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Originally Posted by Bluenoser
So turn it into a popularity contest? No thanks.
Fans will always vote a home team player, bias that isn't needed in the game.  |
Then maybe who they guys on the Network (not local broadcast) post-game show would choose
I seem to notice a semi-common theme of something like this:
The starting pitcher on the losing team pitched well, but nothing spectacular, the starter on the eventually winning team pitched poorly, and there are no standouts among the hitters. From looking at the boxscore and having watched the game develop, it becomes obvious to me that the POG was the middle reliever who gave the eventual winners 3 solid scoreless innings, although he didn't get the win because the game was decided after he departed. The game awards the POG to the loser's starter, though. Certainly it's because he had the higher game score, but he wasn't really the POG, if you're thinking from the perspective of more than just raw stats.