Re: Most important skill in baseball
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RANDY IN CHAR NC
Short memory particularly important for closers.
Not to mention every hitter in the game (the whole failing 7 out of 10 times thing).
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To get to the bigs, stay a long time, and make lots of money. You only need to have one skill. Hit a lot of home runs. See Adam Dunn.
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Z-Fly
To get to the bigs, stay a long time, and make lots of money. You only need to have one skill. Hit a lot of home runs. See Adam Dunn.
This post should generate some interesting discussion...
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the ability to avaoid the minors
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westofyou
Reflexes, those with superior reflexes rule the game.
I know a lot of guys with great reflexes that can't do squat. You might need strength to go along with it. Tony Womack has good reflexes...
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You only need to have one skill. Hit a lot of home runs. See Adam Dunn.
Noooo run!
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RichRed
Short memory.
Good one.
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Speed (here me out).
A speed guy can get to more balls in the field.
A speed guy can steal bases more aptly to advance a runner.
A speed guy is more likely to score on a base hit.
You can work on a lot of things in baseball, but being able to run a 40 in 4.4 is god given.
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Originally Posted by
EddieMilner
you can't teach speed.
Is that Tony Womack?
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the most important characteristic is a euphonious appellation, such as Kalvoski
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Originally Posted by
EddieMilner
Speed (here me out).
A speed guy can get to more balls in the field.
A speed guy can steal bases more aptly to advance a runner.
A speed guy is more likely to score on a base hit.
You can work on a lot of things in baseball, but being able to run a 40 in 4.4 is god given.
It is not that important of a skill. Speed alone will never give someone a career in MLB. See: a lot of guys that run 4.38 40's that never made it. The ability to hit 40 HR's is a lot more important than being fast (although that isn't my #1 important skill). Kenny Lewis comes to mind. He was the fastest player in college football when he was going to play at Virgina Tech, he signed with the Reds though and failed without showing any prospect of being good. Stole 71 bases in 3 seasons and had a career OPS of .644.
When evaluating tools, speed is probably fourth out of the big five, unless you have a cannon of an arm, it could be your 5th most important tool.
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Originally Posted by
AvesIce51
It is not that important of a skill. Speed alone will never give someone a career in MLB. See: a lot of guys that run 4.38 40's that never made it. The ability to hit 40 HR's is a lot more important than being fast (although that isn't my #1 important skill). Kenny Lewis comes to mind. He was the fastest player in college football when he was going to play at Virgina Tech, he signed with the Reds though and failed without showing any prospect of being good. Stole 71 bases in 3 seasons and had a career OPS of .644.
When evaluating tools, speed is probably fourth out of the big five, unless you have a cannon of an arm, it could be your 5th most important tool.
tell deon sanders that.
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EddieMilner
tell deon sanders that.
The Branch Rickey method was speed first, in open camps they always did a sprint first, cutting out the slower types first. As the stadiums got smaller that wasn't always the case.
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BRM
This post should generate some interesting discussion...
Good one BRM. Yours will also.
The point of my post was to state the obvious. I just got tired of reading such things as flexability, speed, jump, ect. Because when it comes down to it, there is always someone that is faster, can jump higher, or more flexable. It takes a combination of these skills, that are required to make it and stay in the big league.
There is one skill that can get you to the big leagues and that is the skill to hit home runs. If flexabilty could get you even a cup of coffee, the yoga teacher at the local rec club would be platooning for a spot in Left field.
If there was one other skill that could even get you to the big leagues, I would say it is a fastball that tops 100+ MPH. But if you have no control you will not be around for long.
So I am glad you could help BRM. And thanks for your insight.:rolleyes:
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Z-Fly
So I am glad you could help BRM. And thanks for your insight.:rolleyes:
Relax. Posts on this site that give the impression that all Adam Dunn can do is hit home runs or rip him in some way generally spur lots of heated debate. No need to get all offended and throw the rolleyes smiley at me.