exactly what is a closer-by-committee system in baseball?
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When a team closes the game, and they are WINNING, with any one of it's relievers based on matchups.  They do not have a dominant closer on their team like a Yankees team with Mariano Rivera.  Make sense?
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sign up on yahoo for fantasy baseball it has a pre-set ranking.  I make a few changes each year, players like Adrian Beltre are ranked low but he is a top 100 player easily.  Just depends on what youre looking for.
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go to the official home of Baseball:  www.mlb.com\nall official info there.
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seeing that we are talking baseball and not the military---The draft process does continue, although it is a stats and records process that ranks out teams and players in evaluation procedures---implementation of this process only occurs at the proper seasonal time for the formal roster alignments of the various teams
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According to the NCAA rule book:\n\n"The nearer edge of the pitcher's plate shall be 43 feet from the back point of home plate."
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The basic contest is always between the pitcher for the fielding team, and a batter. The pitcher throws—pitches—the ball towards home plate, where the catcher for the fielding team waits (in a crouched stance) to receive it. Behind the catcher stands the home plate umpire. The batter stands in one of the batter's boxes and tries to hit the ball with a bat. The pitcher must keep one foot in contact with the top or front of the pitcher's rubber—a 24" x 6" (~ 61 cm x 15 cm) plate located atop the pitcher's mound—during the entire pitch, so he can only take one step backward and one forward in delivering the ball. The catcher's job is to receive any ball that the batter misses or does not swing at, and to "call" the game by a series of hand movements that signal to the pitcher what pitch to throw and where. If the pitcher disagrees with the call, he will "shake off" the catcher by shaking his head no; he accepts the sign by nodding. The catcher's role becomes more crucial depending on how the game is going, and how the pitcher responds to a given situation. Each pitch begins a new play, which might consist of nothing more than the pitch itself.\n\nEach half-inning, the goal of the defending team is to get three members of the other team out. A player who is out must leave the field and wait for his next turn at bat. There are many ways to get batters and baserunners out; some of the most common are catching a batted ball in the air, tag outs, force outs, and strikeouts. After the fielding team has put out three players from the opposing team, that half of the inning is over and the team in the field and the team at bat switch places; there is no upper limit to the number that may bat in rotation before three outs are recorded. Going through the entire order in an inning is referred to as "batting around". It is indicative of a high scoring inning. A complete inning consists of each opposing side having a turn (three outs) on offense.
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Basically a stat that depicts the teams win/loss record.  A team at the .500 mark has an equal amount of wins and losses.
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Actually there is a rule in little league baseball, the rule was implented in 2005.  It's listed below:\n\nRULE 7.14(little league rulebook)\n\nOnce each inning a team may utilize a player who is not in the batting order as a special pinch-runner for any offensive player. A player may only be removed for a special pinch runner one time during a game. The player for whom the pinch-runner runs  is not subject to removal from the lineup. If the pinch-runner remains in the game as a substitute defensive or offensive player, the player may not be used again as a pinch runner while in the batting order. However, if removed for another substitute that player or any player not in the lineup, is again eligible to be used as a pinch runner.
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check out this link it will help a lot, \nits too long to put them here, and also it has graphics\n\n\nhttp://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/official_rules/objectives_1.jsp
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You can download a pretty elaborate spreadsheet to do your analysis on at http://www.fftoday.com/compiler/baseball.htm\n\nI also think some of the best analysis on a player-by-player basis is on cbs.sportsline\n\nHope this helps!
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In the big "Leagues" ten ends are played and aggregate score is accumulated. Each end the four members of each team throws two rocks each alternately and the team which has the most stones closest to the button or centre of the house ( which is the circles at the other end of the sheet)\nscores a point for each rock until there is an opposing teams rock.\nThe opposing teams stone/rock which is the nearest they could get doesn't count but it cancels out any of the scoring teams that may be in the house. \nIt may sound complicated but it easy when you get out there and play, you learn the rules by the time you've played your first game.
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I think it's when the pitcher comes in with a 3-run lead or less, or perhaps when the lead is 4 and there are runners on base. Let me check.....\n\n============================================================\nEDIT: OK, here is some info:\n\nRule 10.20 credits a pitcher with a save when he meets all three of the following conditions: \n(1) He is the finishing pitcher in a game won by his club; and \n(2) He is not the winning pitcher; and \n(3) He qualifies under one of the following conditions: \n(a) He enters the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitches for at least one inning; or \n(b) He enters the game, regardless of the count, with the potential tying run either on base, or at bat, or on deck (that is, the potential tying run is either already on base or is one of the first two batsmen he faces); or \n(c) He pitches effectively for at least three innings. No more than one save may be credited in each game.\n============================================================\n\nI guess if the reliever pitches the last 3 innings and came in up by 4 (and didn't blow the lead), then he can earn a save.
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Basically, the scorer has 24 hours to make a decision regarding judgments (i.e.   hit vs. error  or   wild pitch vs. passed ball   etc).\n\nThe Official scorer is given 36 hours to file the official scoresheet with the league office...\n\nThe official rules of baseball state that:\n\n"The Official Scorer must make all decisions concerning judgment calls within twenty-four (24) hours after a game has been officially concluded. No judgment decision shall be changed thereafter except, upon immediate application to the League President, the scorer may request a change, citing the reasons for such."\n\n (that was from paragraph "a" below)\n\n\n\n\n\nThe complete section of that rule follows (note that when the rules refer to 'championship' games, it refers to what we would call 'regular season' games... in other words, any game where the stats and results are official.  The term does not include pre-season or any other exhibition games).:\n\n\n10.01\n(a) The league president shall appoint an official scorer for each league championship game. The official scorer shall observe the game from a position in the press box. The scorer shall have sole authority to make all decisions involving judgment, such as whether a batter’s advance to first base is the result of a hit or an error. He shall communicate such decisions to the press box and broadcasting booths by hand signals or over the press box loudspeaker system, and shall advise the public address announcer of such decisions if requested.\nThe Official Scorer must make all decisions concerning judgment calls within twenty-four (24) hours after a game has been officially concluded. No judgment decision shall be changed thereafter except, upon immediate application to the League President, the scorer may request a change, citing the reasons for such. In all cases, the official scorer is not permitted to make a scoring decision which is in conflict with the scoring rules.\nAfter each game, including forfeited and called games, the scorer shall prepare a report, on a form prescribed by the league president, listing the date of the game, where it was played, the names of the competing clubs and the umpires, the full score of the game, and all records of individual players compiled according to the system specified in these Official Scoring Rules. He shall forward this report to the league office within thirty-six hours after the game ends. He shall forward the report of any suspended game within thirty-six hours after the game has been completed, or after it becomes an official game because it cannot be completed, as provided by the Official Playing Rules.\n\n(b) (1) To achieve uniformity in keeping the records of championship games, the scorer shall conform strictly to the Official Scoring Rules. The scorer shall have authority to rule on any point not specifically covered in these rules.\n(2) If the teams change sides before three men are put out, the scorer shall immediately inform the umpire of the mistake.\n(3) If the game is protested or suspended, the scorer shall make a note of the exact situation at the time of the protest or suspension, including the score, the number of outs, the position of any runners, and the ball and strike count on the batter.\nNOTE: It is important that a suspended game resume with exactly the same situation as existed at the time of suspension. If a protested game is ordered replayed from the point of protest, it must be resumed with exactly the situation that existed just before the protested play.\n(4) The scorer shall not make any decision conflicting with the Official Playing Rules, or with an umpire’s decision.\n(5) The scorer shall not call the attention of the umpire or of any member of either team to the fact that a player is batting out of turn.\n\n(c) The scorer is an official representative of the league, and is entitled to the respect and dignity of his office, and shall be accorded full protection by t
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--- You must come (in relief) into a new inning with a 3-run lead and maintain that lead until the end of the game OR come on in relief with the tying run on deck and maintain the lead until the end of the game.\n--- A pitcher can blow a save but get the win if the lead changes in his team's favor while he is still penciled into the game as the pitcher. If he pitches in the next inning and holds the lead, he gets the WIN.
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Greetings from the Yahoo Brain in New York City!  \nHope you're watching the live Answers webcast at http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/asktheplanet/brain.html !\n\n\nA pitcher need not be a closer, nor must it be the ninth inning, to blow a save.\n\nIf a pitcher comes in as a reliever in a save situation, meaning that the tie, winning, or go-ahead run are either on base, at-bat, or on deck, then he is eligible to earn a Blown Save.  If he allows any of those runs to score (even if it's just the run that ties the game), he has blown the save.  If he doesn't and he preserves the lead, he will earn a Hold if he is a middle reliever, and a Save if he closes it out.\n\nIt's important to note that many 7th and 8th inning specialists, who are not in a position to earn a Save, can, however be charged with a Blown Save.  Not fair, but hey, that's life.  Or baseball.\n\nHope this helps!\n\n--J.
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It's based on scoring shorthand ... before we ubergeeks sat at laptops ... people would get a scorecard and actually have a shorthand system that they could follow every pitch of every game.\n\nYou're right one is the pitcher ... two is then the catcher ... three is first base ... and so on across the position players. From your short hand, 4-6-3 would be a ball hit directly to the second baseman who threw it to the shortstop covering second and then the shortstop threw it over to the first baseman for a double play.  \n\nI attached a link to a website that tells you how to actually score a game. If you want to watch every moment and see the game unfold, this is one of the best ways to do it.
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It's called "the Oracle of Baseball", and it's on Baseball-Reference.com.  Link is below.