@jaysonst Was curious about this so I went a little deeper to contextualize: since saves became an official stat in 1969, the Phillies have 9 home opening day wins. 3 walkoffs, 5 non-save situation wins (including 1 complete game shutout by Chris Short in 1970) and, now, 1 save
โI am a political prisoner because I am a casualty of a perennial war that is being fought between the oppressed Irish people and an alien, oppressive, unwanted regime that refuses to stop shouting potato at meโ - Bobby Sands
The 2 pt conversation is this
Philly trailed by 15
Thatโs a 2 score game slightly less than 50% of time (2pt success rate)
Itโs a 3 score game the remaining %
You want to know as early as possible how many possessions you need.
Thatโs why you go for 2 down 9
Itโs not debatable at all
@Brad_Deuster@ESPNBooger Thanks for the input, Brad. Lots of flaws in that logic - counting on another score that may never come, relying on a 2 point conversion with 0 minutes left vs 3+, etc. You always have a 2 point play in the bagโฆ