Effectively Wild Episode 1780: Thank You for Your Service
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
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The Plural of Un Batted in Is Base on Balls?
The plural of base on balls is basis on balls. What is the plural of hit by pitch? Ye, my gut feeling, based on what sounds right, is hit by pitch sbut shouldn't it be hitch by pitch? Yes. Why does this feel different? Is it to emphasize that a separate pitch is thrown each time the event occurs? Yes. Does this even matter? Probably not.
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