I thought this was common practice everywhere? My first trip to Wrigley (coincidentally against the Braves) we had a pair of dummy balls we brought in "just in case."

You're too uptight to sit in the bleachers. Go sit in the box seats, Francis.

People have been doing this for years at Wrigley, in fact, if you're sitting in bleachers, they encourage you to bring a decoy ball.

This happens literally all the time. I would wager than an actual home run ball hasn't been thrown back on the field at Wrigley in 20 years.

this is a pretty common occurrence, not only cause the cubs suck. People have been doing this for years

when did sports fans get so entitled? it honestly makes me sick how much people think they have the right to dictate what athletes do and how they do it.

He walked right into it haha. You have a very valid point. If we do not point out these god awful articles, they will continue to be spewed out at people.

Thought you were clicking on a well thought out 5000 word article that would challenge the way you think about sports and life in general? SIKE, BITCH! THIS IS DEADSPIN, FUCK YOU MEAN??

More than this article, beacause my comment actually makes a point.

we aren't paid to write comments

I would point out that nobody paid her to write her comment. Unless they did, which would be a weird thing to pay someone for.

Thanks for the article about nothing, Mr. Kalaf.

You missed the part when he said "non-revenue," then?

Which Deadspin would crucify ESPN for doing

Alright, so this is really bad statistics. And you should feel bad for having posted it.

I remember reading a few studies regarding a starting pitcher's effectiveness diminishing pretty rapidly with each pass through the lineup, so by the time ya chase him the reliever coming in might not be too much worse than the starter.

There is a strong correlation between unintelligible rants and brain damage.

Unless I'm missing something obvious, this is a silly analysis. We may use shorthand phrases about "teams" being patient, but patience at the plate would ultimately be appropriately modeled as an individual-player phenomena. The effect of patience is at the level 1 (player), not at the level 2 (team of players).

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If Ortiz was using that year, he was doing so completely legally.

Showalter has since apologized for what he called "an error in judgment", which Ortiz vehemently argued should have been ruled a hit.