Pitchers Fielding the Fly Ball

endgame · 05-09-2007, 10:24 AM

Purely observational, but does it seem pitchers field infield flies just a 'hair' too often? As a rule, I thought the pitcher generally yields to another infielder when the ball is popped up.

Nutlaw · 05-20-2007, 10:51 AM

Yeah, the pitcher usually does. Do you have any sort of quantitative data on what you are seeing? Maybe a percentage of infield fly balls caught by the pitcher? Without some sort of hard data, we can't really address the issue.

Nutlaw · 05-27-2007, 10:22 AM

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05-09-2007, 10:24 AM	#1
endgame Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 16,842	Pitchers Fielding the Fly Ball Purely observational, but does it seem pitchers field infield flies just a 'hair' too often? As a rule, I thought the pitcher generally yields to another infielder when the ball is popped up. __________________ "Try again. Fail again. Fail better." -- Samuel Beckett _____________________________________________

05-20-2007, 10:51 AM	#2
Nutlaw Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 9,538	Yeah, the pitcher usually does. Do you have any sort of quantitative data on what you are seeing? Maybe a percentage of infield fly balls caught by the pitcher? Without some sort of hard data, we can't really address the issue.

05-27-2007, 10:22 AM	#3
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