I don't usually pay attention to announcers so I was only half paying attention when announcers were talking about Jace sitting at 3rd most HRs and it got me thinking about apples to apples comparisons.
A hitter that has 1000 ABs hitting 100 HRs is somewhat less impressive than a player with 500 ABs hitting 85 HRs.
But then I got to thinking about the number of games that we have run ruled. Only batting 6 innings has an effect on an objective comparison when you are trying to measure records. How many of those existing records were from home games were the Ags were trailing in the 9th? Run ruling may get you an extra plate appearance, but typically RR occurs because of walks. Just because the score is big it doesn't mean players got ABs.
RRing isn't simply because of offensive production. That's half the story. You also need pitching to give you the margin. So I'm blaming the pen for causing all these short games.
A hitter that has 1000 ABs hitting 100 HRs is somewhat less impressive than a player with 500 ABs hitting 85 HRs.
But then I got to thinking about the number of games that we have run ruled. Only batting 6 innings has an effect on an objective comparison when you are trying to measure records. How many of those existing records were from home games were the Ags were trailing in the 9th? Run ruling may get you an extra plate appearance, but typically RR occurs because of walks. Just because the score is big it doesn't mean players got ABs.
RRing isn't simply because of offensive production. That's half the story. You also need pitching to give you the margin. So I'm blaming the pen for causing all these short games.