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Originally Posted by t-bone shuffle
I'm understanding this differently. I believe that the "dropped ball" is simply a pbp description applied to game generated results. The game engine is not establishing the error as a dropped fly, rather simply an error. So I don't think the batter is being deprived of a hit.
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Well, you are entirely mistaken. The errors in question are balls that the official scorer has determined should have been caught but were not. No hit is awarded on the play. The OP is contesting the PbP description's accuracy, which is extreme nitpicking in my opinion. The player should have caught the ball and did not and was charged with an error. Whether the ball "popped out of his glove" or hit off the heel, or bounced off his nose is just flavor text.....