Rather than derail the main baseball thread, which is full of fantastic deep-dive stuff from the likes of Ursus and Flynnie and Reed, people who've spent their lives immersed in the sport and understand all the subtleties of the culture that surrounds it, I thought I'd start a separate thread where I can just ask questions that seem stupid, but which I have no answer to yet.
(A while back Ursus answered a key question of mine - which was what happens to balls after they're used: it turns out that they generally just get a single outing in the major leagues, regardless of the insane cost of getting through what must be 200-300 balls per game)
My guess is that most of the questions will be referenced through cricket, because that's a sport I (better) understand.
Anyway, first up is this:
Is there such a thing as "caught behind"? I understand that if a batter hits the ball way up in the air, the catcher can run and catch it. But is there a "thin edge", where the ball doesn't deviate much despite hitting the bat? Is that out?
(A while back Ursus answered a key question of mine - which was what happens to balls after they're used: it turns out that they generally just get a single outing in the major leagues, regardless of the insane cost of getting through what must be 200-300 balls per game)
My guess is that most of the questions will be referenced through cricket, because that's a sport I (better) understand.
Anyway, first up is this:
Is there such a thing as "caught behind"? I understand that if a batter hits the ball way up in the air, the catcher can run and catch it. But is there a "thin edge", where the ball doesn't deviate much despite hitting the bat? Is that out?
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