QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 03:58 PM)
My god is Uribe a bad hitter. WOW.
dumbest hitter in our lineup, swings at pitches that, by percentage (based on the count) won't even be a strike
example, an 0-2 or 1-2 breaking ball is, by percentage, not going to be a strike
he'll swing and miss on it because he thought it "looks" like a strike out of the pitchers hand
you just need to be smarter, especially being Uribe who needs to understand that his lack of patience plays INTO the hands of the pitcher
I can't imagine Uribe has seen many strikes over the plate lately, he just swings and fouls off balls or strikes out on them
QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 5, 2008 -> 03:58 PM)
Please, please don't bring him back.
his value is great for the defense alone, but not for the money he's making
he'll get a pretty decent contract (4-6m) from one of the smaller market teams