Sitting out for the batting title...

[KCRfan1]

I'm not going to disagree.

Some players hit well in Coors field, some do not. Can't deny the home and road splits for the team, however the field is where it is.

I never thought DJ wold pan out as he has. He would be wise to do what he can to stay in CO though.......The same goes for CarGo.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

I'm not going to disagree.

Some players hit well in Coors field, some do not. Can't deny the home and road splits for the team, however the field is where it is.

I never thought DJ wold pan out as he has. He would be wise to do what he can to stay in CO though.......The same goes for CarGo.

guys like larry walker though it doesnt matter where he plays...

[clydepepper]

Slightly OT, but germaine to the subject:


IMO - with all the regular inter-league play, the title, 'League Batting Leader' looses its meaning. Same with any other 'League' stat or 'Crown'.

[Baseball Rarities]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Slightly OT, but germaine to the subject:


IMO - with all the regular inter-league play, the title, 'League Batting Leader' looses its meaning. Same with any other 'League' stat or 'Crown'.

What are your thoughts on the World Series?

[clydepepper]

The 'shine' is off that apple too...the two teams could have met a half-dozen times...almost as bad as the NFL, where two teams could meet on the last week of the regular season, only to face each other again about six weeks later.

Now, I'm not saying all this is bad, I just miss having to guess how the final two teams will do against each other.

But, we all have to know everything as soon as possible these days.

I definitely have become part of the 'older' generation.

[bravos4evr]

Originally Posted by clydepepper

Slightly OT, but germaine to the subject:


IMO - with all the regular inter-league play, the title, 'League Batting Leader' looses its meaning. Same with any other 'League' stat or 'Crown'.

WHAT DO THE GERMANS HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?????

[billyb]

Cobb sat out the last game in 1910 leading by 8. LaJoie went 8 for 8 in a double header to edge him out. But they found an error in Cobb's record, which gave him a higher average, and they reclaimed Cobb the winner. But a controversy erupted out of further mistakes, and to this day, the actual winner of 1910 is neither. But they were both awarded a Chalmers car for top batting average.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by bravos4evr

WHAT DO THE GERMANS HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?????

I look for that response every time I use that word...thanks for playing along.

My little tribute to Jackie Gleason (of course, his response was decidedly more 'colorful').

[1952boyntoncollector]

I wonder if someone was tied in rbis and his team was out of contention but chose to rest the last game or if he was tied in some other main statistic that just counts and doesnt go by averages.

I not sure who the hit champion (total number of hits) was in the National League but i if someone won the batting title and had the most hits, i dont think anyone should care how many games at the end of the year that person sits out since has the most hits...

afterall all games count, maybe the guy that is chasing for the title already 'sat out' a game in the middle of the year.

[tschock]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

I wonder if someone was tied in rbis and his team was out of contention but chose to rest the last game or if he was tied in some other main statistic that just counts and doesnt go by averages.

I not sure who the hit champion (total number of hits) was in the National League but i if someone won the batting title and had the most hits, i dont think anyone should care how many games at the end of the year that person sits out since has the most hits...

afterall all games count, maybe the guy that is chasing for the title already 'sat out' a game in the middle of the year.

First, I'm not sure what your first sentence fragment means, since it is incomplete, so I might totally be missing the point. But I'm not sure how the most hits has anything to do in justifying the winning or losing of the batting title, but I'll bite with this example.

Person A has 210 hits and 20 walks and has .334 average and decides to sits out the last game. Person B has 208 hits and 100 walks and has a .333 average and doesn't sit out. Person A and B are comparable in other categories (HR, 3B, 2B, etc). After the last game played, Person A will have missed 10 more games than Person B.

If Person B goes 1 for 3 with 2 walks in the last game, Person A still wins batting title but Person B is way more productive.

Since I don't think they give a major award for on base percentage (though I could be wrong), I could see why someone might care.