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Wouldn't the person with the worse "best" pitcher be incentivized to check? It's a zero sum game. Plus they could always have their best pitcher not cheat, then
by savanaly 5y ago
Wouldn't the person with the worse "best" pitcher be incentivized to check? It's a zero sum game. Plus they could always have their best pitcher not cheat, then call the other team on it, and now you get your best pitcher and the other team only gets their second-best pitcher.
- csa 5y agoBaseball is a weird game with lots of traditions and a long memory. This year, your team may have the worse pitching staff and get the best of a team with a better pitching staff by calling for checks. Next year, when your team is better, or even the same year against a team with a worse pitching staff, you will be on the receiving end of this “zero sum game”. Not to mention, the coach who snitches will probably never be able to coach again for violating an unofficial code of conduct. That’s my take on the situation.