June 04, 2003
Mariners Win
The Mariners beat the Phillies for the 2nd time. The score was 7-2. One reason the Mariners have been so successful is the top of the offense. Looking at the boxscore, the OBA's of the top five hitters are .371, .374, .386, .394 and .386. That's a lot of players getting on base, and the more they do that, the more opportunities they have to get on base. OBA is like an interest rate; runs go up exponentially with OBA, so it's best to stick your highest on-base players at the top of the order so they get more chances to get on base, and score more runs.
Posted by David Pinto at
10:52 PM
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