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And what did that philosophy get us? A weaker offense and a similar defense.

Fans complain about bad defense when errors are made. Nobody, especially not the geniuses here, are talking about range. They see Es in the box score and whine about poor defense. Then they make up something about yesteryear to support their emotional state about the current defense.

Which is exact same silly logic that Red Square was using. Whacked out nostalgia with no backing whatsoever.

That's all you had to say. If anything was antiquated it was his corny nostalgia.

That's even better. If you're going to make a silly claim like RedSquare did then the burden is on you to prove it. I doubt very much he was alluding to Defensive WAR or Defensive Runs Above Average. He was merely relying on what most fanboys do: nostalgia.

Ah the fresh smell of revisionist history. I looked back at Fraser's defense and compared them to our recent teams. I stopped at 7 years because any more would be overkill (and I'm tired). Average Fielding % 2012-2018: .9693% 1986-1992: .9686% Through 17 games this year: .9651% We also have...