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<blockquote data-quote="gtbeak" data-source="post: 1009838" data-attributes="member: 3164"><p>The question was how can two pitching staffs allow the same amount of baserunners and yet one have an ERA a full run per game higher than the other. In the context of answering that I wrote that you want to pitch to contact (really I meant throw strikes, I'd rather get swing and miss over contact) since you have the chance for the hitter to hit a rocket right at one of your fielders, but that <strong>if you know for a fact that the hitter is going to reach base</strong> then you would prefer him to reach base via walk. Obviously this is theoretical since we don't have a crystal ball. But, I would rather have a three run lead with a runner at 1st than I would a two run lead with bases empty. I'd bet you've never seen a hitter hit a gapper and stop at first because he wanted to simulate a walk as closely as he could. A walk is better than a single because other baserunners only get to advance one base with a walk, whereas they can sometimes go 1st to 3rd on a single and usually score from 2nd.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gtbeak, post: 1009838, member: 3164"] The question was how can two pitching staffs allow the same amount of baserunners and yet one have an ERA a full run per game higher than the other. In the context of answering that I wrote that you want to pitch to contact (really I meant throw strikes, I'd rather get swing and miss over contact) since you have the chance for the hitter to hit a rocket right at one of your fielders, but that [B]if you know for a fact that the hitter is going to reach base[/B] then you would prefer him to reach base via walk. Obviously this is theoretical since we don't have a crystal ball. But, I would rather have a three run lead with a runner at 1st than I would a two run lead with bases empty. I'd bet you've never seen a hitter hit a gapper and stop at first because he wanted to simulate a walk as closely as he could. A walk is better than a single because other baserunners only get to advance one base with a walk, whereas they can sometimes go 1st to 3rd on a single and usually score from 2nd. [/QUOTE]
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