Comments on: WBC hitting leaders

By: TheImmortalAzcue

TheImmortalAzcue — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:06:58 +0000

The top 6 hitting teams are now sporting a nifty 350/447/664 (1.110 OPS) slash line as a group. 8.4 runs/game. Wow. It’s gotta be that vicious AA curve!

By: ppl

ppl — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:33:51 +0000

Snelling coming back here would be excellent, but he will probably hook on somewhere else. He was atleast part of a rare good trade of the Bavasi era, Fruto & Snelling for Jose Guillen, it worked and Snelling has bounced all over since.

By: Kazinski

Kazinski — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:03:59 +0000

Azcue,
If that sample size isn’t large enough for you then look at his MLB stats last year with the Phillies: .500/.500./1.500. That’s a pretty solid major league line.

By: Kazinski

Kazinski — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:58:44 +0000

I think Doyle should be signed by an NL team, but not the M’s. Because of his health issues, he’d be a perfect left handed PH, and occasional outfielder. At least until he can prove that he can stay healthy and play the outfield regularly.

By: DMZ

DMZ — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:10:07 +0000

Do you think we’re unaware of that?

By: TheImmortalAzcue

TheImmortalAzcue — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:14:24 +0000

Snelling’s .600/.667/1.800 line came from 6 PA in a game that the Australian team scored 17 runs. The team had 5 guys with 3 or more hits. There are 7 guys on the roster slugging at least .600(!)

Here’s the team hitting stats:

http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2009/stats/index.jsp?grid=wbc_leader_hitting

Four Words: Sample size and context.

By: Breadbaker

Breadbaker — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:06:46 +0000

Great moments in WBC announcing. “He lays down a perfect bunt, and it rolls foul.”

By: Breadbaker

Breadbaker — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:33:52 +0000

A photograph of Doyle by Al Capp.

By: msb

msb — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:41:56 +0000

was he really injury prone

yes. "He lost part of his toe when his brother slammed his foot in a door at age 2, though doctors were able to sew it back on. He needed close to 100 stitches in his head to close a wound after he fell into a brick wall. He broke his arm jumping into an empty swimming pool as a teenager, and got more stitches when a friend tried to knock off his hat while they were playing miniature golf. The problem? He tried to use a putter--and connected with Snelling's head."

By: Breadbaker

Breadbaker — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:55:09 +0000

The ball really looked to carry last night, that’s for sure. One of the Aussie hitters hit one that seemed like a routine fly ball and carried all the way over the wall in straightaway center (marked 407; surprising they use feet in Mexico) and then some. Doyle’s second homer (missed the first) was way, way out to left.

Lopez played great last night, but in the first game he tried to stretch a double into a double and was out by ten feet on a great throw.