tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937814114396988859.post4979648106419343906..comments2023-10-30T07:17:59.762-07:00Comments on The Juan Pierre OutWatch: Scratchin'Humma Kavulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14029582685278633988noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937814114396988859.post-86992592648270861932007-05-27T09:01:00.000-07:002007-05-27T09:01:00.000-07:00Your points are all valid. My Pierre-hate is comin...Your points are all valid. My Pierre-hate is coming on strong today. The bile is up.<BR/><BR/>1. If he doesn't get picked off Friday, it's another solid game, true. But: he did get picked off -- against a left-handed pitcher, I might add. It was predictable and foolish and it's not a solid game. <BR/><BR/>2. Sacrifice flies (and sac bunts, for that matter) do irritate me. In fact, I don't know why baseball scores them in such a way that they don't hurt the batting average. Sure, they accomplish something, but so does Not Getting Out. It's weird. At least sac bunts it's clear what the batter is doing is giving himself up for a base... has any ballplayer ever said to himself, "Ya know, rather than try for a hit here, I think I'll go for a Sac Fly?" Every one I've ever seen looks like a guy swinging for a hit who just gets too much under it. <BR/><BR/>3. I don't really believe the play well/Dodgers lose thing, of course. As I said, it doesn't really hold up in the first place. Besides, isn't that was A-Rod is accused of by Yankee fans -- only contributing when the game isn't on the line? Maybe Juan Pierre is just another A-Rod. Heh.Humma Kavulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14029582685278633988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937814114396988859.post-11388098117621005462007-05-27T08:42:00.000-07:002007-05-27T08:42:00.000-07:00If he doesn't get picked off Friday, that was anot...If he doesn't get picked off Friday, that was another solid game. SF might irritate you, but they actually accomplish something (score a run), which is better than a pop-up, strike-out, weak grounder, or double play. You can't blame hime for making it hard for the Dodgers when it was the bullpen that melted down in the 7th.<BR/><BR/>As far as the play well Dodgers lose thing... A) I don't think it holds up and B) You can't seriously believe it is anything but weird bad luck. Might as well believe hitting with RISP is a sustatainable stat while you are at it (I am looking at you, Nomar).jimbilly4https://www.blogger.com/profile/10488184670253746128noreply@blogger.com