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You Gotta Believe, or Credo Quia Absurdum: Braves 4, Mets 3

Tfloyd, when he isn’t waxing philosophic on the ways adversity builds (or perhaps reflects) character, asked a really good question about a standard Chip Caray regret regarding a particular stratagem from long, long ago, when men of impeccable character like Pete Rose played Our Game: the Productive Out.

Chip lauded Heredia for a productive out in advancing the runners to second and third with one out. I get it, but having a runner at third with less than two outs doesn’t mean what it used to. I haven’t looked at the stats, but I would think with all the strikeouts the odds of scoring from third with one out is a lot lower than it was a couple of decades ago.