6-15-21 Reds @ Brewers 8:10pm

[Ron Madden]

I hate the ghost runner rule.

Joel Luckhaupt of the Pawnee Lerpiss family
@jluckhaupt
If we're going to call them ghost runners, then let's make the free runner in extra innings actual ghost runners complete with teams arguing over how far they would've advanced on that hit. Oh come on, he totally would've scored!!!

In discussing this, I've come to the conclusion the proper name for the runner is ...

The Manfred Man

[JaxRed]

Zero earned runs in 3 more innings for the bullpen. Now 15.1 innings 2 earned runs in the last 2 series.

[kaldaniels]

i love dudes on here aruging about game-winning RBIs. just cause it takes me back to my childhood when that was an actual stat. in terms of the reds specifically, there was some "big boy" burger promotion from frisch's if i recall correctly. predict who gets the GWRBI and win the best burger ever made (IMO).

I remember it being a featured stat on Topps cards.

[Bushman]

Great win. Getting excited, people!

[westofyou]

I remember it being a featured stat on Topps cards.

Early article on saber types in baseball

https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/09/w...n-numbers.html


The game-winning r.b.i. was, in truth, a misleading measure of clutch hitting, the much-admired and ceaselessly debated-over ability to produce runs under pressure. ''It'd been on its last legs for a couple of years,'' said Bill Murray, chairman of the baseball committee and also its subcommittee on scoring rules. ''There had been requests for its elimination, from sportswriters and other interested parties. It sort of lost its appeal.''

[Sea Ray]

I'm old enough to remember the times before they introduced gwRBI. I actually kind of liked it. I did feel the RBI to put you in front was valuable

[WVRedsFan]

Nm