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In baseball statistics, exit velocity (EV) is the estimated speed at which a batted ball is travelling as it is coming off the player's bat. Batters generally aim for a higher exit velocity in order to give opposing fielders less time to react and attempt a defensive play [ citation needed ] ; however, many batters are still able to accrue hits ...
Spencer Strider is throwing a curveball. Strider laid waste to hitters last year, with an outrageous, league-leading 36.8 K% despite leaning on his fastball/slider combo a whopping 95% of the time.
The rules were changed in 2007 to require such tie games to be suspended. The games are then completed at a later date (rather than replayed in full) if feasible and/or required to determine postseason qualification. This change makes such a scenario highly unlikely to be seen again. [84] [85]
Aug. 20—Idle Thoughts, while waiting for UConn football (OK, not really), the Yankees to mix in a line drive and for Serena to win the U.S. Open: Dr. Idle, Dr. I to his close friends, happened ...
Most best-of-seven series follow a "2–3–2" format or a "2–2–1–1–1" format; that is, in a 2–3–2 series, the first two games are played at the home venue of a team with the home-field advantage (the first "2"), the next three games (the "3", including game 5, if necessary) are played at the home of the team without it, and the ...
This is a list of record attendances for leagues outside of Australia. Crowd figures are estimates to the nearest 500 spectators based on total ground capacity. Note: No international Australian Rules Football leagues currently charge for admission (though the POM AFL did in the 1970s).
Ray Cox IV, [2] known online as Stallion83, is a video game player known for his high Xbox Gamerscore, points for completing in-game challenges known as achievements. He was the first player to reach 1,000,000 points in early 2014. [3] He held the position as early as 2008 [3] and was later recognized as the Guinness World Record holder.
In modern "match play Scrabble" tournaments, players dispute a fixed number of games. In most major tournaments, for example the World Scrabble Championship and the National Scrabble Championship the players are sorted by number of games won and to break ties between players with the same number of wins, the total of the player's scores minus the total of his opponent's score (known as the ...