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Post by AztecBill on Aug 3, 2010 9:22:47 GMT -8
With Gonzalez in a home run slump and Ludwick hitting behind him, now would be a good time to punish the crazy defensive shifts. He needs to adjust he swing to lay the ball down the 3rd baseline. It wouldn't take too many times for the defense to adjust back to "normal". It would be best to do it when he leads off an inning.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2010 17:29:42 GMT -8
It's harder than it looks Bill.
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Post by joshjones1 on Aug 3, 2010 18:07:30 GMT -8
It's harder than it looks Bill. Exactly. I am sure both him and David Ortiz would love a shift buster. Very difficult, especially when you're pitched inside.
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Post by untitled on Aug 3, 2010 18:09:04 GMT -8
Ya, i understand I have to let the ball travel deeper to go opposite field, but that doesn't make it any easier to actually do it.
Although, Gonzalez has hit most of his HRs to left at Petco, so I'm not sure why the shift even works against him.
It must feel awesome to him to be able to go to another park and just pull the ball for miles to right field.
I remember a ball he hit at SF that was pulled and absolutely smoked. It was awesome. He should try that again sometime soon.
In the words of Happy Gilmore, "That was so much easier than putting. I should just try to get the ball in one shot every time!"
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Post by aztecron on Aug 4, 2010 6:52:03 GMT -8
Most of his hits the opposite way are in the air. He has a few that are grounders. Don't change a thing. Lift the ball to LF and drive the ball to the right side.
Do what you do as it's pretty damn good, AGon.
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Post by AztecBill on Aug 10, 2010 21:45:44 GMT -8
Most of his hits the opposite way are in the air. He has a few that are grounders. Don't change a thing. Lift the ball to LF and drive the ball to the right side. Do what you do as it's pretty damn good, AGon. Tonight Pittsburgh had a mega shift. The leftest infielder was within a few feet of second base. Adrian bunted against the Brewers last year to beat the shift. He really needs to do it now. He would have had two hits tonight with a more normal defensive alignment. It wouldn't take much to force them to change. Then AGon would be more valuable. With some power behind him (Ludwick) it wouldn't hurt the Padres. Do it AGon.
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Post by lostcoast on Aug 10, 2010 22:56:30 GMT -8
That shift really is quite nasty. It's always nice to see the Pads put up some runs even when Agon is in a funk though. Tejada has been putting some power behind the ball, it just sucks that they are line drives to an infielder. Good to see Ludwick get his first two blasts too.
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Post by AztecBill on Aug 11, 2010 8:52:30 GMT -8
It's harder than it looks Bill. He can bunt down the 3rd base line. He did it last year against the Brewers. A hard push bunt would work fine.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2010 11:44:50 GMT -8
It's harder than it looks Bill. He can bunt down the 3rd base line. He did it last year against the Brewers. A hard push bunt would work fine. It's harder than it looks Bill.
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Post by AztecBill on Aug 11, 2010 12:39:46 GMT -8
He can bunt down the 3rd base line. He did it last year against the Brewers. A hard push bunt would work fine. It's harder than it looks Bill. It is probably harder than it looks but easier than you think.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2010 13:39:34 GMT -8
It's harder than it looks Bill. It is probably harder than it looks but easier than you think. Well then I guess you know more about the dynamics of baseball than Adrian does. Otherwise he would be doing it a lot more.
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Post by aztecron on Aug 11, 2010 15:10:36 GMT -8
It's harder than it looks Bill. He can bunt down the 3rd base line. He did it last year against the Brewers. A hard push bunt would work fine. Yep, that's what I want, our bonafide slugger bunting. Yep, there it is. How many times do your statistics tell us AGon needs to bunt down the 3rd baseline before the shift is taken off? I wonder if someone like LaRussa would rather see AGon bunt or swing the bat? My guess is he'd rather see AGon bunt. So you and the rest of the opposing managers are in the same boat. Hit the ball AGon. You're doing fine.
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Post by AztecBill on Aug 11, 2010 16:03:21 GMT -8
He can bunt down the 3rd base line. He did it last year against the Brewers. A hard push bunt would work fine. Yep, that's what I want, our bonafide slugger bunting. Yep, there it is. How many times do your statistics tell us AGon needs to bunt down the 3rd baseline before the shift is taken off? I wonder if someone like LaRussa would rather see AGon bunt or swing the bat? My guess is he'd rather see AGon bunt. So you and the rest of the opposing managers are in the same boat. Hit the ball AGon. You're doing fine. He should start bunting with zero outs. Getting to 1st base with zero outs a runner will score about 45% of the time. I think he could bat .600 on bunts to the right side. That means he could score 30% of the time, that is much better than would be expected otherwise - not even close. With Ludwick, Headley, and Yorvit batting behind him, I like our chances. If he gets a couple of base hits from bunts without making an out, the shift would dissappear quickly.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2010 17:09:44 GMT -8
Yep, that's what I want, our bonafide slugger bunting. Yep, there it is. How many times do your statistics tell us AGon needs to bunt down the 3rd baseline before the shift is taken off? I wonder if someone like LaRussa would rather see AGon bunt or swing the bat? My guess is he'd rather see AGon bunt. So you and the rest of the opposing managers are in the same boat. Hit the ball AGon. You're doing fine. He should start bunting with zero outs. Getting to 1st base with zero outs a runner will score about 45% of the time. I think he could bat .600 on bunts to the right side. That means he could score 30% of the time, that is much better than would be expected otherwise - not even close. With Ludwick, Headley, and Yorvit batting behind him, I like our chances. If he gets a couple of base hits from bunts without making an out, the shift would dissappear quickly. OH MY GOD SHUT UP. This is just as stupid as your comments on Leonard playing power forward.
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Post by k5james on Aug 11, 2010 20:39:26 GMT -8
On cue Gonzalez drops one down in the game tonight...
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Post by AztecTom on Aug 11, 2010 20:57:36 GMT -8
Bill must be in heaven tonight with Gonzalez's bunt! I think he is at the game tonight to enjoy it.
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Post by AztecBill on Aug 12, 2010 7:47:23 GMT -8
Bill must be in heaven tonight with Gonzalez's bunt! I think he is at the game tonight to enjoy it. I was there. It was a thing of beauty, although he needs to push the bunt stronger. The pitcher almost got there in time. All of his subsequent at bats were situations where the shift wouldn't have been used. So we haven't seen the result yet on the defense. The manager has to decide today how to play defense in light of Gonzalez being willing to employ the bunt. Gonzalez ripped the ball on each of his 3 subsequent at bats. I think getting that bunt hit relaxed him. 4-4. Wouldn't be great if he got hot just as we head to SF for the weekend series?
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Post by aztec619 on Aug 12, 2010 8:18:19 GMT -8
Will we see more of this bunting now?
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Post by AztecBill on Aug 12, 2010 9:10:43 GMT -8
Will we see more of this bunting now? If defenses continue to work against their best interest, we will. I suspect that defensive alignment will disappear quickly.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2010 18:39:20 GMT -8
Will we see more of this bunting now? If defenses continue to work against their best interest, we will. I suspect that defensive alignment will disappear quickly. he won't and we won't.
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