Quote Originally Posted by CaptainObvious View Post
He still should not have been 25 feet off 3rd base. Not only did they score a run but State didn't get an out in a ball hit in the infield come on C24. You are smarter than that about this sport. 3-1 game with runners at 2nd and 3rd so we play to give up a run to get an out. We don't get the out and still give up the run. Yes, fortunately at the time that was the only run that scored. But after Their RF made the diving catch, our hitters did nothing the rest of the game. So THAT run ended up being a huge one. It ain't about hindsight. It is about where Chester was playing in that instance. He was out of position by at least 10 feet. At least! No need in arguing about any more though because our leadoff guy and our stars sucked today when the pressure was on to come through. The same guy shut them down Friday and today! That dude pitched a lot of pitches in 2 games this weekend. As did Schuelke.
Dude look they have tons of scouting on these hitters they know where they hit the ball. Im sorry you don't agree on playing percentages or scouting reports, BUT that is what you do in baseball is follow scouting reports and 90% of the time it pays off. Sometimes it doesn't but once again if he's playing in and they hit it by you be wondering why he's playing in.

He's not out of position if that's where the scounting report tells him to play.

And yeah there's no use arguing anymore. I respect your posts and you do have good takes.