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[VonErich Lives]

Originally Posted by The Icon of Elisim Thus your whole arguement about outfielders dropping balls is invalid, which is what I was saying

Ok, I think I see what your saying here... Let's see if I'm right cause I "might" agree w/ you.

If a pitcher does a proper job, the batter never make contact, which takes the OF or IF out of the situation.

However, you'll still have a catcher, and even if the pitcher makes every hitter miss, the catcher still must catch or apply a tag is missed. I know however that passed balls are rare.

So, I would (I thought I said it before, if not my bad) agree that a baseball pitcher is as close to a goalie in hockey in terms of controling the outcome of a game.