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Originally Posted by Tobra
Baseball, complex? Come on Mark, seriously you must be joking.
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It's extremely statistical. Last night there was a 3-2 count on a batter with someone on base. The pitcher threw a ball that was not going to be close to a strike, maybe to get a swing, but for sure to get to the next batter. Even though the next batter was a known hitter, it statistically made sense to not throw a hittable pitch to the guy with the 3-2 count.
And I probably didn't know half of what was going on.
BTW, last night's WS game was a great game. Lots of errors, lots of hits, RBI's and about 15 runs scored. There was something happening all he time. It's gets a little slow when they change pitchers, which they did frequently last night.
In the playoffs, a relief pitcher went out to the mound, did the warm up thing while the TV went to commercial and came back. The guy threw one pitch for a home run, IIRC, and was yanked out of the game. One pitch. I don't think I've seen that before.
But, I don't watch regular season baseball. I don't watch regular season sports.