On the play, Alfonso Soriano was thrown out at home, center to catcher. Runner on second with two outs and Albert Pujols due up.<<

The way it currently works is this would all be credited to Carlos Beltran. Typically, anything that happens after the ball is hit into play I credit to the batter. Beltran did get credit for his stolen base, and scoring on the wild-pitch.

By: David Pinto

David Pinto — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:23:44 +0000

When Beltran singled and Soriano got thrown out at the plate, how is that scored? Does Beltran get credit for making it 1-3 one out, then Soriano get penalized for making it man on second two out? Or does the whole play of man on second 1 out to man on second 2 out get credited to Beltran? It’s not clear from the graph.