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From: [email protected] (John H. Rickert)
Subject: Re: Gotta a Question....
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (David DeMers) writes:
>In article , [email protected] (Jimmy Kuo) writes:
> |> [email protected] (Michael Andre Mule) writes:
> ....
> |> >>What is the maximum runs allowed before a stopper can get credit for a
> |> >>relief? i.e. if a stopper comes in with a 5 run lead does he getcredit
> |> >> with the save.
> |> >If you come in and pitch the last three innings,and your team was ahead
> |> >when you got out there and wins the game, you get a save.
> |> Sort'a correct. If you pitched at least 3 innings,entered with your team
> |> in the lead, was the pitcher when the game ended,the game was never tied
> |> during your stint, and your team won, you get a save.
> Well, the rulebook says that in the opinion of the scorer, you must have
> "pitched effectively" for your 3 innings - this save is not automatic,
> unlike the others.
Someone in SABR actually looked at these games a few years ago
and found that the official scorer awarded the save in every one
of the games - even those in which the pitcher had pitched badly
(allowing 4 or 5 runs).
seeing, hearing (my two sense worth)
john rickert
[email protected]