Via BBTF, R.J. Anderson explores why Paul Goldschmidt succeeds as a base stealer:
The assumption to make, then, is that Goldschmidt possesses other qualities that manifest in his base-stealing success. He does. What Goldschmidt lacks in straight-line speed, he atones for with a combination of attributes that are tougher to measure, like his reaction time, his pattern-recognition skills, his opportunism, and his boldness.
I like that pattern recognition skills are included in the list. So much of baseball is about developing good pattern recognition skills, and often the big mistakes we see on the field (from players and umpires) is when a situation arises when the pattern recognizer fails. The two best examples I can think of were A.J. Pierzynski realizing that a third strike was seen by the umpire as dropped, and the blown call on Aarmando Galarraga’s perfect game. Nice to see this AI term making it’s way into the baseball literature.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2bxQxj8
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