Maybe l'm out of line but

[El Gordo]

I always felt better when I knew one of our hitters was on a modest two game hitting streak.

Didn't he watch Major League?

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[dscola]

I didn't mean to sound condescending... and maybe I'm just misunderstanding what you're trying to convey. But again, statistics are just a measure of what has gone before. If Markakis' fielding statistics say that he failed to get to a ball in a given zone 20 times... it does't mean that he won't get to it on the 21's try. It simply means it's unlikely. I think it's awesome when players make the kind of plays that you don't expect them to. Statistics (past measurements) don't predict future performance in every case... they simply inform us about the probability of general future performance.

I'm sorry. I wasn't saying you specifically. You had a very well thought out response

[ledzepp8]

Yes I know.

I was speaking as if it were an actual thing.

To me it would just show that the player in question wasn't focusing in the rest of his at bats.

Oh I know. Just piggy backing and pointing it out.