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Re: We need to recognize these guys for their rare skill not bash them for 'not doing it right'
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Re: We need to recognize these guys for their rare skill not bash them for 'not doing it right'
@Darin so nothing gets lost in my examples, George Brett was the real MVP in the AL that year..just want to make that clear. Also, I am hyper aware that a strikeout is still slightly worse than a contact out, so Balboni's 112 OPS+ with his amount of strikeouts has a more real value of 110 or 111, but that is the extent of… -
Re: We need to recognize these guys for their rare skill not bash them for 'not doing it right'
@Darin Steve Balboni won your only World Series for you in the Brett era. He was second on the team in RBI in the regular season despite leading the league in strikeouts...and got the second biggest hit in the series in that 9th inning. Brett got a bunch of empty singles in that series with only 1 RBI and he struck out 7… -
Re: We need to recognize these guys for their rare skill not bash them for 'not doing it right'
This summer if they struck out on every out they made, but everyone on the team hit .300/.400/.500 they would score the most runs in the league by far. All types of outs suck. They should hire guys who get most BB, 1B, 2B, 3B, HR within the least amount of outs made(any out made). Focus on that instead. The Chicago White… -
Re: We need to recognize these guys for their rare skill not bash them for 'not doing it right'
@Darin in other words, you are asking Steve Balboni to stop striking out but still hit 31 home runs. You are telling him to be George Brett! That would be great if it was that easy to do. In the end, he is Balboni with a 112 OPS+ earning a viable spot in the batting order on a MLB team, regardless how many times he did…
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