For half an hour every day I lift the box score

Lift the box scores have their weight

I don't need a website we can

No highlights on the SVM

Makes fall to light is out of sight

But the box score is my best friend

Hello and welcome to episode 924 of Effectively Wildly Daily Podcast from

Baseball Perspectus presented by our Patreon supporters and the play index at

baseballreference.com I'm Ben Limberg of 538 joined by Sam Miller of Baseball Perspectus. Hello.

Hey Ben, anything you want to discuss?

So when we were talking about the best way to choose how somebody is a star

and the balance between what they're done and all that

I was thinking that it's such a complicated question because like you said

It's all about waiting these three different factors and how much do you wait them in?

I think that maybe you can simplify it to one question that is the line between

You know people who believe the current year matters primarily versus people who believe that that well

To simplify some people believe the current year matters most some people believe your stature matters most

And then there's the all the most people are in the middle and you have to figure out where you are in that continuum

And I think that you can find the the dividing line

Nicely enough on on which side you tilt toward with one simple question, which is

Should each arrow have been in it this year? Do I think each arrow should make it?

I suppose I do think each arrow should make it

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