Posted by wylie715 on 6/24/2016 7:19:00 PM (view original):
Posted by bad_luck on 6/24/2016 5:50:00 PM (view original):
Posted by wylie715 on 6/24/2016 5:45:00 PM (view original):
a ground out can sometimes help the team by advancing a runner or even scoring a runner. A ground out can also sometimes be a double play. A strike out can only be a strike out (or a strike them out, throw them out double play) so it can never benefit the team.
If you ground out with no one on base, was it better, worse, or the same as a strikeout?
if you ground out with no one on base, it is no worse or better than striking out with no one on base. However, if there is a runner or runners on base, a strike out is of no benefit to the team. A ground out can be of benefit to the team.
Correct.
Any out, even an out that moves a base runner is bad, agree?
By bad, I mean the team is worse off than it was prior to the PA, relative to the team's attempt to score as many runs as possible. The team is better off, for example, with a guy on second and no out than it is with a guy on third and one out.