OfficerKarkovice Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 ESPN's Hot Stove Heater's is doing a daily report on "the best players in the game in some of the little things that make a big difference." Here are the catagories (and days they will be posted) along with the first two categories which have already been done: Wed. Jan. 12: Best bunter ... Juan Pierre Thu. Jan. 13: Most patient hitter ... Barry Bonds Fri. Jan. 14: Best hit-and-run guy Mon. Jan. 17: Best two-strike hitter Tue. Jan. 18: Best baserunner Wed. Jan. 19: Most exciting baserunner Thu. Jan. 20: Best basestealer Fri. Jan. 21: Best at breaking up a double play Mon. Jan. 24: Best control pitcher Tue. Jan. 25: Most durable pitcher Wed. Jan. 26: Best slide-step pitcher Thu. Jan. 27: Best pickoff move Fri. Jan. 28: Best pitcher at moving hitters off the plate Mon. Jan. 31: Best-hitting pitcher Tue. Feb. 1: Best outfield arm Wed. Feb. 2: Most accurate outfield arm Thu. Feb. 3: Best outfielder at playing the wall Mon. Feb. 7: Best infield arm Tue. Feb. 8: Best double-play combination Wed. Feb. 9: Best cutoff man Thu. Feb. 10: Best first baseman around the bag Fri. Feb. 11: Best catcher at blocking the plate Mon. Feb. 14: Best catcher at calling a game Tue. Feb. 15: Best on-field manager Wed. Feb. 16: Best third-base coach Thu. Feb. 17: Best prankster/clubhouse clown Fri. Feb. 18: Best leader This got me to thinking...what players currently on the Sox roster could potentially win any of the categories. Here is what I came up with (again these are only the one's I thought Sox players could WIN...not, well they deserve consideration): Most patient hitter - Frank Thomas...Big Frank is probably the most patient hitter I have ever seen but you can never go wrong choosing Bonds I guess. Most exciting baserunner - Scott Posednik...I haven't really seen enough of him but based on SB alone he could win...Ichiro or C. Crawford from what I have seen however Best basestealer - Scott Posednik...this one has to be him Most durable pitcher - Mark Buehrle...he's a machine Best pickoff move - Mark Buehrle...great move but I bet will get overshadowed by A. Pettite or others (relievers?) Those are really they only specific one's I think the Sox should probably win. There are a few that would probably warrent consideration such as: Best outfield arm - J. Dye in his prime...(but still no Ichiro) Best infield arm - J. Uribe Best catcher at blocking the plate - B. Davis...he would be a brick wall to run into Best prankster/clubhouse clown - O. Guillen...at least as far as managers go he has to be one of the most upbeat and fun to be around Anyone else deserve consideration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPR Posted January 13, 2005 Share Posted January 13, 2005 Of course Bonds is going to be pacient. Pitches aren't even close. DUH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OfficerKarkovice Posted January 13, 2005 Author Share Posted January 13, 2005 QUOTE(JoshPR @ Jan 13, 2005 -> 02:18 PM) Of course Bonds is going to be pacient. Pitches aren't even close. DUH! Oh they go way deeper into it than that...Link. To sum up their point: So let's leave it at this: Bonds is the Most Patient Hitter when it comes to balls, Kendall when it comes to strikes. Given that Bonds would probably be much more selective on strikes if he saw more of them, he gets our nod as the Most Patient Hitter overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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