Comments on: Increasingly, Youth Being Served in Chicago

By: abdullah

abdullah — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 13:37:27 +0000

Thanks for this informational post .

By: anja suistola

anja suistola — Sat, 14 Jan 2017 21:31:18 +0000

I agree that is only a theory but also it is scientific theory . Most of the baseball fan can see younger generation . Thanks for this great and informational post .

By: Andre Ruiz

Andre Ruiz — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 13:41:07 +0000

Though it’s a great finding but doesn’t provide the complete picture as the average age of players has been taken into consideration. It would have been nice to see the STD along with the average age and would provide a complete picture. Actually, my vision is as same as Booj’s.

By: jefflamb

jefflamb — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:27:36 +0000

I get your point, and it’s valid regarding the fact that from 1978 to 1981, one full year of average age was added to the league and maintained essentially through today. If we strip out the steroid era, though, the graph is certainly not flat from start to finish… just flat from 1981 through today. Perhaps that is indication of the league getting younger as sports medicine should be lengthening careers, but instead younger players might be countering the increases.
We can’t disregard the 1978-1981 data, though… it happened, and it causes the graph to look the way it looks. Is it more significant than the steroid era? Of course, because I assign very little value to the steroid era in evaluating average player age.
I attribute the spike from 1978-1981 to the proliferation of Tommy John Surgery, by the way, though that is only a theory.
Thanks for reading.

By: Booj

Booj — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 17:47:55 +0000

Have to disagree with your read on the first graph. Upward spike in 77-81 is much more significant than even steroid era. Since (as you said, stripping out the steroid era a bit), age has been flat. I just don’t see the linear trend that you do.