tres_arboles posted:I've seen the same thing as Catcherdad in our part of the country too. Son's school stopped reporting game stats to Max Preps and the local media knowing that many opponents' stats are dubious and inflated. That practice, while laudable, puts a dent in local recognition by the local media (all area teams, etc) of kids at our school. But I agree with it even if that practice has hurt my son's visibility this and last year.
I would rather go that way than see things like the "7 hits in 5 PAs" stat. I have also seen the "2 HRs inside the park" after hearing a parent at said school tell me there were two throwing errors on both of the "HRs." Heard one school's coach has instructed scorekeeper that "the other team never makes an error when our team is hitting."
LOL. There is a local school here currently showing the following on Maxpreps:
- 40 runs scored against the team. 16 of them earned. Makes for some good ERAs.
- 454 team ABs (with 60 Ks, so about 400 balls put into play); a grand total of 2 ROE. For the life of me, I can't figure out why they have 2 ROE -- someone must have hit the wrong button in gamechanger.