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Another way in which the irrationality of the bunt is instituted by baseball is the way it is scored: If a guy tries to muscle the ball out of the park with a runner on third, he will be credited for a sacrifice if the ball is caught. Yet a bunter does not get credit for a sacrifice when the runners move up, if he "intended" to get a hit.
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Except Pedroia's replacement had 2 hits, and the others you name got 2 more. The 4Bs (i.e., the regulars), were the ones who did not produce: 0 for 15. -
Well, that half inning brings some excitement, no?
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I'm torn as to which SNL routine these trade discussions remind me of the most: Da Bears on Ditka, or perhaps Chris Farley as a dumb-ass interviewer of celebrities.
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7/21 @ Los Angeles of Anaheim
jad replied to Thunder's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
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Well yes, but not all bunts are 'successful'. One could also say "a successful home run swing increases the chances of scoring two runs." Not sure why the bunt is so persistent (although Moneyball's analysis that it has to do with the word itself 'sacrifice' is very cool). But I do remember reading as a kid in the early sixties articles about how the math showed absolutely that it was a bad tactic.
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Maybe. But again, although high salaries may seem to correlate with ticket prices (in baseball), they are not the cause. They are the effect of full stadiums, tv and ad revenues, and the CBA. You could cut MLB salaries in half, or force players to play for free (again, think college football!), and the ticket prices would remain exactly the same, with all the money going to the owners.
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Have you been watching the result of RS's 'aggressive' base-running the last couple of games?
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Incorrect. High ticket prices have almost nothing to do with salaries. They are set according to one principle: how to maximize the money at the gate. If you can fill a stadium with $300 seats, that's what they will cost, whether the players are making millions or playing for free (e.g., as in college football). And it's not "the sport": there are plenty of half-empty ballparks where you can go for under $10. So the way to make Fenway like the 'old days' when you could walk up and get a seat for $3, is (1) not go and convince everyone else not to go, and perhaps (2) enter a time machine where $3 now is what it was in the late 50s.
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Yeah, well, like, I mean, that's just , like, your opinion, Dude.
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At the game? Pah! These are probably two 11-year-old trolls--one posting from Peoria, the other from Anchorage.
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It's hardly a sign of character to suffer humiliation and make both you and your employer miserable by "doing the right thing" and going to the minors where nobody wants you. I'm glad SF signed him, and I hope he makes it back to the Bigs.
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Oh I agree with that. But the worst case would have been 1st and 3rd with one out. Once he got half way down the line, what the hey!
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That's not what the Toronto announcers said. They were adamant that Young had committed and needed to keep going.
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Nice baserunning! (Is there a Dale Berra Baserunning Award?)
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Release Hanley! Get Frazier! Sox need power, since no one on the present team can go deep.
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Maybe Jack Clark is still available.
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I have difficulty following collective narratives that advocate giving up on players with All-Star credentials while seeing a .210 hitter as the team's salvation. But then, I have been a RS fan since the 50s and none of this should come as a surprise.
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I just don't get it. Why would the RS pay millions to acquire a guy who's having a bad year, hitting close to the Mendoza line, and whose only effect would be to keep Devers in the minors another year?
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Which way?
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I can't believe all you young whippersnappers haven't heard of illegal streaming of all sports events.
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Didn't Mookie run through the stop sign? DFA Betts!
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It must be a lot easier to pitch on the ML level when your opponent's best hitter is willing to swing at pitches a foot outside.
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OK. I'll bite. Define "current credible projections."
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He's made a lot of plays that refute that. (That was not one of them.)
