If I lived in Dallas I would have a problem with this NL vote, so don’t tell me I’m a homer. And as evidence of that, please refer to my NL manager of the year ballot where I voted for Colorado’s Jim Tracy over Tony La Russa with no hesitation (La Russa was second on my ballot).

What a convincing argument.

“What was my greatest fear in the past is now upon us. Armed with their “advanced metrics” and clutching their spread sheets, the new-age baseball voters have officially taken over the sport both in the front offices and behind the scenes."

-Hey Bryan, yeah I am clutching a spreadsheet in my hands right now as I post this.
I take it to bed with me when I go to sleep.

“Of all the many mysteries surrounding our national pastime, none is more baffling than the rather peculiar obsession by so many who profess a love of baseball who repeatedly try to turn this wonderfully simple game into a mind-numbing, highfalutin’ brain twister.”

- I am finding myself unable to come up with something witty enough to respond to this with.

“It’s like their dissecting a cyborg instead of looking at the stats of a human being… really creepy.”

“If this is a trend, and I think it is, then the day is not far off when the Cy Young winner will have a sub .500 record and a plus 4.00 ERA while excelling in the cabalistic criteria the sabremetricians worship. "

“The geek on 101 last night said something that truly shows these metrics people know nothing about competitiveness – he said “a win in September is no more important than a win in April.” He’s right, in a pure numerical sense. But we all know, who live and watch and maybe played any sport, that true champions are proven in the closing minutes, last days of the season, the drive to the finish."