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Old 07-14-2007, 09:45 PM
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Default Re: Why don\'t pro baseball players run through first?

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It's not that Manny Ramirez or whoever can't sprint for 90 feet. It's that one in every 500 times he does it he'll get hurt, which isn't a good risk to take for a 1 in 200 chance of an infield single.

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Pot odds.

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but losing Manny for multiple games isn't worth the <.5run in a single game you gain by him reaching
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