outfield question

[DavidRis]

is it better to put a bad def of in right or left field, or does it matter??

[Mean Dean]

In terms of range, it doesn't matter.

In terms of arm, runners trying to go from 1st to 3rd get a 10% bonus to their chances if the ball was hit to RF, and a 10% penalty if it was hit to LF. So most people put the better arm in RF in order to keep the chance from getting too high, although there's a pretty good argument that that evens out too.

[DavidRis]

but the best arm always should be in cf, right?

:)

[Mean Dean]

My studies (which are not complete yet) suggest that that's correct, although not at the expense of range. Check my blog for my studies on the impact of throwing arms.