First things first: you are SO much better than ESPN, so there's that. That said, how can you "disagree" with Ichiro's OPS? IT'S FIXED NUMBERS. You can disagree on how to interpret it. But you can't say "no I do not agree that Ichiro had a (whatever) OPS!" like HAROLD REYNOLDS.
Anyway, this is what MLB Network is like.
Tom Verducci and/or someone else intelligent: Ichiro's OPS was .851.
Harold Reynolds: But you can't look at that. OPS is for guys that get on base. Ichiro's job is to get on base. (he actually said this) Blah blah blah clog the bases, blah blah blah.
I think I love Tom Verducci because he pointed out that unless Ichiro is hitting .340 or .350 (which he does frequently, so credit to him), he's not that great because he rarely walks and he doesn't hit for power which, with his speed, is pretty unimpressive. He should at least leg out some doubles or something.
Unrelated to the above point other than general frustration, but a few days ago, in their "MLB By the Numbers" segment they showed the active leaders in walks. The leaders included Tim Wakefield, Jamie Moyer, John Smoltz, and Andy Pettitte. GAHHH do you not realize that these guys have so many walks in their career because they've been pitching (and they've been starting pitchers) for so freaking long?! You can't present those numbers without context. None of these guys have particularly terrible walk rates and they have solid K/BB ratios. GAH!
