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Amazon.com: Editorial Reviews: Baseball Prospectus 2001 (Baseball Prospectus, 2001)
I wonder if this means they admit that there were serious problems with Pitcher Abuse Points? I'm a little surprised there haven't been any mentions of this on the BP website? Also, can they change the name of Pitcher Abuse Points? Calling it abuse simply points out that they are assuming abuse is going on. Pitcher Usage Points would be a much less pejorative term and would would give you a much cooler acronym in my opinion.
Rany Jazayerli's new and improved Pitcher Abuse Points analysis; forecasts of hitter performance using Clay Davenport's exclusive "Wilton" forecasting system; Keith Woolner's pitcher abuse research; (emphasis added by me)
I wonder if this means they admit that there were serious problems with Pitcher Abuse Points? I'm a little surprised there haven't been any mentions of this on the BP website? Also, can they change the name of Pitcher Abuse Points? Calling it abuse simply points out that they are assuming abuse is going on. Pitcher Usage Points would be a much less pejorative term and would would give you a much cooler acronym in my opinion.
posted by Sean Foran # 6:32 PM 
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