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Pitchers, MVP, Quality of opposing hitters (September 19, 2003)
Discussion ThreadPosted 3:17 p.m.,
September 19, 2003
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zoobird
I think that over the course of one season, pitchers would be much more affected by quality of opposition than batters. While a batter's 600 plate appearances are typically against 162 different pitchers (ok, I'm drastically oversimplifying), a pitchers opposition plate appearances are only against 35 (or so) different lineups. So there's going to a lot more correlation among the batters a pitcher faces in one season than among the pitchers a batter faces.
Pyschological Impact of a Devastating Outcome (September 27, 2003)
Posted 10:59 a.m.,
September 30, 2003
(#3) -
zoobird
I actually think that there's much less chance of an effect from devastating outcomes in baseball than in other sports. I think the main effect of being very discouraged would be a lack of motivation/peak effort, and baseball seems to rely less on maintaining peak effort and more on skill than other sports.