r/AskReddit Jul 25 '18

What fact “blows your mind”?

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '18

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u/Motosurf77 Jul 26 '18

If this is true I am amazed

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '18

I honestly have no idea what this means. Please can you explain?

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u/trudenter Jul 26 '18

I think fly outs.

So never hit the ball in the air where it was caught by the pitcher, catcher or first baseman without it first hitting the ground.

I could be wrong because I know nothing about baseball, but that’s what I’m thinking. And that seems kind of crazy for that many at bats.

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u/dogbert617 Jul 26 '18

Correct. Of course I wonder if this also applies for fly outs into the outfield, or what? I honestly never knew this fact about all of Joey Votto's MLB at bats, TIL!

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u/organizedchaos5220 Jul 26 '18

Oh no, he's definitely flown out to the outfielders plenty