Ludwick didn't miss that by much at all.
Ludwick didn't miss that by much at all.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Oh.... Brother!
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It's always driven me nuts how people view BABIP and luck as synonymous.Originally Posted by Brutus
Yes, luck certainly can play a role when the same or similar pitchers have variations in results with no obvious difference in their pitching.
But BABIP and luck are not equivalent. I look forward to reading that article.
Bailey kept him close with a couple of pickoff attempts and then he threw a fastball up and away...Hanny was standing up when he caught it and made a perfect throw. Nice teamwork!
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Reds hitters need to step out of the box a bit more today... Waino is on a mission... time to start breaking up the routine....
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Bruce strikes out swinging.
Frazier is hit by the pitch
Frazier plunked
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Payback for hitting Freese on Friday?
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"I think we’re starting to get to the point where people are starting to get tired of this stretch of ball,” Votto said. “I think something needs to start changing and start going in a different direction. I’m going to do my part to help make that change.”
Rolen grounds into a FC. 3-0 Cards after 5.
Not a great at-bat by Scotty.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
What's worse is that we know now that xBABIP better correlates to actual BABIP than the standard .300 expectation. And that is influenced by hit type.
I think BABIP has become a religion for some, but the truth is we're past that being a hard-and-fast rule like it was first suspected several years ago when it started gaining popularity. It's still somewhat telling when you have a large variance, but taking it to the extreme and applying it during the course of a game with no consideration of any other circumstances is doing the stat a disservice.
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I was just thinking that too. The timing gives some credence to it, given there were two outs and no one on base. If you're going to do it, that's the best time to do so.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Nah, it was just up and in and Todd's unusual stance makes it hard for him to get out of the way...he got it on the meat of his shoulder.
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Feel like I've seen Heisey do that far too many times this year.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
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