re obp hurt by sac flies was re hbp bb big cat in article apr rigel econ uga edu scottm helena stat uga edu scott mclure writes sorry i gotta disagree here last time i played ball i went up on several occasions intending to hit a fly ball deep enough to score the runner from third or advance a runner to third it s relatively easy actually you swing under the path of the ball you normally would to hit a good line drive with fastballs it s very easy much more difficult with good breaking balls a good hitter with excellent bat control can voluntarily hit fly balls to the outfield at least oh of the time maybe more there s a blurb in the stats scoreboard about this and though i don t have the book with me here my memory is that the best at hitting sac flies were far below this number sherri nichols snichols adobe com
