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Why do they award a double rather than an error for the Jones dropped flyball? I've never understood why they do that alot.

I guess because neither of the outfielders touched it, so they don't know who to give the error to.

That's one that Buck Showalter would call a "team error."

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Official scoring really seems unfair to the picture sometimes. Yes, Hammel walked the runners that scored, but I want a guy who, even when not having his best stuff, doesn't just throw meatballs down the middle, and give int o batters. It shows he has confidence in himself to get the outs when they really matter- AND in his defense. Hammel getting charged with 2 earned runs isn't right. If you don't want to call it an error, fine, but they should not be earned runs, and rbis should not have been credited.

There. Rant over.

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I guess because neither of the outfielders touched it, so they don't know who to give the error to.

That's one that Buck Showalter would call a "team error."

I gotcha. Seems like it could be changed, but whatever, a thing like that is not going to influence stat lines that much over the course of the whole season.

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