Hawk, Learn What "Valuable" Means, OK?

White Sox / Yankees, 4th inning, Harrelson = dumb. Quote not exact, but close.

"We're really feeling the hurt of what is the most significant injury to this ballclub, and that is Pablo Ozuna. I think people are really seeing now what an important piece to the puzzle he was, because of the energy he brings".

Pablo Ozuna's WARP1's, 2005/2006/2007: 0.7/0.7/-0.2

Yes, Pablo Ozuna is sorely missed for everything he brought to the team, 1.2 fucking wins over 3 seasons. What an important puzzle piece. If the puzzle is "why were the White Sox winning so much", surely this guy was the answer.

Okay, seriously, maybe those stats don't exactly include Ozuna's energy. There are several things that have suffered because Pablo is injured. Take these for example.

The bullpen ERA, feeling deflated from a lack of Ozuna's energy, has exploded to nearly 6.50

Jermaine Dye, without someone to inspire him by running really hard, has a .245 EqA

Jose Contreras is making a case for "worst pitcher in baseball". It's not because he's lost the ability to be a power pitcher, it's because he doesn't have Ozuna for emotional support.

But seriously, the absolute worst part of that quote, is that there is a way better player out for the year. I forgot his name.....Joe ThirdBaseman or something, who was worth 6.4 WARP1 in 2006.

Pablo Ozuna, you will be sorely missed. Your 2008 return will no doubt propel the White Sox to another 90-win season.

It's Been Pointed Out Too Many Times Before...But

......when I've been waiting so long for Celizic to write again, and he's not even that wrong for most of the article, it's disappointing. So I have to point out the one majorly dumb thing he's said. It's a story we've all heard before.

I was all for trading A-Rod before the season began. My reasoning was that he was never going to thrive in New York, and the Yankees could get a lot of pitching for him.

Before the season began, Alex Rodriguez had played 3 seasons for your beloved Yankees, Mikey. Any idea what his collective WARP3 was for those years?

Forgive me for asking a question about a sabermetric stat to someone who can't even grasp OPS, but it was 30.3. Alex Rodriguez has been, by himself, worth approximately ten wins to the Yankees every full year there. 9 A-Rods and replacement level pitching would win the Yankees 110-115 games per year. That's not THRIVING? Didn't he win some sort of award in 2005 for being the thriviningest player to thrive in the thriving American League?

Mike Celizic: casual Yankee fan that got a job somehow.