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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Peace in the MidEast, the Metric System in America, or OBP over BA?
Someone asked me why OBP over BA as the scale for wOBA. To me, it’s always been natural, since the denominator of OBP is PA instead of AB (which is a subset of PA). I also reasoned that logic will trump the tradition of ignoramuses, since the ignoramuses will eventually die off.
But, the reader who asked the question says his son talks about BA and not OBP. Now, why is that? Is it the same position that prevents USA from adopting the metric system? If Canada is any indication, if America ever goes the metric route, you’ll have all the old fuddy-duddies complaining and making a stink, while the kids will be absorbed by the metric system in school, and eventually after 10-20 years that generation and all subsequent ones will measure things in kilometers and liters.
This is my expectation for OBP supplanting BA. And the school of OBP must start with Fantasy Baseball. Why don’t the Fantasyers simply go with OBP over BA? If they do that, they’ll overpower those who pray to the church of BA, and OBP will become mainstream. After we settle that one, then we can figure out Palestine and Israel.