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stat question: how does a fielder's choice affect your OBP? My guess is it counts against it.

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It does.

Re: ALCS - Indians vs Red Sox
 

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stat question: how does a fielder's choice affect your OBP? My guess is it counts against it.

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I'm pretty sure it counts in favor of it, but I could def be wrong.

And it looks like I am wrong.

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sweet.. take a seat Bernie Williams.

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It's completely unfair for a team to have Lowell. Seriously, the guy is just to good. For the fairness of baseball I feel like he should have to sit for the rest of the postseason.

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manny being manny

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Not exactly hustling down the first base line.

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nice doubleplay

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varitek is bad at hitting.

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tek has been ass this postseason. still hoping they do something about the catcher thing this offseason.

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stat question: how does a fielder's choice affect your OBP? My guess is it counts against it.

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I'm pretty sure it counts in favor of it, but I could def be wrong.

And it looks like I am wrong.

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Looked it up. (H+BB+HBP)/(AB+BB+SF+HBP). So it negatively affects it. Which makes sense, as OBP is mostly important in showing how often you don't make an out.