Wladimir Balentien
http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/players/13315133.html
That's a lot of home runs in two seasons... plus 25 at AAA for the Reds the year before.
I really have no idea why the Reds sold his contract to Yakult.
This is how tired I am of talking about Mike Leake and Aroldis Chapman.
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REDREAD (03-28-2013)
I don't know how a .247/.330/.447 in Japan translates to MLB, or why he played in 35 fewer games in 2012 but 31 HR each of the last two years in LF doesn't sound terrible.
What if this is as good as it gets?
He hit .304 with 5 rbi in the World Baseball Classic for the Netherlands
If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve!
I was intrigued by him, thought he'd be getting serious starts a couple of years back.
Also by his name. "WL"adimir? "V"ladimr? "L"adamir with a silent W?
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I remember doing a lot of complaining in 2009 over guys like Darnell McDonald getting at-bats over Balentien.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Wlad the Impaler.
"Vladimir". Not 100% sure about Dutch, but in German the "v" sound is spelled with a w and pronounced as such. The letter v is actually pronounced with an "f" sound, so if he spelled it with a v it would be pronounced "Fladimir."Originally Posted by VR
Wear gaudy colors, or avoid display. Lay a million eggs or give birth to one. The fittest shall survive, yet the unfit may live. Be like your ancestors or be different. We must repeat!
WMP was .280/.339/.490 with 53 EBH for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks
Lastings Milledge was on the same team as Wladmeir and hit .300/.379/.485
I enjoyed watching Wladdy play in 2010 with Louisville. He seemed very close to Juan Francisco, I think he was a good mentor for him. They both went on an incredible home run tear at the same time in late July of that season, and the Bats would win 20 out of 21 games in that time. Just like with Louisville, Wladimir has hit a couple of incredibly long "video game" home runs, I will post some videos of them tomorrow. They are quite entertaining, especially if you have never seen Japanese baseball, with the synchronized umbrella dances and mascot high fives.
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