djvh@drutx.UUCP (VanHandelDJ) (08/27/85)
>> A misleading answer. If a man singles another home, the run is counted >> twice: once as a run scored for the man who crosses the plate, another >> as an rbi for the batter. Why treat a homerun differently? > > Because we are trying to determine how many runs the player figures in. > All runs are counted twice, but only for HRs are they counted twice > for the same person. Counting twice for different players is OK, > because we can still add figure R + RBI - HR /teams runs to see the > percentage of runs the player figures in (not being able to get > directly at runs he helps produce, but doesn't score or drive in.) > Counting HRs twice invalidates this computation. This fact would > have been obvious to any bright high-school freshman. > I was going to write a long, in-depth response to some of your arguments, Paul. But after seeing this bit of reasoning, I decided not to waste my time. Maybe if you started hanging around with high school freshman more often, you'd learn something. Like most of the rest of what you wrote, it makes no sense. David Rubin and myself never claimed to know more than the experts. But at least we can support our claims with SOMETHING. It must be easy to win arguments when you can say that nothing supports the other person's side; therefore your opinion is correct. I hope some of the other readers gained insight from this discussion. As for myself, I'm not going to waste any more time. It's football season. Dave Van Handel