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Re: BGeeks Volume 2, #2:  The Return of the Gregg-I... we look at the outfield position and explain how you can qualify for this year's 'Beat the Geeks' league <FONT COLOR=BLACK><b>[</font>Reply to #<a href="read.pl?1-4324">4324</a>]</b>
3/21/07, 8:52am
Thanks for taking the time to respond.  Where I respectfully disagree with you is using overall rankings.  Take runs for instance here is a breadown of a cross section from last year:

80 Runs - 3 Players
81 Runs - 0 Players
82 Runs - 7 Players
83 Runs - 5 Players
84 Runs - 5 Players

So, somebody that scores 80 runs (Pat Burrell) is ranked 12 places behind somebody that scored 84 runs?  That spread is way too high for just a span of 4 runs don't you think?  

HR are even worse.  18 people hit either 15 or 16 HR, and if you do a straight rank that means a perso who hit 14 HR is ranked 18 places lower than somebody hot it 17 HR.  Again, 3 HR is not that big of a difference but 18 ranking slots is.

I was too harsh in my first post, everyodoy has their own way of doing things, but I think this particular method is hurting your overall rankings a great deal.

Also - I don't think it does justice to rare categories like SB.  For every SB there are about 2 HR hit in the game, and you are assigning a similar value to each category this way.  Rare categories should get more weight put on them in my opinion.

[BaseballLab from NW NJ/NJ]
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