Post by stickman38 on Oct 10, 2019 1:24:18 GMT
In baseball you play the odds and percentages. If the next batter has a low "all time" batting average against your relief pitcher, you put in your reliever when it's a crucial moment in the game. It's not exactly rocket science but many years of research have gone into it.
Anther rule is you NEVER intentionally walk the tying run or the go ahead run. You don't put runners on base that could potentially cost you the game if they score. Even if it's THE BEST hitter in the game of baseball, you still never intentionally walk him if he represents the go ahead or tying run. You take your chances and pitch to him.
There's dozens of little "cardinal rules" like this in baseball.
Just for fun... here's another one that managers like -
Don't stack too many lefties together in your lineup. Like, don't have a lefty batting 3, 4 and 5 in your lineup. It's makes it easy for the opposing manager to pull a lefty out of the bullpen to pitch to them in crucial moments of the game. Left handed pitchers do better against left handed hitters. And vice versa, right handed pitchers are better against right handed batters.
Anther rule is you NEVER intentionally walk the tying run or the go ahead run. You don't put runners on base that could potentially cost you the game if they score. Even if it's THE BEST hitter in the game of baseball, you still never intentionally walk him if he represents the go ahead or tying run. You take your chances and pitch to him.
There's dozens of little "cardinal rules" like this in baseball.
Just for fun... here's another one that managers like -
Don't stack too many lefties together in your lineup. Like, don't have a lefty batting 3, 4 and 5 in your lineup. It's makes it easy for the opposing manager to pull a lefty out of the bullpen to pitch to them in crucial moments of the game. Left handed pitchers do better against left handed hitters. And vice versa, right handed pitchers are better against right handed batters.