Popular Culture, Social Commentary Potential Anti-American Heresy May 13, 2009 Rand Simberg 1 Comment Making the case against ball two. What would George Will think?
By his own admission, ball two dramatically increases the probability of a walk; the result that it’s unimportant is a result of putting too much weight on the rather silly batting average, rather than a more useful measure like (at a minimum) OBP.
By his own admission, ball two dramatically increases the probability of a walk; the result that it’s unimportant is a result of putting too much weight on the rather silly batting average, rather than a more useful measure like (at a minimum) OBP.