While the New York Yankees were driving in five runs against the Houston Astros in the 6th inning of Friday nights game, I decided to take a gander at the Yankees BABIP. The inning was full of weak and soft contact. I wondered if the Yankees were one of the luckier teams in the league as far as batting average on balls in play is concerned. They're 4th in the league in BABIP. Which means they're one of the luckier teams on balls put in play. Last year they were the third unluckies team in BABIP.
That's not why I'm writing this post, though (well maybe it does play in a little bit).