followed by a lousy swing for 3rd strike -- man -- there is lost and then there is Votto
followed by a lousy swing for 3rd strike -- man -- there is lost and then there is Votto
The older I get - the better I was
and yes - I hate the Cardinals (Reds fan since 1958)
I miss Raisor
It sucks watching Votto struggle like this I mean it REALLY sucks but we all know there is going to be hell to pay for opposing pitchers when he gets out of this and it is only a matter of time.
1940757690 (09-05-2013)
Votto swung at ball 4. I've never seen him struggle this badly. Like last night, Reds are already leaving a ton of runners on base.
What a great bunt by Cingrani to keep the inning going.
Man, if Votto keeps this up he won't be hitting .270 by October
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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
Votto getting close to the .200s
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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
Last edited by 1940757690; 09-05-2013 at 08:07 PM.
Reds & Nats, 2013 LCS. Take2 (9/13) Reds but no Nats
Wonder if Votto is too consumed with the "wait it out" philosophy, too involved with walks. Wonder if he would do better being a little more aggressive at the plate and not worrying so much about potentially swinging at a ball.
He just seems to be thinking too much up there. See the ball, hit the ball.
Then, when he is in a better groove, he can start getting super selective again.
Just a theory.
Stevie Wonder would be able to strike Joey Votto out at this point.
I thought Votto doesn´t think about all the stuff that is written and said in cincinnati media, but the way he is playing for a month I´m not sure anymore...
he just doesn´t look like himself... swinging at bad pitches (like this one out of the strike zone)..
I want to see the real votto again
@ kc
"He just seems to be thinking too much up there. See the ball, hit the ball. "
I think that was always his approach, hitting the good ones... the swing in his late at bat was out of the strike zone => that´s not the pitches he should swing at (and he usually doesn´t...)
Last edited by tomnuetten; 09-05-2013 at 08:04 PM.
Kingrani!
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Mutaman (09-05-2013),Norm Chortleton (09-05-2013)
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