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Old 04-04-2019, 06:40 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by Dyzalot View Post
If it is in the PbP then it shouldn't be "superficial". I sure hope that when the PbP says "a lesser fielder wouldn't have made that play" that it isn't superficial. Likewise, when it says someone had to make a diving play then I should be able to infer that a lesser fielder may not have made that play or even that this fielder may only make the play a certain percentage of the time and he happened to get "lucky" this time.
Good comment. My thinking is that if a lesser fielder is there then the play result changes. However I have read that the play result comes first then the "how did it happen" next. If that is so then I share your concern.
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