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Friday, December 21, 2007

Groundballs in play: great for scoring and preventing runs!

By Tangotiger, 11:15 AM

Dave Cameron alerts us that:

...the Mariners are signing Carlos Silva because they believe that his combination of no walks, no strikeouts, and some groundballs will lead to him not giving up many runs.  At the exact same time, the Mariners have built an offense that doesn’t walk, doesn’t strike out, and hits a lot of groundballs, believing that having a bunch of guys with that skillset will lead to the team scoring a lot of runs.

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