Mauer batted .486/.481/.714 last year opposite field.

 

Nothing wrong with being able to pull the ball but if all he does is go up there and try and pull the ball XBH is very likely to be very low because he's just trying to make sure he's getting a hit he's not driving the ball.

And .204/.204/.241 to RF.

 

Neither his "to RF" or "to LF" numbers mean much out of context though.  He hit .277/.367/.371 overall, which is what matters.  And why he needs to be able to pull the ball, just as much as dead pull hitters would benefit from learning to go the opposite way sometimes.

 

Maybe some are happy with an empty OBP from a three hitter, I'm not.  

 

 

If a batter is pitched inside he should be able to pull for sure if they pitch him outside he should not be trying to pull.  Trying to force the issue the pull ball issue is a bad idea.

So they ruled that a wild pitch, but that looked to me like it was on the catcher.

Zucker might have broken a finger or 2.

Hope they weren't his...

Well, you're getting you wish.  Way more hit to RF.  No power going that way so far, but hits for sure.

Edited April 18, 201511 yr by jimmer

 

So they ruled that a wild pitch, but that looked to me like it was on the catcher.

 

Made up for it there.

Gad-ZOOK's!

Gad-ZOOK's!

And he chases Salazar...

two HR for Kurt.  Way to go.

Wild are in trouble

Hagadone sounds like a generic opiate.

Wild are in trouble

I thought they were in St. Louis...

 

Mauer batted .486/.481/.714 last year opposite field.

 

Nothing wrong with being able to pull the ball but if all he does is go up there and try and pull the ball XBH is very likely to be very low because he's just trying to make sure he's getting a hit he's not driving the ball.

I'm going to assume these numbers are from baseball ref?

 

Can someone explain the methodology?  It's not making sense to me.

 

Looking at career numbers for Mauer, for example, I see ..437, .339, and .376 as batting averages when hitting to left, center, and right, respectively.

 

But that can't be correct, because Mauer's career batting average is .318.

 

So I'm not sure what the "hit location" is measuring, but it's not his overall numbers when going to a specific field.  It can't be.

 

I'm going to assume these numbers are from baseball ref?

 

Can someone explain the methodology?  It's not making sense to me.

 

Looking at career numbers for Mauer, for example, I see ..437, .339, and .376 as batting averages when hitting to left, center, and right, respectively.

 

But that can't be correct, because Mauer's career batting average is .318.

 

So I'm not sure what the "hit location" is measuring, but it's not his overall numbers when going to a specific field.  It can't be.

For one, strikeouts wouldn't be included in any of those numbers.

 

Not sure about how those numbers work with grounders to the infield.

We need a couple runs here.  Minimum.

Hagadone sounds like a generic opiate.

I think it's prescribed for those who catch foxtrax. (I don't what's given to those who are just foxtrax carriers)

We need a couple runs here.  Minimum.

This inning. Scored by Twins. (Sometimes I think it helps to specify)

Well fielded by Nunez!

 

(Plouffe, Escobar eat your hearts out)

We need a couple runs here.  Minimum.

And so do the Wild, apparently. Though i think they call them something else...

 

And so do the Wild, apparently. Though i think they call them something else...

No, I'm pretty sure they've been called the "Wild" since the franchise was awarded.

 

Wild are in trouble

 

 

I thought they were in St. Louis...

 

In E. St Louis, maybe?  it's a pretty rough part of town.

 

No, I'm pretty sure they've been called the "Wild" since the franchise was awarded.

 

  Yep, always been the Wild.

No, I'm pretty sure they've been called the "Wild" since the franchise was awarded.

You speak truth.

 

And i have been betrayed by ambiguous pronouns once again.

 

I had meant that scoring in baseball, also known as the "runs", what chief said when referring to the Twins' game, is called something different in the sport of hockey, which is what i was referring to in my comment pertaining to the "Wild". Namely the "goals".

 

(Have kept ambiguity at arms length this time?)

 

But woe is me. The Twins' game is over.

 

You speak truth.

And i have been betrayed by ambiguous pronouns once again.

I had meant that scoring in baseball, also known as the "runs", what chief said when referring to the Twins' game, is called something different in the sport of hockey, which is what i was referring to in my comment pertaining to the "Wild". Namely the "goals".

(Have kept ambiguity at arms length this time?)

But woe is me. The Twins' game is over.

 

  "Runs" is also what happens when you eat out in the Twin Cities.

"Runs" is also what happens when you eat out in the Twin Cities.

Gosh, i hope the Twins don't mistakenly score that kind of runs...

 

You speak truth.

And i have been betrayed by ambiguous pronouns once again.

I had meant that scoring in baseball, also known as the "runs", what chief said when referring to the Twins' game, is called something different in the sport of hockey, which is what i was referring to in my comment pertaining to the "Wild". Namely the "goals".

(Have kept ambiguity at arms length this time?)

But woe is me. The Twins' game is over.

I knew that...it was a poor attempt at humorous word play on my part.

Wild score!

Have I mentioned recently how much I dislike Nunez?

. Concur!

So Torii Hunter is just winging the ball just anywhere in the infield now?

. This one was much better, the other day he missed the infield entirely! Apparently he was distracted while mentoring a young fan on how to properly hold unto a Polish sausage!

 

Mauer batted .486/.481/.714 last year opposite field.

No opposite field walks? He needs to huddle with Bruno about fixing that.