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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

I already knew this just based on things like the Howard contract and the Papelbon debacle (that's a great band name), but this just makes me sad to be a Phillies fan.

It's like being a Royals or Pirates fan earlier in the century, except they have enough money to overcome their willful ignorance. I mean, I'm cool with using various means to evaluate players, but they admit the only use they have for this stuff is to determine how other teams will value their players. Doesn't that tell you something?

Inside the Phillies: Who needs sabermetrics?

I love the example of a guy going 1 for 16 against a pitcher as "sabremetrics". It's also interesting that they point out their general disdain for sabremetrics as almost charming. In reality, it's on par with, "I have a lot of data here that I can use to make a decision, but I'm choosing to use only 50% of that data."