What is and what should never be: A sub-BA OBP

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Brew Crew Ball found this 6/27/2008 on stl-sabr.bajink.com [flag]
While scouting the recent transactions in our office fantasy league , we came across a player we’d not heretofore taken note of: Minnesota third baseman Brian Buscher. Buscher has apparently been hitting well since he was recalled a couple of weeks ago, and his batting average entering Wednesday’s action stood at a heady .368. What really caught out attention, though, was his ... [link]

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Friday's Plastic Cup
Published 6/27/2008 by Jeff Sackmann at Brew Crew Ball
... I don't know if TheJay has covered this yet on his blog, but it sounds right up his alley: Fungoes looks at players with a higher BA than OBP.  Read up on how that works. ...

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