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Blog    August 29, 2008 9:27 AM  The Indians and other
disappointing "sabermetric teams''  Posted by Geoff Baker
Ouch. Predictably, there was plenty of reaction.  Much of it can
be found over here in Baseball Think Factory's Newsblog
discussion thread, where the poster asks: "Can't we just let the
whole scouts versus sabermetric thing go?'' Apparently not.
Though the author of those words appears to imply it was The Big
Lead that reignited the debate and not sabermetrics analyst
Pinto. This was actually a case of one sabermetrically-inclined
writer questioning whether some of the teams championed by the
movement had failed. Not a more traditional, scouts-inclined
blogger picking on some "sabermetric teams'' for failing. I
thought I'd clear that up because this is what can happen too
often on the Internet when facts get in the way of a good beef.
Although, in fairness, Pinto ne