MLB theoretical All-Star team

[mrbaseball]

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There is a big difference between best statistics in baseball and best team.

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FYP

[THAY3R]

how clever

[Jack of Arcades]

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There is a big difference between best statistics in baseball and best team.

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FYP

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Well, okay, we'll go to an alternate dimension. We'll have the consensus "best team in baseball" (detroit? chicago-w?) take on the consensus all-star team here for 162 games, and we'll see who wins more.

[Hornacek]

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There is a big difference between best statistics in baseball and best team.

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FYP

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Well, okay, we'll go to an alternate dimension. We'll have the consensus "best team in baseball" (detroit? chicago-w?) take on the consensus all-star team here for 162 games, and we'll see who wins more.

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Why do we need to go to an alternate universe? I don't see any Chisox or Tiggers on the "Consensus All-Star Team". That being said, the CWS/DET teams would both get smoked.

Stranger things have happened though; Team USA didn't even make the Semis of the WBC, and Cuba won it all...

[Jack of Arcades]

Team USA really sucked it hard though. With Jeter, Young, and Griffey it had some horrible defensive players out there.

[mrbaseball]

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Team USA really sucked it hard

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While true the WBC does tend to show my point. Collections of superstars (USA, Dominican) were inferior to teams (Japan, Cuba). Granted if those superstar collections had a proper spring training and a full season together things may have turned out differently. Better talent is a good thing in baseball. I just think that statistically oriented baseball fans miss a lot of the big picture that is emphasised by proper team and situational play.

[Jack of Arcades]

I don't think you can really say the USA team was inferior to the Japanese team when they beat them, no? Using the results of such a small amount of games to determine who was better is pretty short-sighted. We're talking about, like, what? 8 games max for the teams? Some of them came against ridiculously inferior competition.

Can you give examples of "proper team and situational play?"

[Hornacek]

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I don't think you can really say the USA team was inferior to the Japanese team when they beat them, no? Using the results of such a small amount of games to determine who was better is pretty short-sighted. We're talking about, like, what? 8 games max for the teams? Some of them came against ridiculously inferior competition.

Can you give examples of "proper team and situational play?"

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Meh. Look at USA Olympic Basketball in 2004, as well as the World Championships in 2002.

[Jack of Arcades]

- You're talking about basketball
- Those teams were far from "all-star teams"
- They were badly coached anyway.

[Peter666]

You might consider putting Vernon Wells in CF.