05-26-2010, 08:28 PM
<!--quoteo(post=98284:date=May 25 2010, 04:55 PM:name=KBwsb)-->QUOTE (KBwsb @ May 25 2010, 04:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->One problem, though. It might be fundamentally on shaky ground. You'd be saying that a run scored in the 7th inning is more important that a run scored in the second inning, when in reality, they're counted exactly the same. I can't see a math-inclined person swallowing that.
I don't know. I could be wrong. Even stat-heads talk about relief pitchers throwing in the "high-leverage" innings, and to a fan (like me), they DO seem like more important innings.
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I dunno. Let's say the Cubs are down by 2 runs to the Ippi Chippi Fwandogs in the bottom of the 2nd with no outs and the Cubs score a run to make the score now 1-2. That run could potentially be less valuable than one in the top of 7th to make the score 1-2 because of the difference in available outs in the game. A run scored in the 2nd leaves 24 more outs in which to tie the game with. Scoring that run in the 7th leaves only 9 outs to tie the game. Yes, they both show up on the scoreboard the same, but would having less available chances to win a game make the situation "more clutch?"
I don't know. I could be wrong. Even stat-heads talk about relief pitchers throwing in the "high-leverage" innings, and to a fan (like me), they DO seem like more important innings.
It's kind of a quagmire, isn't it?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I dunno. Let's say the Cubs are down by 2 runs to the Ippi Chippi Fwandogs in the bottom of the 2nd with no outs and the Cubs score a run to make the score now 1-2. That run could potentially be less valuable than one in the top of 7th to make the score 1-2 because of the difference in available outs in the game. A run scored in the 2nd leaves 24 more outs in which to tie the game with. Scoring that run in the 7th leaves only 9 outs to tie the game. Yes, they both show up on the scoreboard the same, but would having less available chances to win a game make the situation "more clutch?"
If Angelo had picked McClellin, I would have been expecting to hear by training camp that kid has stage 4 cancer, is actually 5'2" 142 lbs, is a chick who played in a 7 - 0 defensive scheme who only rotated in on downs which were 3 and 34 yds + so is not expecting to play a down in the NFL until the sex change is complete and she puts on another 100 lbs. + but this is Emery's first pick so he'll get a pass with a bit of questioning. - 1060Ivy