Re: Strike em out, throw em out



On Aug 21, 2:28 pm, "Ray O'Hara" <raymond-oh...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Damn I hate that. and it's Tito's favorite play,
Send the runner with two strikes, force the batter to swing while the
catcher gets a good pitch to throw down to 2nd.


Francona does this just a little more than the average manager.

SBA with 2 strikes
KCR 46
NYY 45
SEA 40
TEX 39
CHI 38
BOS 36
OAK 33
TPA 31
MIN 28
CLE 27
LAA 25
TOR 25
BAL 22
DET 17

It doesn't seem like it matters much in the big picture. Good teams
seem to do it about as much as bad teams.

It hasn't hurt the Red Sox overall as they have the best OPS in the
league with 2 strikes (.614)
.



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