Baseball Statistics and You  I talk about John Sickels a lot. He
runs a sibling-site here on SBNation, Minor League Ball. He also
has published a prospect book for the last few years that is a
gold mine of data on the minor leagues. Oh, and used to work for
Bill James. That pretty much makes him a guy I'd be lucky to
emulate.  Which is why I gave his recent post about sabermetrics
more than a passing thought. I read all the responses to it. I
read both stories over at The Hardball Times here and here. I
read this one at BPro and the one over at THE BOOK. Did I
mention the these two? It seems like I wasn't the only one to
esteem John and to give his opinion merit.  I took my time to
respond, though, because I wanted to give this more thought.
Here is what I came up with. It's not the usual TCB post as it
only tangentially touches on the Astros. Bear with me.  One of
the reasons my wife hates discussing any esoteric topic with me
is that I can usually see both sides and choose whichever fits
my mood to argue. S