Line out to short. 2 outs.
Line out to short. 2 outs.
wild pitch moves the runner to 2nd.
Dominguez grounds out to short. 9-3 Reds after8.
What evidence do you have that Heisey isn't patient, as in he doesn't wait for good pitches? To me, all the criticism of him is just that he swings early in the count. I don't see any evidence that he routinely is swinging at bad pitches.
He would only be better off being patient if it guarantees him of seeing better pitches by waiting. If you're not going to see a better pitch deeper in the count, it doesn't benefit you much to wait unless the pitcher you're facing has poor control.
Sorry but this fundamental argument is the strawman. It's not a fundamental. It's a style. Not everyone is better off waiting on pitches. Not everyone can be like Albert Pujols or Joey Votto. Some guys are more comfortable swinging the bat when they see a good pitch early in the count. That's smart hitting. The trick is to know when to say when, not waiting for the sake of waiting.
By your logic, baseball players largely had bad fundamentals for the first century of baseball, as pitch counts per plate appearance only came up in the last 10 years or so. It used to be that you had a piece of timber in your hands because you went to the plate looking for the best pitches to use it with. You didn't go to the plate looking to add pitches to a pitch tally or hope to draw a walk instead of hitting.
Last edited by Brutus; 08-31-2012 at 10:57 PM.
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Stubbs flies out to center.
Thanks for the pbp.
Bruce grounds out into the shift. 2 outs.
Pirates have scored in the 7th. Now 5-2 Brewers top 7th.
Pirates add one in the 7th, so now it's 5-2 Brewers at the stretch.
Is it "next season" yet?
Frazier grounds out. 9-3 Reds mid 9th.
Lopez grounds out to 1st.
Simon trying to make it interesting but one out.
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Bogusevic grounds out to 2nd.
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