Productive Outs Topic

tecwrg
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Hey, PSBL! You watching the Yankees/Astros game tonight?

Did you hear Smoltz talking about how the Astros offense is so much more improved this year because they cut down on strikeouts?

"Productive outs instead of swings and misses" were his exact words.

Will you be contacting him to tell him he's wrong?
10/13/2017 9:27 PM
MikeT23
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BL sent him a stern text immediately after the words left his mouth.
10/14/2017 1:01 PM
tecwrg
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Did he run it by Perfessor dahs first to make sure he was properly using nouns and verbs?
10/14/2017 1:23 PM
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Probably not. BL was in a big hurry to correct Smoltz.

dahs is pretty upset about it.
10/14/2017 1:25 PM
tecwrg
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He probably sent PSBL a lengthy email chastising him for that.
10/14/2017 3:06 PM
MikeT23
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"Probably"?
10/14/2017 3:38 PM
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Never call retreat! Unless you are BL.
10/14/2017 4:15 PM
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Posted by tecwrg on 10/13/2017 9:28:00 PM (view original):
Hey, PSBL! You watching the Yankees/Astros game tonight?

Did you hear Smoltz talking about how the Astros offense is so much more improved this year because they cut down on strikeouts?

"Productive outs instead of swings and misses" were his exact words.

Will you be contacting him to tell him he's wrong?
Um yeah, the Astros OPS dominated the rest of the AL. How they made their outs doesn't matter.
10/14/2017 8:59 PM
tecwrg
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Did Smoltz respond to your text?
10/14/2017 9:09 PM
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He did. He said you misunderstood him because you're brain damaged.
10/14/2017 9:10 PM
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Posted by bad_luck on 10/14/2017 8:59:00 PM (view original):
Posted by tecwrg on 10/13/2017 9:28:00 PM (view original):
Hey, PSBL! You watching the Yankees/Astros game tonight?

Did you hear Smoltz talking about how the Astros offense is so much more improved this year because they cut down on strikeouts?

"Productive outs instead of swings and misses" were his exact words.

Will you be contacting him to tell him he's wrong?
Um yeah, the Astros OPS dominated the rest of the AL. How they made their outs doesn't matter.
Hold on a sec.

You saying that the Astros were able to post a dominant OPS with the lowest K rate in MLB?

Just a coincidence?
10/14/2017 9:14 PM
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Of course not, they were very good at avoiding outs.

Better than every other team in the AL.





10/14/2017 9:27 PM
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Because they put the ball in play better than every other team. Could you be more dense?
10/14/2017 10:14 PM
tecwrg
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Posted by Jtpsops on 10/14/2017 10:14:00 PM (view original):

Because they put the ball in play better than every other team. Could you be more dense?
No, he couldn't.
10/14/2017 10:18 PM
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Posted by bad_luck on 10/14/2017 9:27:00 PM (view original):
Of course not, they were very good at avoiding outs.

Better than every other team in the AL.





I'm guessing they made, on average, 24 or 27 outs a game.

Just like every other team.

Would they have scored more or fewer runs if more of their 24/27 outs per game were via strike out?

Feel free to consult John Smoltz if needed.
10/14/2017 10:22 PM
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