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Good guess, but the answer is Arky Vaughan

The answer hit .385 in 1935. He is probably most famous for Bill James ranking him the #2 SS of all-time behind Honus Wagner in his original BJHBA

That Maldonaldo walk allows Hendo to maybe pitch 2 innings and starts the 12th with Aoki

someone else

I'm guessing it's not Honus Wagner? Correct, its also not the next guy you are thinking. The answer is in the HOF

Delay trivia, who has the highest single season batting average in Pittsburgh history?

Can Culbreth serve his suspension on the DL?

Nice effort Yuni you turd, I guess the throw would have been pretty tough from there

Last 2 pitches were left up

Way to pull a pitch in the lefty batters box Ramirez

Get him over and get him in, o wait Ramirez is a pull hitter

I would take an eternity of twitter polls over listening to Telly speak for 5 minutes

Weeks needs to sit for a few games

Im not sure if Gonzalez would score on a triple. RRR pulled Braun back because they would just walk him

Its not 150 bad calls its 150 total calls, which all affect the game. Also, assuming a team would have a 100% chance of winning with a tie game in the 9th is not correct. If you could somehow add up the net WPA gained/lost from bad calls over a season I would think it would be pretty close to 0 for all teams

This is exactly how it is theoretically setup in the NFL, yet nothing close to this happens. They use the term "indisputable video evidance" which should mean the ref should get 1 look for 10 seconds under the hood and if it isnt obvious move on. Instead what happens is automatic commercial break, Ref and production crew look at 10 different angles in super slow motion and they come back from the break showing the "best" view and the 2 analysts disagree with each on what should happen and the ref gets the call wrong anyways. This happens because the refs know these same shots will be all over sportscenter and the internet and the mindless drones of fans who love instant replay will obsess over the fraction of an inch the ref missed so he will take as long as he can to make the decision so he doesn't have this "wrong call" on his record. It is easy to sit around with all these good theoretical ideas about replay but WE HAVE PROOF that they will not get implemented the way we want. There WILL NEVER be an extra guy in the booth who just quickly reviews every play and in 10 seconds signals down to the ref to change it. A bad call = bad luck, its part of any sport or system as complicated as baseball. If you prefer something with no luck involved then watch track and field. We all know usually the best statistical team doesn't win the world series, so why is that ok (for some I'm sure it isnt)? If you love instant replay then why dont you support getting rid of the playoffs completely and just crowning the team with the best pythagorian winning %? Why is it ok to make the last out of the game on a stinging line drive with the winning run on base? That is terrible luck? If you love instant replay then why dont you support awarding guys first base if say an infielder catches a line drive off their bat in less than .8 seconds? Do you think that should be an out because "it is part of the game" or "thats the way its always been" What are you 150 years old, do you ride your horse to work still? Get with the times you old school fogey. The batter clearly won the matchup with the pitcher yet the pitchers gets rewarded based on luck.

Over time as in say over 10+ years sure, but over a single season there is no way they will. What is this based on? If you conservatively say 125 pitches per game + say 25 safe/out, fair/foul calls per game that is 150*162 = 24,300 calls per season. I would think that would be more than enough.

Big Wily is definitely done, that last pitch was right down the middle on 3-1

How irate would you be if you were one of the finalists for Telly's job

At this rate Betancourt will become a more popular "Yuni" than the ball & glove logo

Gomez is looking great this season but that was a jam shot luck double

You'd think Nelson Cruz would make that catch considering he lost a World Series on a similar play

Nice AB from Weeks, Gomez rushes on an extremely routine play where 0/1000 players would try for a double and gives away the game