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In response to "I love baseball but I have no idea what you two are talking about with game score. -- nm" by Krusty

It's a Bill James thing -- you start at 50 points, and you get credit for K's and outs and innings pitched while losing points for walks / hits / runs

Posted by Will Hunting (aka kelly) Apr 10 '22, 08:49

an 80 is a really solid game. A 100+ happens every 5 years or so.

Kerry Wood's 9 inning, 1 hit, 20k game was a 105.

You need to have a ton of K's, and not many hits or walks to really score great.

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Strikeouts are fascist. Throw some ground balls, they're more democratic. -- nm - crash davis Apr 10, 08:55 3
- Spoken like a noodle arm. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 10, 08:58 2
  - This SOB is throwing a two hit shut out and he is shaking me off. -- nm* - crash davis Apr 10, 09:08 1
    - Why is he calling me meat? I’m the one driving the Porsche. - spamlet Apr 10, 09:49

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It's a Bill James thing -- you start at 50 points, and you get credit for K's and outs and innings pitched while losing points for walks / hits / runs

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