Keeping Stats- Should a walk be a hit in the book

Gamble

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jlhawkins9 said:
You are picking out 1 scenerio...

Ok your down by 8 and you are the 1st batter up in the 7th... You swinging away?
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If I see anything worth swinging at, better believe I'm up there hacking away.

Change the game to fastpitch, it becomes a slightly different story. I can move myself into scoring position then, and will be pretty selective. It still depends entirely on the hitters behind me, though.
 
Primo

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JustinSS said:
There is NO WAY in the world a walk should be counted as a hit. There are complete noobs that go up there and watch pitch after pitch hoping for a damn walk. The only time they'll swing is if they are unfortunate enough to get 2 strikes. Thats just one example but I really don't need any examples a walk is not a hit, period.
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dont kid yourself.....some of us don't ahve a problem walking every single ab because we understand that's the only sure fire way to never make outs......and i'm not exactly a newb. I promise...if you don't throw me at least two strikes per ab, you'll never get me out

personally, i dont care how you score it........hit or not it wouldnt' change my philosophy
 
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Primo

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jlhawkins9 said:
why dont you get out of the thread, if you are only going to be a Smarta**. Every post I read from you is arrogant. Dude get a life
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thanks...quite frankly, i'm tired of hsi **** too........as i'm easily offended

Joker, GTFO!!!!!!
 
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Gamble said:
It doesn't take fantastic plate discipline to draw a walk in SP...a walk is a walk.
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You're kidding me....right?

You only get to hit 3 or 4 time a game. NOBODY wants to walk. Most people swing at the first decent pitch.

A walk takes discipline and should be rewarded. You are on base and didn't cause an out. You took one for the team.

OBP is the only stat that matters.
 
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joncon said:
You're kidding me....right?

You only get to hit 3 or 4 time a game. NOBODY wants to walk. Most people swing at the first decent pitch.

A walk takes discipline and should be rewarded. You are on base and didn't cause an out. You took one for the team.

OBP is the only stat that matters.
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I want to get on base. So if this means walk, I want to walk. The two bolded comments are contradictory to each other. You should revise your post.
 
Primo

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i've walked 17 tiems in 24 ab's before.....i'd walk every damn time if the situation called for it
 
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I want you two guys on my team to make up for my poor disipline.

The two bolded comments are contradictory to each other. You should revise your post.
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I don't get it???


I suppose I should have said "almost nobody wants to walk". That has been my observation. I can think of only one or two guys out of thousands that seemed to enjoy it.
 
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We keep track of OBP, that's all that matters. Better hitters draw more walks and force more errors.
 
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