September 26, 201015 yr Maybe... http://www.japantoday.com/category/sports/...es-200-hit-mark Ichiro's NBL record is 210.
September 26, 201015 yr Matt Murton's always been a pretty good ball player. He plays good D, gets on base, has a bit of power. Thing is, the Cubs totally screwed him up.
September 26, 201015 yr QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 26, 2010 -> 01:45 AM) Matt Murton's always been a pretty good ball player. He plays good D, gets on base, has a bit of power. Thing is, the Cubs totally screwed him up. I always liked him myself. Thought he would had been alot better than what he turned out to be. Hell, Beane loved the guy. Really a shame he was never given a legitimate shot in a full season. (closest he had was 455 ABs, where he put up .297/.365/.444/.809, then was reduced to the bench the next year)
September 26, 201015 yr QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 26, 2010 -> 01:45 AM) Matt Murton's always been a pretty good ball player. He plays good D, gets on base, has a bit of power. Thing is, the Cubs totally screwed him up. He's never been a good defensive player. I don't think the Cubs screwed him up. He hit pretty well with them. When they traded him, he did nothing but hit his way to Japan. I don't know how many games they have left, but don't they usually hold the foreign guys out if they can if they are about to break a Japanese player's record? Edited September 26, 201015 yr by Dick Allen
September 26, 201015 yr QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 26, 2010 -> 09:46 AM) He's never been a good defensive player. I don't think the Cubs screwed him up. He hit pretty well with them. When they traded him, he did nothing but hit his way to Japan. I don't know how many games they have left, but don't they usually hold the foreign guys out if they can if they are about to break a Japanese player's record? All those advanced metrics say otherwise.
September 27, 201015 yr I really liked Murton too. Other then being a pretty decent ballplayer, he was a really cool guy. I hope he keeps making a name for himself out there.
September 27, 201015 yr Murton was not a good defensive outfielder. He had a poor outfield arm and was only capable of playing LF and 1B defensively. Guy was a nice hitter, despite limited power. However, when he went to Oakland he forgot how to hit and I was surprised he wasn't able to make it back after that. I liked him with the Cubs and thought he'd be a real nice AL player when utilized in the right platoon system.
September 27, 201015 yr Hey DickAllen, did you mean to delete that post? Or did I delete something on accident? Just curious, wanted to make sure I didn't just do a goof.
September 28, 201015 yr QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 26, 2010 -> 02:01 PM) All those advanced metrics say otherwise. All those advanced metrics are wrong.
September 28, 201015 yr QUOTE (Gregory Pratt @ Sep 27, 2010 -> 07:23 PM) All those advanced metrics are wrong. Eh, believe whatever you want I guess.
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