Pardon my ignorance.

paulwiggins · **Posted:** Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:16 pm

Baseball isn't really my game and am making a picture choice in absence of chief photographer. All other things being equal, it seems to me it seems that the pitcher should be the picture. I owe the sports reporter a beer if I am wrong on this.

Matthew Grieco · **Posted:** Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:27 pm

I'm not sure what you mean, exactly.

There are games that are dominated by good pitching and games that were dominated by good hitting. If the winning pitcher had a sterling performance (say, he pitched at least six innings and the other team scored no more than two or three runs), I'd use a shot of him as the lead art. If it was a high-scoring affair on both sides, I'd use a shot of one of the hitters on the winning side connecting with the ball, or a particularly nice shot of a play on the basepaths.

The thing with baseball is that it has less consistent scoring patterns than other sports. Two teams can play a three-game series against each other in as many days and have a 1-0 game, a 15-10 game, and a 12-0 game, for example. And depending on the score, the art you want can be very different.

If you know the final score of the game in question, I could help more.

paulwiggins · **Posted:** Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:32 pm

Story hasn't been filed yet but it's generally the case in our district comp that there are far too many runs scored and no stand-out batters.

Matthew Grieco · **Posted:** Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:36 pm

Well, if you've got a slugfest in which both teams scored in excess of 10 runs, I wouldn't use a shot of a pitcher as dominant unless the blowout came after he left the game, or he came in late in the game after most of the runs were scored and preserved a lead.

I'm looking at this from the perspective of well-played baseball. I imagine at lower levels of the game a pitcher need not be as impressive to warrant being the lead art.

If it's a true mess of a game, I'd just advise you to use whatever photo you find most visually appealing.

paulwiggins · **Posted:** Tue Jan 04, 2005 8:57 pm

Never come to the elves for advice for they shall say both yes and no. [LOTR] I'll run the pitcher and reporter and myself will buy each other a beer.

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:04 pm

paulwiggins wrote:

Story hasn't been filed yet but it's generally the case in our district comp that there are far too many runs scored and no stand-out batters.

In that case, you should probably run a picture of some kid in the stands.

But seriously: Just use the best picture available.

Matthew Grieco · **Posted:** Tue Jan 04, 2005 9:05 pm

paulwiggins wrote:

I'll run the pitcher and reporter and myself will buy each other a beer.

The sacrifices you make for your work humble us all.

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