From Grant over at McCoveyChronicles


"I wonder if there’s a non-stat way to explain how bad Bengie is to a statophobe.

Okay, so what is Bengie good at?”

He hits dingerz. About 20 a year.”

Fine. How many times do you think he doesn't score from second on a single that would score any other player in the league.”

Uh, about ten.”

Same question, but now we��TMre talking about scoring from first on an extra-base hit. How many times do you think that happens?”

Uh, like, five?”

Same question, but now we're talking about sac flies, scoring on grounders to the right side, etc…”

Maybe five times?”

Okay. So now we've almost completely negated Molina's offensive contribution with just his baserunning. Now let's talk about his (almost) league-worst on-base percentage.”

Good…god. I can…see so clearly now!”

I know that's not good science, but maybe it would get the point across."