Yeah, theoretical runs and stats would be a shark-nado. Nuh uh.
Got treated to good seats at the Dodgers-Diamondbacks game last night for my birthday from a lady friend. Dodgers won 9-0. Couple of Brits sitting next to us, attending their first baseball game, so I got to explain everything to them. That made it fun.
The things they focused on, with fresh eyes, was interesting. One was that the infielders seemed to be pretty busy, so they were earning their pay, but the outfielders were just standing around the whole time, making millions. The outrage! I thought it was funny to differentiate the players that way. Also, they thought it unfortunate for players to hit long pop fly outs and get nothing for them.
Let's see, what else....they noticed the absence of cheerleaders. They liked the idea of having the pool there, for a party of 30. They had trouble with one runner tagging up on a deep fly and the other runner not. They were impressed with how casual the infielders are making the play and holding the ball before firing across the diamond to get the runner out by half a step over and over.
