Posted by seamar_116 on 2/13/2014 5:53:00 PM (view original):

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Posted by bad_luck on 2/13/2014 5:38:00 PM (view original):

Posted by MikeT23 on 2/13/2014 5:37:00 PM (view original):

Define "a lot"

 

I think we can agree that a lot is an amount somewhere above average.

OK.  How many walks did the "average" big league player draw?

1000 or more?
999 or less?

The average big leaguer walks about 8.5% of the time.

Does that equate to more or less than 1000 per career?

How big is the career, there, John Trollvolta?

A career lasts from their first BL appearance til their last BL appearance, Mr. Einstein.

How often were you dropped on your head as a child?  And as an adult?

So you argue relativity when talking about bum on the street/Warren Buffet...but you fail to grasp relativity now?    Shocked I am, shocked.  

1000 walks is a lot for a BL player during his career.    The world doesn't let everyone play the same amount of time.   So, in order to draw 1000 walks, you have to play awhile.   That's the only way you can accrue a lot of walks.

Posted by seamar_116 on 2/13/2014 5:53:00 PM (view original):

Posted by MikeT23 on 2/13/2014 5:50:00 PM (view original):

Posted by seamar_116 on 2/13/2014 5:46:00 PM (view original):

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Posted by bad_luck on 2/13/2014 5:40:00 PM (view original):

Posted by MikeT23 on 2/13/2014 5:40:00 PM (view original):

Posted by bad_luck on 2/13/2014 5:38:00 PM (view original):

Posted by MikeT23 on 2/13/2014 5:37:00 PM (view original):

Define "a lot"

 

I think we can agree that a lot is an amount somewhere above average.

OK.  How many walks did the "average" big league player draw?

1000 or more?
999 or less?

The average big leaguer walks about 8.5% of the time.

Does that equate to more or less than 1000 per career?

How big is the career, there, John Trollvolta?

A career lasts from their first BL appearance til their last BL appearance, Mr. Einstein.

How often were you dropped on your head as a child?  And as an adult?

So you argue relativity when talking about bum on the street/Warren Buffet...but you fail to grasp relativity now?    Shocked I am, shocked.  

Posted by MikeT23 on 2/13/2014 5:58:00 PM (view original):
Tell us how "a lot" can only apply to rates. 

I'm dying to hear it.

So, if it's a relative term, am I free to apply it in the manner I choose?

Since you don't get to determine how I apply terms, I'll just say "Yes, I do."

Relative to the average BL player, anyone who drew 1000 walks did indeed walk "a lot".

Thanks for playing.

Posted by bad_luck on 2/13/2014 1:05:00 PM (view original):
There are only two guys I'd take on that list over Jeter - Piazza and Manny.

Posted by MikeT23 on 2/13/2014 6:22:00 PM (view original):

So, if it's a relative term, am I free to apply it in the manner I choose?

Since you don't get to determine how I apply terms, I'll just say "Yes, I do."

Relative to the average BL player, anyone who drew 1000 walks did indeed walk "a lot".

Thanks for playing.

Posted by MikeT23 on 2/13/2014 7:52:00 PM (view original):
Because I say "1000 walks is a lot of walks"?

Let's try it this way:

Say this out loud "1000 walks is not a lot of walks even though there have only been 116 players in MLB history to do it."

Did you say "****, that sounds stupid"?    If you didn't, it's because you're stupid.

Posted by seamar_116 on 2/13/2014 8:32:00 PM (view original):

Posted by MikeT23 on 2/13/2014 7:52:00 PM (view original):
Because I say "1000 walks is a lot of walks"?

Let's try it this way:

Say this out loud "1000 walks is not a lot of walks even though there have only been 116 players in MLB history to do it."

Did you say "****, that sounds stupid"?    If you didn't, it's because you're stupid.

Already stated by me <<Compared to the AVERAGE big league career totals, 1000 are a lot of walks. So are 999.   Legit questions....how many guys have played MLB?>> I already agreed with you. But you still want to argue. ergo: troll

So here is where you come off as a jackass and lacking in sense...like Swamp...you just talk around yourself, never even listening to what other people say and never really bothering to think about what you...or others are saying. Because after all, you are just so damn smart that no one else can possibly be right, and things are just the way you say they are...no accounting for degree, context or relativity. Truth be told...you do not appear to be not a very complex thinker and see things in black and white terms.