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Tuesday, October 04, 2011
#bip
I tried a little experiment on Twitter last night. I asked people to use the tag #bip, and then for every ball in play, give me your impressions.
If an out, tweet back:
1. automatic out #bip
2. decent amount of effort required by fielder #bip
3. tremendous effort required by fielder #bip
If a hit/error, tweet back:
1. automatic hit #bip
2. a bit more effort by fielder could have stopped the hit #bip
3. should not have been a hit #bip
Or something like that. Just doing “2. hit #bip” was enough once you got the hang of it. Twitter prevents submitting tweets with the same text, so, you have to be creative and do “2. hitt #bip”, etc.
Anyway, we did it starting from the top of the 7th (though I missed half an inning to walk the dog). There was only a couple of us, two or three. And they were all pretty straight forward, except for one play (hard shot right back at ARod, who got the out).
I’d like to do this more. So, if you are watching any game, try to give us your impressions. Because I don’t trust Twitter, not to mention there might be overlapping games, add the name of the batter involved. So:
“1. auto hit Cabrera #bip”
Something like that.
The ground rules are that you presume that positioning was already optimal (and so, off the table). And that you are judging for that park.
I can’t say I will actually do anything with this information. I might. Or, if I’m luckier, someone ELSE will do something with this. I have to say I was very surprised with Craig Glaser’s data on Verlander a few weeks back, so this kind of made me think more about this.
Of course, if you prefer to use Twitter as your personal snark outlet, don’t let me stop you from doing that. Better there than anywhere else, that’s for sure.
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Back to that ARod play. If ARod couldn’t come up with that play, would it have been:
“2. hit #bip”
“3. hit #bip”
The 2 would mean some decent amount of effort from the fielder would have turned that into an out. The 3 would mean the fielder just blew it, and it should have been an out.
So, a “2. hit” would be equivalent to a “2. out”, depending on the outcome.
A “3. hit” would be equivalent to a “1. out”. This is one way to look at the play, without looking at the outcome of the play to bias you. If the opposite happened, would that shot to ARod be marked as a “3. hit” or a “2. hit”? I’m thinking probably a “2. hit”. And so, since he did make the play, we should mark it as a “2. out”.
Again, this is just a work in progress, and it’s kinda fun (for those predisposed like me anyway). Doesn’t really cost you anything, and, it might give you better focus.
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