Interesting Quote from Hendry re Lefty Bat

[Guest]

Then why was his second half so bad?

 

I suppose that's one way to frame it. another is to say that his OPS at the ASB was .878 and his OPS on August 31 was .871.

And at the end of the year?

 

he slumped at the end. no doubt about it. not surprising for a guy who played 40% more that during any other season of his career.

 

but you keep trying to talk about a 'terrible second half' like it was three sustained months of crappitude. it was not. it was one month of total crapitude. guys have slumps. I try not to use that as a basis to sum up what a player is or can be at a given point of time.

Okay, "terrible" second half is an overstatement. But his OPS dropped by 122 points in the second half. His overall numbers were clearly a creation of his first half, not his second half.

 

see my post above. his numbers were clearly a creation of four months of solid production. he had an OPS of 920 for the month of August.

And .722 for July and .590 for Sept. Which adds up to a distinctly mediocre second half.

[jjgman21]

Then why was his second half so bad?

 

I suppose that's one way to frame it. another is to say that his OPS at the ASB was .878 and his OPS on August 31 was .871.

And at the end of the year?

 

he slumped at the end. no doubt about it. not surprising for a guy who played 40% more that during any other season of his career.

 

but you keep trying to talk about a 'terrible second half' like it was three sustained months of crappitude. it was not. it was one month of total crapitude. guys have slumps. I try not to use that as a basis to sum up what a player is or can be at a given point of time.

Okay, "terrible" second half is an overstatement. But his OPS dropped by 122 points in the second half. His overall numbers were clearly a creation of his first half, not his second half.

 

see my post above. his numbers were clearly a creation of four months of solid production. he had an OPS of 920 for the month of August.

And .722 for July and .590 for Sept. Which adds up to a distinctly mediocre second half.

 

fair enough.

 

sign Todd Walker.