Re: Stats Gone Wild! Plus Triple-Play Bonus

(huey.callison@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:

> Opus the Penguin <opusthepenguin+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>  (huey.callison@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
>> > Bill Turlock <"Bill Turlock "@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >> Could you please explain to the uninitiated exactly how one
>> >> makes an unassisted triple play?
>> > OTB;IF: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_173.html
>> 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.
> 
> I disagree. There is pitcher skill involved in throwing ground
> balls and popups as much as there is in backwards-Ks. So long as
> you stay away from the middle of the bat, and only throw at the
> top or the bottom of it, the slow roller to short makes the same
> out as the three 100mph fastballs thrown where you weren't
> expecting them. 
> 

There's what you think. And then there's what the stats say, slappy.


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