Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, they add Steve Phillips to the Sunday Night Baseball team. The game hasn't even started and I already have a headache.
No, like literally putting a graphic on the screen along the lines of 'On Base Percentage+Slugging Percentage= OPS' while offering a lengthy explanation while introducing Chipper Jones.
You kind of had to listen to it. Imagine someone who just started playing fantasy baseball trying to explain fantasy baseball to someone who has been playing for 10 years. I know that there may be some people out there who haven't heard of OPS, but the way they explained it, you'd think Chipper Jones should have unanimously won the MVP last year.
Well, he did have a historically lucky (and productive) year if I remember correctly. Didn't he hit like .364? Without the injuries, his stats were off the charts.
Phillips just explained OPS again during the CIN game, with the graphic. He just kind of glossed over it this time though as an "indicator of the offensive production a player can bring."
I really miss FJM. Ken Tremendous, where are you when we need you? All I gotta say is "Parks and Recreation" better be damn good!
ReplyDeleteI love how ESPN has suddenly discovered OPS.
ReplyDeleteDo they use it as a verb? Like, "Boy, Jay Bruce has really been OPS-ing a lot better over the last month!"
ReplyDeleteNo, like literally putting a graphic on the screen along the lines of 'On Base Percentage+Slugging Percentage= OPS' while offering a lengthy explanation while introducing Chipper Jones.
ReplyDeleteHey, not bad!
ReplyDeleteYou kind of had to listen to it. Imagine someone who just started playing fantasy baseball trying to explain fantasy baseball to someone who has been playing for 10 years. I know that there may be some people out there who haven't heard of OPS, but the way they explained it, you'd think Chipper Jones should have unanimously won the MVP last year.
ReplyDeleteWell, he did have a historically lucky (and productive) year if I remember correctly. Didn't he hit like .364? Without the injuries, his stats were off the charts.
ReplyDeleteOr should I say they should have been off the charts.
ReplyDeletePhillips just explained OPS again during the CIN game, with the graphic. He just kind of glossed over it this time though as an "indicator of the offensive production a player can bring."
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