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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Why official stats aren’t to be considered the right stats

By Tangotiger, 06:18 AM

This:

A pitcher who enters [the game to start the inning] with a four-run lead and gives up the lead can’t get a blown save.

This would be a huge meltdown… but not a blown save, because a save was not in play.

(6) Comments • 2011/05/01 • SabermetricsMLB_Management
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