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"The Natural"
Great pitcher turned nothing turned RF slugging hero whose presense turns around a team.
Well he is married, and according to teammates is pretty darn smitten with her, so i think Ricky will be alrightyou're Cardinals need to do everything in their power to keep him clear of haggard looking women in black frocks and blonde bombs s slumming with a guy with a "magic eye"
Am I missing something with that joke?
"The Natural"
Great pitcher turned nothing turned RF slugging hero whose presense turns around a team.
Tough to fault much that he is doing right now (almost a 1.000 OPS since the call-up). Just 5 walks and 19 Ks in only 61 ABs would be a cause for concern, but if you can put up a .500 BABIP, who cares?
just a natural power hitter.). Just 5 walks and 19 Ks in only 61 ABs would be a cause for concern
Pujols is a freak in hat he hits more homers than he strikes out.
Although I don't think thats the case this year.
most successful power hitters with k-rates that high also have high walk-rates (i.e. ryan howard, adam dunn, jim thome). otherwise, your talking about a guy like rob deer**. he will have to improve his ability to walk to have any prolonged success at this level. k-rates and walk-rates have proven to be 2 of the most valuable stats as a predictor for future/long term success.
all that said, i freely genuinely admit that this is nitpicking a guy who has a 970+ OPS. he's been outstanding and there is no reason for disappointment with what he's given the redbirds thus far. and even with the k-rates & walk-rates, the sample size is too small for any worry.
**first ever spurstalk rob deer reference?
Whats funny he strikes out alot and doesnt walk, yet he has a high OPS and high batting average.
It really doesn't make sense.
3-5
a double 3 RBIs tonight.
The hit parade keeps on keepin on
It's means he's hitting his way on base...the best way to do it.
hit, any hit > BB
If you can do it without lifting the bat off your shoulder? It's not hitting, it's an act of not hitting and shouldn't be so closely grouped with hitting.
BB can also be determined by the quality of hitter behind you...you got no protection, you are going to draw more walks.
OBP and SLG % should never be the primary stats, they are the derivative stats and therefore are the ones with the secondary value.
2-4 a home run and a sacrafice .
Homer 2 RBIs.
Game winning RBI.
Rick Ankiel is blazin..
BTW
today he announced everyone has been pronouncing his name wrong
everyone pronounces it Ann Kee iLL
its supposed to be pronounced Ann Kee EL
strange I know.
But also a tougher way to sustain.
As much as this makes sense that this would be the case - and is generally accepted amongst baseball fans. Lineup protection has been statistically proven to be not much more than a myth.
And almost every GM would disagree with you on OBP and SLUG. In fact, OBP is the most important offensive statistic in the minds of many.
or you could just use OPS...
OPS is a good stat because it is better than the traditional AVG/HR/RBI triumverate and it is easy to calculate.
But most statisticians believe even that isn't completely accurate - you'd almost have to do OBP*2 + SLUG for a better relative measure of players. Then you are getting into win-shares and WARP3 for what is viewed as the definitive statistical measure of a player.
Hmm....go take a look at the year Alex Rodribuez drew a 100BB...see what was different that year from all the others.
Or you can go listen to some interviews by Yogi Berra flat out admitting they used to pitch around Williams.
And almost every GM would disagree with you on OBP and SLUG. In fact, OBP is the most important offensive statistic in the minds of many.
I am quite well aware of that and my response is always...
If people can't the differerence between something a club intentionally does, to it's own benefit, VS something they absolutely do not want to happen...they are far too hopeless to try and argue with.
I just know if you can do it without lifting hte bat off your shoulder? It's not an act of hitting. It's an act of not hitting.
So I'll just save the lengthy argument that will change neither of our minds and say...Pete Rose 4 Rings...Ted Williams and Barry Bonds?
3-4 today, 2 home runs, 7 RBIS.
For those scoring at home thats 29 RBIs in 22 games.
I thought he would die off once I picked him up on my fantasy team, but he has been BANK.
I traded Raul Ibanez for him
I had Ibanez for a bit. He was hot as when the M's were winning. He is cold as a frickin stone now, tho so I dropped him.
On a lighter note, I picked up Mulder for his start the other day.
3-4 today, 2 home runs, 7 RBIS.
For those scoring at home thats 29 RBIs in 22 games.
Ankiel's doing great. Looks like the HGH is working really well.
HGH doing what it should. Hail the great HGH!!
So he's not a "Natural" after all...
You think Robert Redford was on HGH?
seeing as hes not bigger than he was even as a pitcher, and the NY Post is reporting this, I will wait for everything else to come out...
It doesn't always make you bigger, and if he's cycling and using basically to recover from injury he may not get bigger but could get stronger. Either way, using it to recover quickly from injury ala Rodney Harrison is still cheating and is still gaining an unfair compe ive advantage. As for the story, it sure does contain a lot of details to be a complete fabrication. My guess is it's true, but we'll wait to see. If it is true, this brings him into complete su ion and completely ruins this "feel good" story from the "do the right things and persist to succeed" aspect. To me, it's still a relevant story of doing whatever it takes to succeed, which I can completely understand and have done myself.
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