Yahoo Baseball 2013- #53892

[mkarnold1]

Originally Posted by hotreds

An out is an out-

Not so, some outs are productive. For example, sacrifice flies and sac bunts are very productive outs. There are also ground ball outs that advance runners. Basically, putting the ball in play forces the defense to make a play to get an out. A K is always a non-productive out, thus it is a valuable statistical category.