Americans would never invent a sport where the better you get the less you score.
Uh I dunno. In baseball, the pitcher's task is to deny the batting team hits and in particular runs, ie to keep the opponent's score as low as possible. So far, so similar to defensive positions in other sports.
But the pitcher is also arguably the player most in focus on a baseball team, and the player designated as "winner" or "loser" of a game. Indeed, a common reason for voiding of baseball bets is that a team started with a different pitcher from the one given in advance.
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Date: 2009-03-12 02:03 pm (UTC)Uh I dunno. In baseball, the pitcher's task is to deny the batting team hits and in particular runs, ie to keep the opponent's score as low as possible. So far, so similar to defensive positions in other sports.
But the pitcher is also arguably the player most in focus on a baseball team, and the player designated as "winner" or "loser" of a game. Indeed, a common reason for voiding of baseball bets is that a team started with a different pitcher from the one given in advance.