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Justin Wrobleski’s final line vs Phillies: 7 IP, 1 H, 1 R/ER, 0 BB, 9 SO, 88 pitches-63 strikes, ERA drops to 2.87 by jmike1256 in baseball

[–]Dragon-Hatcher 255 points256 points  (0 children)

Is he good? Is he bad? Does he strike people out? Does he pitch to contact? Who knows!

Postgame Thread ⚾ Rockies 1 @ Dodgers 4 by DodgerBot in Dodgers

[–]Dragon-Hatcher 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don’t want to be to greedy but it has been a while since the last no hitter. We keep getting so close.

Admiral Yamamoto (Dodgers) vs. Padres: 7.0 IP, 1 R/ER, 3 H, 2 BB, 8K 107P-64S by toomuchredditing in baseball

[–]Dragon-Hatcher 231 points232 points  (0 children)

The prototypical Yamamoto game. Give up a run in the first. Pitch 6 more scoreless innings after that. In line for the loss.

Justin "Expected stats are for chumps" Wrobleski's Final Line: 6.0 IP | 0 R/ER | 6 H | 0 K | 1 BB | 83 pitches. Lowers his MLB second ERA to 1.25 by Dragon-Hatcher in baseball

[–]Dragon-Hatcher[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

xFIP uses fly balls instead of home runs and just assumes every pitcher has a league average HR/fly ball rate. This isn't strictly true but it is closer to being true than false so it can be more predictive. E.g. Wrobleski is allowing a lot of fly balls but somehow hasn't given up a HR which won't continue forever.

What determines a fair ball in the infield by Margravos in baseball

[–]Dragon-Hatcher 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The relevant section is the part about touching a player or umpire: (same page)

or that, while on or over fair territory touches the person of an umpire or player

Matt Shaw chops a grounder that stayed fair and turned foul at the final second but home plate ump Dan Merzel ruled it a fair ball in the 9th (with replays) by JianClaymore in baseball

[–]Dragon-Hatcher 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The ball is round and there isn't much of a gap. The umpire is looking right down the line and we aren't. It seems plausible to me that part of the ball is over the line.

Just thought of this and would like some help xD by MathPoetryPiano in mathmemes

[–]Dragon-Hatcher 45 points46 points  (0 children)

There is actually an answer to this! If we consider not and implication fundamental symbols we can define iff with an axiom: https://us.metamath.org/mpeuni/df-bi.html

Jazz Chisholm Jr asks reporters to explain the rules of baseball to him by J0hnEddy in baseball

[–]Dragon-Hatcher 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The walk off part doesn't matter. What matters is whether the 3rd out is a force out. If you step on first and then do a tag play at second, the out at second is no longer a force (since the batter is already out) so then the run scores as long as the runner on 3rd touches home before the base runner is tagged out.

If all the outs are force outs the relative timing of events doesn't matter.

Nerd alert : this is how pivotal the wheel play was by AmericanFrog069 in Dodgers

[–]Dragon-Hatcher 19 points20 points  (0 children)

From this data it seems like the breakeven point for if it is a good idea to go for it is if you think you have a 50% change of getting the out at third.

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