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Originally Posted by dlphg9
This is a really interesting concept that I never even thought about.
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I can't prove a damn bit of it.
But I know how numbers work and I absolutely believe it to be true. The savvy coaches in this league are no different than someone like Greg Maddux. Maddux used to go out there and with 2 outs and nobody on, give up a base hit on purpose. He'd get ahead in the count and groove one to the guy.
And if that dude came up 3 weeks later with 2 runners on a tie ballgame, he'd get ahead and the count again and throw the nastiest pitch he had because he knows that guy remembers the last AB when he got a cement mixer and it's in the back of his mind.
Supercharge that and apply it to the data revolution and I just cannot imagine coaches aren't doing it.
It's more than just sandbagging - it's actively suppressing your tendencies to throw off the analytics.