IS is not an argument against SHOULD.
That's not the argument. All those variables i mentioned aren't under 'error' , right?
Okie dokie, ElTexan. Just expand the obviously limited scorecard definition of an error and your point fairly quickly turns into a nonpoint. Any even semi-generic situation and the shorter path is to 2nd, and therefore an easier out in most situations. If not, go to 1st assuming nothing wacky is going on. Seems like a ghost ship argument to me.
You keep claiming that with no argument except it's a shorter throw.
A throw to virtually any base is routine for anyone in the infield at the MLB level. What on Earth are you getting at? There's a reason fielding percentages are around 99%. They don't miss the balls they get to very often; and the context you mention definitely isn't about a SS rolling into the hole while torquing left or something like that which would be a pocketball probably. If there's something unusual about the play, the human mind processes that information incredibly quickly (like on the order of nanoseconds in some cases) then by all means go to first.
Better believe the Cubs will throw the kitchen sink at the Giants if they get a lead too in an elimination game for the Giants. Bullpen specialization is brutal in the playoffs.
Yeah, there's little reason for Maddon to not go for a killshot in game 3 if they're up 2-3 runs with the bullpen after 5-6 innings. Lackey would probably just go 6-7 the next game. Bum is going to have to be on his game, or else.
