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From: rhoads@oasys.UUCP
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Subject: Re:  No-hitter/BA stays the same
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Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 12:38:49 EDT
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> Is a team's batting average = .000 before the season begins?  I
> think that 0/0 is not all that well defined whereas 0/27 [or
> whatever] is well defined.  Are these two really equal?
> 
> Ken Glass
> ...ihnp4

One could probably argue just as well that a team's B.A. is  1.000
on opening day, as they have a hit for every time at bat, but this
is just as incorrect (or correct?) mathematically, although what does
the rulebook say?  However, a SECOND DAY no-hitter after an opening day
no-hitter would definetly keep the other team's B.A. the same, as both
0/27 [or whatever] and  0/54 [or whatever] are both well-defined.
  Unfortunately, Feller was never allowed to pitch two days in a row (of
course if started to rain on opening night (AFTER the game) and rained 
for 40 days and 40 nights...)