Talk:Sacrifice fly

message: This page previously read "advances on the play" rather than "scores on the play."  In contrast to a sacrifice bunt, a sacrifice fly requires a runner to score, not merely advance. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.242.146.240 (talk) 
:Actually, at some point in baseball history, a sac fly was awarded for a non-scoring advance.  Someone should research the dates.  Maybe I'll do it. WHPratt (talk) 16:09, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Back in the deadball era, most players had a better chance of getting hits on ground balls, and so a player who tried to hit a fly ball to bring a runner home might truly be performing a sacrificial act, and the scoring rules chose to reward this by not counting the at-bat.  However, with the livelier ball, more players were swinging for the fences and picking up sac flies as consolation prizes.  This may explain why the rules have changed back and forth as to counting the RBI fly ball as a sacrifice or as just another out.  Both arguments have their points.  The developers of the newer “On Base Percentage” statistic chose the more conservative philosophy, where a sac fly counts as an out.  So did the committee who defined “Hitting Streaks.” WHPratt (talk) 15:52, 16 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Wording

message: When 67.100.124.35 edited to divide into sections, it made it less clear that the source for the information on the application and scoring of the sacrifice fly is in the OBR.  I think the unreferenced section tag is unnecessary if the sections are recombined.  That is what I will be doing shortly.Justus R (talk) 21:08, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: References

message: The article says: " The reason for this is that the sacrifice fly, unlike the sacrifice bunt, is not considered a tactical maneuver (players presumably don't try to hit a fly ball to advance a runner)." There are many occasions on which hitting a sacrifice fly is the desired outcome of a plate appearance, especially if a double play is possible in the event of a ground ball or line drive. Indeed, expert commentary will applaud a batter who successfully hits a sacrifice fly, particular if the run scored is a tying or winning run in late innings.
The likely reason that a sacrifice fly terminates a hitting streak is that there are many sacrifice flies aren't the main intent of a plate appearance and could be considered a consolation prize for the plate appearance.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.131.62.115 (talk) 02:16, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sac Fly Motivation 

message: Why does this article say "here are the leaders as of 2008". What an arbitrary cutoff.
Wikipedia shouldn't keep lists like this. Just link to an official baseball website please  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.204.228.159 (talk) 03:09, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  2008? 

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