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Something I didn't see covered in the article (maybe I missed it) was a discussion of errors. If the ball is moving faster and potentially with more bounce, wou
by poulsbohemian 9y ago
Something I didn't see covered in the article (maybe I missed it) was a discussion of errors. If the ball is moving faster and potentially with more bounce, wouldn't we also expect to see an uptick in fielding errors?
- djrogers 9y agoPossibly, but this would somewhat be countered by the fact that you can’t get a fielding error on a home run. Edit to add more context: Home runs are much more common than errors - in 2017, there were a total of 2,820 errors, less than half the number of home runs. One of the more common types of fielding errors is dropping a fly ball, so it wouldn’t take a huge percentage of would-be dropped fly balls converted to home runs to counter any uptick in fielding errors due to the ball being bouncier.