Comments on: Offense Up; Down with MLB’s Drug Policy http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/2009/05/17/offense-up-down-with-mlbs-drug-policy/ Covering America's Favorite Pastime Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:04:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bill Baer http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/2009/05/17/offense-up-down-with-mlbs-drug-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-3645 Bill Baer Sun, 17 May 2009 17:33:04 +0000 http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/blogs/2009/05/17/offense-up-down-with-mlbs-drug-policy/#comment-3645 Yeah, they were the default axes set by Excel. There wasn't any intent to portray the data in a misleading way. But at any rate, the point isn't that there are huge swings in offense; it's that offense has not been affected by MLB's drug policy which points to steroids not having the as-advertised performance-enhancing effect.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3645','Bill Baer'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3645','Bill Baer','Yeah, they were the default axes set by Excel. There wasn\'t any intent to portray the data in a misleading way. But at any rate, the point isn\'t that there are huge swings in offense; it\'s that offense has not been affected by MLB\'s drug policy which points to steroids not having the as-advertised performance-enhancing effect.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Yeah, they were the default axes set by Excel. There wasn’t any intent to portray the data in a misleading way. But at any rate, the point isn’t that there are huge swings in offense; it’s that offense has not been affected by MLB’s drug policy which points to steroids not having the as-advertised performance-enhancing effect.
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]]> By: Colin Wyers http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/2009/05/17/offense-up-down-with-mlbs-drug-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-3644 Colin Wyers Sun, 17 May 2009 17:29:25 +0000 http://www.baseballdailydigest.com/blogs/2009/05/17/offense-up-down-with-mlbs-drug-policy/#comment-3644 I think the graph is needlessly exaggerated by the axis in use. If we extend the graph back to, say, 1954 (the commonly-accepted "Retroera," or years covered by Retrosheet) we have a giant sea of white; these are very minor fluctuations in HR/G and R/G rates. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2392/3539683446_9506461145_o.png<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('3644','Colin Wyers'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('3644','Colin Wyers','I think the graph is needlessly exaggerated by the axis in use. If we extend the graph back to, say, 1954 (the commonly-accepted \"Retroera,\" or years covered by Retrosheet) we have a giant sea of white; these are very minor fluctuations in HR\/G and R\/G rates.\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2392\/3539683446_9506461145_o.png'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I think the graph is needlessly exaggerated by the axis in use. If we extend the graph back to, say, 1954 (the commonly-accepted “Retroera,” or years covered by Retrosheet) we have a giant sea of white; these are very minor fluctuations in HR/G and R/G rates.

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