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Tuesday, April 01, 2008
The fastest players
In no particular order, according to the Fans’ Scouting Report, the 8 fastest players in baseball are:
Bourn, Michael
Crawford, Carl
Davis, Rajai
Gathright, Joey
Gomez, Carlos
Patterson, Corey
Reyes, Jose
Victorino, Shane
Admit it. Other than Crawford and Reyes, and maybe one or two other guys, you have no idea how fast the other guys are, other than “fast”. But, the Fans are saying “the fastest”. Rally is telling us that Carlos Gomez ran a 3.1 on a bunt last night. The one thing about speed is that the random variation is very low. A guy who runs a 3.1 is not going to run a 4.2 on another day. So, if you have a group of fans that tell you that Carlos Gomez is one of the fastest runners in the league, then, you’ve got to give great weight to that. The 3.1 simply seals it.