Re: Stats Gone Wild! Plus Triple-Play Bonus

Binyamin Dissen (postingid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On 14 May 2008 13:41:28 GMT Opus the Penguin
> <opusthepenguin+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>:> (huey.callison@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>:>> Bill Turlock <"Bill Turlock "@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>:>>> Could you please explain to the uninitiated exactly how one
>:>>> makes an unassisted triple play?
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>:>> OTB;IF: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_173.html
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>:>He's wrong about the third thing. A "perfect game" gets credited
>:>to the pitcher, not the team. As such, 81 strikes is a more
>:>elegant perfect game than 27 pitches hit into 27 outs. The latter
>:>scenario shows a lousy pitcher backed up by good fielders and
>:>going against weak hitters.
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> Not at all.
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> A good pitcher can force batters to hit easy ground balls.
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Many people believe that. If I recall, it turns out not to be true. 
It would take me a while to find the stats again.

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