On Friday afternoon, Miguel Montero’s throw to second base tailed off into center field, allowing the Braves’ Andrelton Simmons to advance to third base. It was the sixth inning of a one-run game, and so I was understandably upset. So upset, in fact, that I lashed out with some ungentlemanly language, using an epithet (#Cubes) […]
Tag: Catching
Will Miguel Montero Benefit from a Three-Catcher Rotation?
When discussing correlations in the baseball world, I’ve found that you’re pretty much never going to be able to convince everyone up front that you’re not pointing out a causal relationship. If you mention a correlation—no matter the sample size or your caveats—folks will invariably laud you as having discovered the explanation for something, or (on the other hand) […]