Originally posted by Bobbob1313
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The fact that there are random fluctuations in the game is a core principle of "SABR" thought in baseball. The point of it is to not assign more value to these random fluctuations than is necessary. This is what you are doing. You are saying "Tank sucks! SEE! HE LET UP A HARD HIT BALL AND IT WAS CAUGHT SO HE SUCKS!" Yes, it's absolutely fortunate for him that it was caught I wouldn't try to argue that it's not fortunate. My argument is that it's not indicative of anything. It's one at bat. It's meaningless.
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