Front Page: Tyler Duffey Got Screwed Out Of A "W" Last Night

[Mr. Brooks]

Actually, the job requires skill and loads of baseball-watching experience.

The keyword in post was "relatively" unskilled.

 

As in relative to other jobs that pay $50 an hour.

 

I can't imagine that MLB teams have any shortage of well qualified people who would love to earn that much in a side job that involves watching baseball for money.

[stringer bell]

Never mind. Duffey has been awarded the win, as he should have.

[ashbury]

The keyword in post was "relatively" unskilled.

 

As in relative to other jobs that pay $50 an hour.

 

I can't imagine that MLB teams have any shortage of well qualified people who would love to earn that much in a side job that involves watching baseball for money.

MLB scorers tend to have day jobs that pay in that range or better. The sport would not get the people they wanted, if they offered less. Skill is in the eye of the beholder; everyone thinks they could do the Official Scorer's job, while only quite few actually have what it takes. Absolute concentration, coupled with the hide of a rhinoceros, coupled with a peer-oriented approach that leads to consistency. They also want to keep turnover low, likewise in the name of consistency. Good luck getting all that on the cheap.

[Mr. Brooks]

MLB scorers tend to have day jobs that pay in that range or better. The sport would not get the people they wanted, if they offered less. Skill is in the eye of the beholder; everyone thinks they could do the Official Scorer's job, while only quite few actually have what it takes. Absolute concentration, coupled with the hide of a rhinoceros, coupled with a peer-oriented approach that leads to consistency. They also want to keep turnover low, likewise in the name of consistency. Good luck getting all that on the cheap.

I'm not suggesting they get it on the cheap. I'm disputing the suggestion that they are getting it on the cheap now.

[Hosken Bombo Disco]

Um, no, I won't dig through box scores to find examples.

 

However:

 

1) We have had this conversation on this website before, but on the opposite side, with me arguing someone else should have received the win and everyone else here saying "so what"

2) Consider the possibility that others were paying more attention

 

This is something I first noticed in the 70s and have been thinking about it a long time.

 

Pitchers who pitch 1/3 or 2/3 of an inning can get shafted. It happens.

Sounds like the ruling was changed to credit the proper pitcher.

 

I won’t say I disbelieve you, but I’ve got to side with all the other posters. It seemed unprecedented for that scorer to go against the plain language of the rulebook, unprecedented certainly in any past Twins games, or I think more people would have had a recollection.

[AlwaysinModeration]

Never mind. Duffey has been awarded the win, as he should have.

Not only that, but Duffey got his second win of the day yesterday, too. He had to work a lot harder this time around, facing twice as many batter yesterday for the win.

[jorgenswest]

The run expectancy with full bases and 1 out is 1.52. Duffey came in and put out the fire again.

[Twodogs]

$150 for at most 5 hours work. Do you make $30 per hour?

Yeah I make way more than that.

 

Do you?

Edited August 18, 2019 by Twodogs

[ashbury]

$150 for at most 5 hours work. Do you make $30 per hour?

Yeah I make way more than that.

Do you?

Moderator's note: Starting to feel a little overly personal, even if meant in good fun on both sides.