April 11 vs. The Damned Orioles

[jad]

It's not a myth. I've seen enough games to know when a guys is being pitched around and when he's not. Not every hitter is being pitched around. It only happens in some circumstances. Just because their conclusion was that it doesn't exist, doesn't mean the methodology used was correct.

 

Wow! Not sure whether sports itself or discussion of sports is more exhilarating: the logic of that last sentence has my mind reeling!

[mvp 78]

Wow! Not sure whether sports itself or discussion of sports is more exhilarating: the logic of that last sentence has my mind reeling!

 

You're truly welcome.

[Kimmi]

How do you lose 8-1 and blame it on the infield being fast? That's a joke.

 

And now Showalter is blaming it on the flu and making some backhanded half-assed comment about HIS team not broadcasting their flu issues to the world. *******.

 

Cannot stand Buck, and we agree completely about Thorne.

 

Bunch of whiny babies!

[Kimmi]

Now that clutch/non-clutch is exhausted, I think it's time to renew discussion of this myth. I don't have the reference, but a couple of years ago I did read a statistical analysis of "protection" and it completely debunked this notion, showing that a hitter's performance had no relation to the quality of the hitter behind him. (Next up: the bunt, advancing the runner, the pernicious influence of the "save" and the way Fenway Park is bad for left-handed hitters).

 

A man after my own heart. Thank you.

 

I mentioned this in another thread somewhere, but no one agreed.

[Kimmi]

It's not a myth. I've seen enough games to know when a guys is being pitched around and when he's not. Not every hitter is being pitched around. It only happens in some circumstances. Just because their conclusion was that it doesn't exist, doesn't mean the methodology used was correct.

 

It is largely a myth. Pitchers may approach hitters differently, but it really has no effect on the batter's overall production.