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Agreed - still I do believe the more info you can get the better .... at the end of the day it is up to us how to evaluate these .... and for instance as basis for decisions/scouting in baseball most of these stats are just base for a gamble - which can work out .... or not ....

Its not me but the forum`s edp sending double posts (would wish these could be deleted from the administrator) .... QUOTE And I suppose you realized I was just poking fun when I referred to the "stats" (it's all very weird to us Yurpeens - stating with those I came across when checking out a few sites on baseball history here and there - with stats that probably are a FAR cry of what I THINK is WAR). If you want to get the lowdown on how confusing, odd rules can end up in the hands of satire or comedy-minded folk, check out "Das Schürbelspiel" by Schobert & Black if you can (sorry, couldn't find a Youtube clip)... UNQUOTE I did realise you`re making fun about (some) baseball stats - nevertheless as former long-standing "baseball dad" (who faced the problems for baseball players in Europe) I still feel motivated to help making this sport "over here" not lesser that it is .... call it a reflex ....

Of course didn`t know what "southern Germany" means in your context .... do believe you being too harsh on european baseball as "minority within minority sports" - especially in Germany the sport exoerienced an solid growth and finally a german player - Max Kepler with the Minnesota Twins - made it to the MLB (no Austrians there until now, but at least Jakob Pöltl - via the Toroto Raptors - made it in 2016 to the NBA ) .... these role models are an important factor to motivate kids for "minority sports" .... ....

Of course didn`t know what "southern Germany" means in your context .... do believe you being too harsh on european baseball as "minority within minority sports" - especially in Germany the sport exoerienced an solid growth and finally a german player - Max Kepler with the Minnesota Twins - made it to the MLB (no Austrians there until now, but at least Jakob Pöltl - via the Toroto Raptors - made it in 2016 to the NBA ) .... these role models are an important factor to motivate kids for "minority sports" .... ....

Funny enough (based on your location) Southern Germany has been a (based on european measures) baseball hotspot with the Club from Regensburg being multiple german champion and a Baseball Youth Academy was founded there a decade ago .... still it`s a minority sport but more likely not due to baseball rules but to the the lack of proper baseball fields available ....

For an alternate reading try these perfermances from 1959 ....

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