Talkin' Baseball

      I don't know what on earth I was thinking when creating this post; wait a second, I do now. I played all of my backups in one of my fantasy baseball leagues one day when I was getting slaughtered (Not Holy Cross league). So arose the question, does a good manager play all of his players? There are a number of answers to the question depending what level you are. Here they are.     Certainly when you're in Little League, a manager should play all of the players, no matter how good or bad. Of course, in most Little Leagues, you have to at least bat the whole team and often they have to get into the field at some point during the game. Since Little League is not all about winning, but development, this is most definitely the way it should be.      Some higher Little League divisions (like 14U and up) maybe could have a different ruling for playing time, but seeing as how it's still Little League, the rules should probably stay as they are.     Moving on to high school ba

       Errors suck. For one, they cost the fielding team an out and usually add a baserunner, and they suck for he who made the error. But on the offensive side, they lower your batting stats. It's a good trade-off to drop your batting average one at-bat to get on base, assuming you're a team player.  Herman Long has committed the most errors in MLB history (1,096)     Errors lower your OBP. But should this be so? I mean, you are technically getting on base, and OBP does stand for  On-Base Percentage.       This definition comes straight from  MLB's Website : OBP refers to how frequently a batter reaches base per plate appearance. Times on base include hits, walks and hit-by-pitches, but do not include errors, times reached on a fielder's choice or a dropped third strike. (Separately, sacrifice bunts are removed from the equation entirely, because it is rarely a hitter's decision to sacrifice himself, but rather a manager's choice as part of an in-game strategy.