Wednesday, August 22, 2007

What is classy?

Classy is holding the runner at third when a single is hit with your team up 24-3 and there are no outs in the ninth inning.
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Rangers won 30-3, setting a franchise record for most hits in a game (...possibly a ML record?) and scored the most runs in one game since 1900.

Now they play the O's again. I'm banking on another 30 runs.
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Wes Littleton got the save with a 27-run lead. Here is the definition of a save:
A pitcher is credited with a save when he finishes a game won by his club, is not the winning pitcher, and either (a) enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning, (b) enters the game with the potential tying run either on base, or at bat, or on deck, or (c) pitches effectively for at least three innings.

Littleton did (c). Now, he could have pitched ineffectively (given up, say, six grand slams) and the Rangers still would have won.

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