fischer
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Post by fischer on Jun 9, 2011 18:59:06 GMT -5
I hope we can get something for Davis. I wouldn't mind a Kinsler trade, but that isn't going to happen.
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Post by P. Marf on Jun 9, 2011 23:28:19 GMT -5
Agree.
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jun 17, 2011 11:02:47 GMT -5
Something is not right about this thing. If the ship can't be righted by the end of June this thing is done.
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Post by sully on Jun 17, 2011 11:04:46 GMT -5
I'm just hanging on hoping things start going right. Pitching is now hit or miss. Bullpen still sucks and offense is dreadful.
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jun 17, 2011 11:10:49 GMT -5
Hamilton is taking the worst cuts I've ever seen from him. He has a bad habit of wasting ABs but he's in a funk where he's wasted about 70% of his swings over the last two weeks.
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Post by sully on Jun 17, 2011 11:55:00 GMT -5
Yeah, but 30% is hall of fame worthy in baseball...
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jun 17, 2011 12:09:01 GMT -5
You need a whole more than 30% good swings to hit .300.
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Post by sully on Jun 17, 2011 12:36:42 GMT -5
Not necessarily. Say he only swings at one pitch per at bat. And he gets 1000 good pitches to swing at over 1000 at bats. So he takes his cuts at only those 1000 pitches. He takes his bad swings at 700 of those, and either misses which eventually leads to a K, flies out, grounds out, etc. Then, on the remaining 300, he connects solidly and smokes HR's or liners that fall for hits. All other AB's where he doesn't swing result in BB's.
It's possible.
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Post by sully on Jun 17, 2011 12:38:48 GMT -5
I'm also assuming the opposition is flawless in the field, or no errors over that 1000 AB's. Like I said, it's possible.
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Post by Ticket Mouse on Jun 17, 2011 13:41:05 GMT -5
How many well-hit balls result in outs? Many. A lot more than poorly hit balls result in hits. Most of hit poorly hit balls that go for hits are nothing but pure muscle. Besides, you can swing and miss a pitch and still make a good cut. Look at MY and Beltre. Those guys swing a miss a lot but they rarely cheat themselves out of a swing. Pitchers are figuring him out and throwing to those locations. He hasn't been able to make adjustments. Somehow he's still been able to drive in runs during this time but they need him on base; not making putouts that move runners over to the next base.
So far, the Scott Coolbaugh experiment has been an epic failure.
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Post by P. Marf on Jun 18, 2011 6:28:00 GMT -5
This is a weird argument.
Note that Sully and Stubbs have their toes on the edge and ready to jump. All this over a team in first place.
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Post by fischer on Jun 18, 2011 8:19:02 GMT -5
in the middle of June, no less.
Its a dumb argument.
Sully, I am a Hamilton fan but your logic is very flawed. Your argument assumes he only swings at hittable pitches. A very good percentage of his swings go to unhittable, or bad pitches. I would say at least 25% or more. Not to mention what stubbs said: well hit balls that are outs. And the times that you take a good hack and miss.
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Post by P. Marf on Jun 19, 2011 8:52:08 GMT -5
Starting with the next series they have a stretch against some weaker teams (kind of likrelast year, just not as long of a stretch). This could be what separates them a little, especially if the can finishn this sweep today and stay hot.
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Post by fischer on Jun 19, 2011 22:51:29 GMT -5
They didn't. Dang it
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Post by P. Marf on Jun 20, 2011 7:31:31 GMT -5
The stretch against crumby teams goes on a little further than I originally thought. They really need to take advantage of this. HOU, NYM, FLA, BAL, OAK. 19 games left before the all-star break and they are all against under .500 teams.
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