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Old 01-10-2008, 12:48 AM   #116
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Originally Posted by bababui View Post
The stats fantasy baseball players rely on are very apropos for fantasy baseball but they are simply a two dimensional representation of a 3 dimensional game. While stats are a by-product of a baseball game, baseball itself is a game that often sacrifices maximum statistical performance for the sake of winning; ie grounding out to second to get a runner from second to third.
I'm sorry, but unless it's a game winning sacrifice I don't see any benefit from making an out on purpose.
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