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Japanese baseball is generally considered more of a contact-oriented game that American baseball; it has been said that Japanese teams practice "small ball" rather than hitting for power. [13] However, this was questioned by FanGraphs analyst Eno Sarris in 2017, who noted that contact rates in MLB are comparable to those in NPB. [14]
In baseball, when a team that has been behind in runs ties up the game, it is sometimes said to be a brand new ballgame. This does not mean that the game starts over from the first inning; it only means that neither team is ahead, and the game continues.
The leading team, in terms of games behind, is the team with the best won–loss difference. This is not always the team with the most wins. For example, a team with an 80–70 record (10 more wins than losses) would be one game behind a team with a 79–67 record (12 more wins than losses).
In games where a ball may be legally caught (e.g. baseball) or carried (e.g. American football), a player (or the player's team) may be penalized for dropping the ball; for example, an American football player who drops a ball ("fumbles") risks having the ball recovered and carried by the other team; in baseball, a player who drops a thrown or ...
In American slang, the term inside baseball refers to the minutiae and detailed inner workings of a system that are only interesting to, or appreciated by, experts, insiders, and aficionados. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The phrase was originally used as a sports metaphor in political contexts, but has expanded to discussions of other topics as well. [ 1 ]
Opponents have outscored the Conquerors 378-39 in their first four games this season. FLBC trailed 61-0 in last month’s season opener before guard Westin Jenson rattled in a 3-pointer for his ...
This community has been able to grow thanks to the in-depth collection of statistics that has existed in baseball for decades. With analytics being relatively common in MLB, there is a breadth of statistics that have become vital in the analysis of the game, which include: Batting average is one of the most commonly discussed statistics in ...
The US election showed shades of the meme-stock mania of early 2021. Elon Musk and Mark Cuban featured, traders bet big, and young men played key roles. An analyst said that "the target list has ...