Re: Strike em out, throw em out

On Aug 22, 6:19 am, Gary <golfera...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:08:21 -0700 (PDT), Wayback1918





<wayback1...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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)

I wonder how many of those attempts were Ellsbury, Crawford and
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25
Ellsbury 17
Crawford 8
Pedroia 7

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