How many infield hits will Chris Davis have and are you going to miss Hank Blalock?
by philkid3 on Dec 10, 2009 8:38 PM CST
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PrintChris Davis, though I've never clocked him, seems like a really slow dude. He also doesn't make much contact and hits the ball in the air a lot. So do you think he'll have any infield hits this coming season? I think that might be the most interesting part of 2010.
I remember back when I was sure Hank Blalock was going to be incredible. His +/- in 2004 was something like +18, he was an awesome hitter, and he was in his early 20s. I know he had a skill set that isn't always reliable, but still. Damn. Biggest disappointment of my life as a baseball fan.
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by TxStCa on Dec 10, 2009 8:46 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
How could you not know
that the moment you typed “Don’t Rec this” 3 assholes would rec it?
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Make that 5 assholes
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"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
by FirebatM3 on Dec 10, 2009 10:50 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
At this point, I'm reccing just so I can take my rightful place among the asshole brigade
I failed my LSB ethics test.
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by Black Francis on Dec 12, 2009 3:55 PM CST up reply actions
He's first mate
on the poop deck.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Dec 12, 2009 8:16 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I think Davis should start bunting every time he gets to 2 strike counts in an effort to increase his infield hits
Since they apparently padded his statistics so much this year.
I failed my LSB ethics test.
"WHAT A SHITLOAD OF FUCK" - LL's "Poochie" on Rich Harden signing with Texas over Seattle
Like many here...
when I think of what Hank could have been it makes me sad.
Damn did I think he would be great.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
got those early comparisons to George Brett
he would go to all fields, then his approach at the plate changed, much like Kinslers last year. Hopefully, Kinsler adjusts and changes his approach at the plate. I’m a little worried though that he might be the next disappointment. Here’s hoping otherwise.
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Chris Davis's infield hits
I have to confess I zoned out after about 2 posts on the subject, but was that the dumbest Josey Wales-inspired argument that this blog has seen?
Not mediocre. Right about average
It was definitely in the pantheon of Josey's dumbassery
Unlike the alleged front office dumbassery, it didn’t stop on Feb 6, 2008.
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anyone have a link to it??
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Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
Idiots are running around in here saying Chris Davis
is a completely different hitter than the historic shit-the-bed Davis we saw thru the end of the June which is total bullshit. Yes, he was making more contact but he was still a terrible hitter whose presence in the line-up helped kill our season (look where his hitting stats were on September 19).
I merely pointed out that his numbers upon return were not only propped up by 7 infield hits (and a joke of a scorekeeper’s call) but the really good streak he had after September 20 (once the Rangers were out of contention).
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by Josey Wales on Dec 12, 2009 10:06 AM CST up reply actions
How much of Hank's awful batting average was propped up by infield hits, terrible fielding, and bad scorekeeper's decisions?
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Look it up yourself, Aggie. Each and every Davis & Blalock ab became a monumentous
occasion last year and my recollection is that Hank F didn’t get a lot of help from infield hits, terrible fielding or scorekeeper decisions. Quite the opposite, really. He seemed to hit into a lot of bad luck.
The discussion about the infield hits from Davis was not to compare Davis to Blalock. The Great Hank F Blalock War of June 2009 was fought and won. When Hank F began playing every day beginning on July 1 the team went 28-19. After Davis returned the team ended up going 18-21 and were out of contention by mid September.
Those who were in bed with Davis lost their ass but now Hank F is gone and we have to see if CDavis can regain his 2008 form.
The Chris Davis we saw from August 25 thru September 19 wasn’t as bad as the historic shit-fest we saw in the first half of the season but he wasn’t very good either. His contact rate was better but his numbers were propped up quite a bit by the number of infield hits (and the incredibly bad scorekeeper’s decision in the Toronto game) he produced.
I just don’t see him as the type of player who can get 40 infield hits every year and that’s the pace he was on after he came back.
The only encouraging thing about the return of Davis was how well he hit after September 20 but that came when all the pressure was off in games that were reminiscent of late March spring training games.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Bad Luck my ass
He swung and missed his way into bad luck.
They both sucked last year, but you should expect a veteran player with the kind of talent that Blalock has to put up some numbers. Davis had youth as an excuse. Blalock had no reason to be that bad. He’s just developed into a terrible fucking hitter, and is getting worse all the time. Maybe he will do better with a change of scenery.
Anyway Davis did come back from the minors looking better. Did he look good? No. But better, yes, and you’re blind if you didn’t see that.
There’s really not even any room to discuss this. It is what it is. I don’t know how it keeps getting brought up, and it’s even more mysterious how you cling to your position.
by Black Francis on Dec 12, 2009 4:02 PM CST up reply actions
I said Davis was better when he came
back but his numbers were propped up by a lot infield hits.
You need to let go of Hank F Blalock. You lost the war, let the healing begin.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Oh I'm sorry Jose
…for not reading your post.
Point is Davis made progress with his swing, infield hits or not. And I have definitely let go of Hank Blalock. I’ve been waiting a long, long time to see him gone. If you weren’t posting here the guy would never be mentioned at all.
by Black Francis on Dec 12, 2009 4:13 PM CST up reply actions
You lost the war
and every battle in it. Just because you shout “charge” while your army is retreating doesn’t mean you won.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Dec 12, 2009 8:17 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I wonder
if Josey’s strategy would help me win the lottery. If I just claim that I won the lottery over and over and over despite having never bought a ticket, maybe at some point they would pay me the 10 million or whatever…
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Dec 14, 2009 12:29 PM CST up reply actions
From July 1 thru August 23
the Rangers went 28-19 with Hank Blalock playing 1B every day and then Chris Davis was called up. On that day the Rangers trailed the Red Sox by 1 game.
Beginning on August 25 Chris Davis started to play every day while Hank F was buried. The Rangers went 11-12 climaxed by a 5 game streak that saw them score one run and on September 18 the Rangers trailed the Red Sox by 7 games ending any hopes of post-season play.
Thank you Chris Davis for shitting the bed fantastic.
Let the healing begin.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
I won the lottery
I won the lottery, I won the lottery!!!
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on Dec 14, 2009 1:22 PM CST up reply actions
yeah that .267 OBP in july and august was really carrying That Thing
im sure his veteranyness inspired the rest of the team to play better.
but, if that was the case, why are you so against the lowell trade? even if he sucks, he’s still a gritty vet who can make everyone else better
Hank F
had a .847 OPS in July and led the team in HR & RBI. One of the reasons the Rangers went 17-8 in July is because Chris Davis was no longer shitting the bed fantastic in The Show.
That war is over and Hank F is gone.
Let the healing begin.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Heal thyself, pussy.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
Fuck thyself
…you gonorrhea infested gaping black hole french whore pussy.
by Black Francis on Dec 14, 2009 5:27 PM CST up reply actions
If I didn't know better, I would think this was a post written by another LSB poster trying to moc kJosey
This has basically every Davis/Blalock-related meme, schtick, and cliche that Josey used in the past year.
Hilarious.
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Internet greatness http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/11/10/1125340/will-carroll-calls-out-josey-wales
February 6th bitch
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And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
This is confusing....
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by Dirk Diggler on Dec 14, 2009 12:45 PM CST up reply actions
Reverse psychology at it's finest.
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by Lord Humungus on Dec 15, 2009 11:28 AM CST up reply actions
Clocking Davis
I don’t know that he is particularly slow. Big guy, maybe slow out of the box, but has a fairly strong and long stride. IIRC he gets from 1st to 3rd fairly well, and can score from 2nd on hits that are not sharp liners. I’d guess he’s average baseball speed or slightly below, and there is nothing wrong with his lateral reflexes defensively.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
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~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Dec 13, 2009 4:46 PM CST reply actions
Blalock
I followed that guy from A ball. Hitting for the cycle twice in back-to-back (I believe) games and making the All-Star team as a rookie, hitting the game-winning home run off Eric Gagne.
Then something happened to Mr. Hanky. He became somewhat of a malcontent, then he became an oft-injured malcontent. I knew Buck shielded him from lefties his first season, but the drop off was just depressing.
You guys know more about this stuff, I didn’t know about LSB before the Danks/McCarthy trade. I’ll miss what Blalock was turning into and what he could have been, but he wasn’t the same after his 2nd or 3rd season. Too bad.
Greetings from the Humungus, the Ruler of the Wasteland, the Ayatollah of Rock and Roll-A. I laugh at your puny plans.
Hank's gone, baby.
Hank’s gone.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
"Business as usual." - Tom Hicks on the Ranger off-season 11/19/09
by Josey Wales on Dec 15, 2009 12:36 PM CST up reply actions
Unfortunately
the Hank we hoped for was gone long before he left.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
Good riddance
hasn’t had a good full season in half a decade.
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Three
And no.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Dec 20, 2009 11:34 PM CST reply actions
I have
With all of his injuries over the last few years, I have been missing Hank Blalock. At times, I have missed him even when he was in the lineup.
Ephesians 1:3-10
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