Rays manager Maddon calls for stat to measure runs prevented - St. Petersburg Times
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Tampa’s Joe Maddon - Fully Prepared To Blow Joe Morgan’s Mind
Published 5/25/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... this afternoon through 7 innings, Rays manager Joe Maddon tells the St. Petersberg Times’ Marc Topkin, “I don’t think offensive players are evaluated enough in regard to how many runs they give up. If you really want to keep track, keep track of how many points they give up and then you can really find out this number that is produced at the end of the season.” And with that, the mad rush to ghostwrite Maddon’s book begins! ...
Topkin: Rays manager Maddon calls for stat to measure runs prevented
Published 5/25/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Topkin: Rays manager Maddon calls for stat to measure runs prevented Top kin! The most ineffectual Top kin! Who’s intellectual close friends get to call him T.K. Providing it’s with dignitay (ouch) That got manager Joe Maddon talking the other day about how baseball needs a way to better quantify the overall value of players. “I don’t think offensive players are evaluated enough in regard to how many runs they give up,” Maddon said. “If you really want to keep track, keep track of how many points they give up and then you can really find out this number that is produced ...
Joe Maddon Adds the Mind of a Computer Geek to the Glasses He Stole From One
Published 5/26/2008 by Josh Alper at FanHouse
... It might be time to rectify that thinking. Maddon spoke with Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times this weekend and espoused his belief that it's time for a more accurate measure of a player's worth. ...
Baseball Today: Tuesday, May 27
Published 5/27/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... CLOSET STATHEAD: Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon wants to see if there's a way to determine how many runs a player costs his team defensively, which can then be added to the runs he produces as a hitter to create a baseball plus/minus rating. (St. Petersburg Times) ...
