“You can’t measure the intangibles”

This is a line we often hear. Announcers and fans and even coaches and general managers will say this. I’m not really sure what the intangibles are (they seem to change in order to fit one’s argument) and don’t care as the quote is mostly ridiculous, but Tango had one of the best comments I’ve read in response to this comment: When people say that you can’t measure the intangibles, remind them that those intangibles are being paid for with tangible dollars. And the value of those intangibles, as determined by MLB, is $350,000. If it was worth more, then some team would have paid more. They didn’t. This was in response the Padres signing Cliff Floyd who is basically a replacement level player and the Padres have acknowledged him as such. That is all.