data.3news-bydate.train.rec.sport.baseball.104776 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Nelson Lu)
Subject: Re: HBP? BB? BIG-CAT?
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
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In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Greg Woods) writes:
>Alright, that's enough. I've suffered with all kinds of insults (as
>typical for the net), but give me a break. Galarraga is currently
>batting over .400 and you guys are complaining that he isn't drawing
>enough walks. What would he have to do to please you guys, bat 1.000?
>You can hardly claim that he is "hurting his team".
Fine, are you willing to bet that he will bat .400 the rest of the way?
The point is that he has hurt the Rockies so far; it's that he *will* hurt
them, eventually. Just as much as he hurt the Expos and the Cardinals the
past couple seasons.
>If it happens that the pitchers start throwing him fewer good pitches
>and he starts making lots of outs (as someone speculated might happen),
>*THEN* I would agree with you that he isn't taking enough pitches. My comment
It has happened for the past 3+ seasons; where have you been?
>that "he isn't paid to walk" doesn't mean that he should have a license
>to swing at bad pitches and make outs; it's more along the lines of: he's
>batting .400 and leading the league in RBI's so what bloody difference
>does it make if he isn't drawing a lot of walks? Sheesh.
We'll see come September. (I have an outstanding bet with someone that
Galarraga's OBP will be less than .300 on June 1.)
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Nelson Lu ([email protected])