25 Things You Didn't Know About Baseball in 2011

[ronfromfresno]

I love how even in the article the numbers are shown to have flaws. Clippard has stranded 101% of the batters he's allowed on base. Looks like the saber guys need to go back and re-configure the math of some of this stuff.

 

[alwayson22]

I had no idea my post would evolve into a profound dissection of popouts vs. flyball outs :lol:

 

[bigpapiMA32]

Fantastic read, thanks so much for the post. Crazy how bad Soriano is against the curve and slider.

 

[MOFNY]

The Haren love is nice. The man simply doesn't get enough.
"The single best pitch in the major leagues this season is Dan Haren’s(notes) cutter."

 

[RL24]

After looking on Fangraphs.com, Joey Votto has 1 INFIELD FLY OUT in the last 2 years, not popouts...

You're awesome.


Let's review.


A "popout" is a fly ball... in the infield. You can call it a popout or an infield fly out. They are one and the same.

:ugeek: