...and when he does the announcers usually talk about how dangerous he is and how he can do that in any given at-bat. If that's the case, why doesn't he homer in every at bat?
...and right there it f***ing shows why he doesn't have that many late inning hits but his OBP is through the roof. Why do teams avoid him and guys like Alex Gonzalez get all the game winning hits.
Glad to see the "School of Rock" knockoff, "The Rocker," totally bomb at the box office.
Came in at 12th averaging $987 a screen
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The material is cheap and the lettering on the back is UGLY. 1 layered lettering?
An uthentic might cost twice as much, but it looks a hell of a lot better and it feels better.
If a manager intentionally uses his 9th inning guy to get 1 out saves ala K-Rod on the Angels this year, I don't see how he's more important than the guy who pitches a scoreless 8th inning.
Teams that don't have a great offense where they aren't capable of blowing other teams out of the water tend to have closers with high save totals because they win by less than 4 runs a good percentage of the time. That's how guys like Chad Cordero are able to rack up the high, misleading numbers.
Give me the best pitcher available in the 9th inning. Logic like yours make the Billy Koch trade sound worthwhile.
"Wow dude! 44 saves and 11 wins!!! He must be a great closer."
The most annoying fact about the language filter is the amount of people who evade it including admins.
Just type the damn word. Screw this ##, $$$,one * stuff.
That same organization released Frank Thomas, gave huge money to Vernon Wells, ended up trading for Brad Wilkerson and Kevin Mench, and has played David Eckstein as a DH.
He had a down year in 2007, but still smoked LHP, and was great in 2006.