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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Preparation for the Intangibles Survey
I’ve had this on-again, off-again idea for an intangibles survey. I did a basic one (on clutch) a few years ago. Now, Jeff has brought it back to on-again, for now anyway. The idea is simple enough: give me at least three, and no more than seven, traits that we would want to ask the fans of those teams to tell us about the players. I would run the survey in the off-season.
Here’s what I was thinking:
1. Clutch (Is this one of the guys on the team that you want to see with the game on the line?)
2. Playing smarts (baserunning, relays, etc; is he impressively smart or frustratingly clueless?)
3. Hustle (Is he giving his all?)
4. Non-game work ethic (party animal? gym maniac? family man?)
5. Color of skin (not an intangible, but a question of perception)
Anyway, so give me your list, and if we can come up with something good, I’ll run it in the off-season.