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List: Five things wrong with Batting Average

Batting average discounts walks as non-events. Batting average treats all hits equally. Batting average counts some fly balls as outs and ignores others entirely. If you hit a ground ball out to third that moves a runner from first to second, that’s an out in your ledger. If you BUNT a ground ball out to third that moves a runner from first to second, that’s not an out in your ledger. Sometimes, if you hit a ball and reach base safely that is still an out in your batting average.

Pete Rose - Three ways to treat a person

Pete Rose says there are three ways to treat a person: Kick them in the butt Pat them on the butt Leave them alone Know who needs patted, who needs to be kicked, and who needs to be left alone. Here is some good stuff about Alexander the Great .

Pete Rose hitting tips

Pete Rose's three tips on hitting Be  aggressive Be more  aggressive Never be satisfied Pete Rose shares his wisdom about how to treat people here .