Reds with only warning track power tonight. Fudge. Seriously.
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"You only have to bat a thousand in two things; flying and heart transplants. Everything else you can go 4-for-5."
-Beano Cook
Recently the Reds have scoreed runs with homeruns have not hit one the past 2 games...crazy.
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that 0-2 waste pitch screwed up his release point...i hate those high waste pitches..
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It doesn't matter how the ratio breaks down though, KC. At least not for wOBA.
If the Reds have a team wOBA of .335 comprised of more slugging, it generally works out to score the same number of runs as a team of a .335 wOBA that has a much higher OBP. Your point about OPS has merit, because one point of OBP in OPS is not exactly the same as one point of SLG. But in wOBA, that's already taken into account so it doesn't matter where it comes from.
Here's an example.. in 2007 Kenny Lofton had a .367 OBP. From what you're saying, this is the kind of player you want the Reds to have. But guess what? His wOBA was .349. That means if Lofton had the same number of plate appearances as a perfectly-executed Stubbs/Heisey platoon, the Reds wouldn't be expected to score any more runs by having that high-OBP guy at the top of the order.
If you can find a leadoff guy that gets on base 38-40 percent of the time and has a little power to boot, believe me I'm all for that. Heck, I'm all for finding one guy that can have a .350 wOBA full-time, but my point is the production doesn't technically improve any.
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Stubbs gets great jumps on balls to his right...
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Brewers and Phils won. Dodgers leading Nats. Cards leading Stros. Pirates lost.
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