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04/22 NY Mets (Figueroa) @ CUBS (Lilly) 1:20pm, CSN TV

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i am so confused by all these walks. it's like we've been dropped into some alternate Cubs dimension

 

No kidding. Me too. I told Hendry today that he'll have the Baseball Prospectus writers on his speed dial pretty soon. This is culture shock.

Does Jim even know walks are a good thing?

 

after being so vehemently against hendry's lack of love for the base on balls, i've grown to believe that he is at least partially right in a sense:

 

walks are generally a symptom of being a good hitter. you can't really teach a hitter to be patient if he isn't already. when someone's isod goes up with age, it generally means that more and more pitchers are growing to respect his bat.

 

you can teach a young hitter some tricks regarding pitch recognition, but if his core processor isn't fast enough, there's no way that having him attempt to shrink his strike zone will net positive results. it will probably just end up ruining a perfectly serviceable baseball player.

 

great hitters walk a lot because they get pitched around.

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i don't like that damion easley is coming up this inning with runners on....he always seems to get a big hit against the cubs.
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i am so confused by all these walks. it's like we've been dropped into some alternate Cubs dimension

 

No kidding. Me too. I told Hendry today that he'll have the Baseball Prospectus writers on his speed dial pretty soon. This is culture shock.

Does Jim even know walks are a good thing?

 

after being so vehemently against hendry's lack of love for the base on balls, i've grown to believe that he is at least partially right in a sense:

 

walks are generally a symptom of being a good hitter. you can't really teach a hitter to be patient if he isn't already. when someone's isod goes up with age, it generally means that more and more pitchers are growing to respect his bat.

 

you can teach a young hitter some tricks regarding pitch recognition, but if his core processor isn't fast enough, there's no way that having him attempt to shrink his strike zone will net positive results. it will probably just end up ruining a perfectly serviceable baseball player.

 

great hitters walk a lot because they get pitched around.

Yeah that is true, I think the big thing that was working against Jim in many of our minds was the manager he hired hated walks.

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i am so confused by all these walks. it's like we've been dropped into some alternate Cubs dimension

 

No kidding. Me too. I told Hendry today that he'll have the Baseball Prospectus writers on his speed dial pretty soon. This is culture shock.

Does Jim even know walks are a good thing?

 

after being so vehemently against hendry's lack of love for the base on balls, i've grown to believe that he is at least partially right in a sense:

 

walks are generally a symptom of being a good hitter. you can't really teach a hitter to be patient if he isn't already. when someone's isod goes up with age, it generally means that more and more pitchers are growing to respect his bat.

 

you can teach a young hitter some tricks regarding pitch recognition, but if his core processor isn't fast enough, there's no way that having him attempt to shrink his strike zone will net positive results. it will probably just end up ruining a perfectly serviceable baseball player.

 

great hitters walk a lot because they get pitched around.

Yeah that is true, I think the big thing that was working against Jim in many of our minds was the manager he hired hated walks.

 

very true.

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Remember that thing you did with Rich Hill in taking him out early to build his confidence, Lou? Should have done it with Lilly as well.
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after being so vehemently against hendry's lack of love for the base on balls, i've grown to believe that he is at least partially right in a sense:

 

walks are generally a symptom of being a good hitter. you can't really teach a hitter to be patient if he isn't already. when someone's isod goes up with age, it generally means that more and more pitchers are growing to respect his bat.

While I don't disagree with this post I think there is more to it than just getting walks. One thing that I really like about Fukudome isn't just the walks, but that he takes strikes early in the count if they are not his pitch. And that is the real difference I've seen witht he Cubs this year is that they wait for their pitch, and don't just swing at the first thing that is near the plate, i.e. what Dusty preached. This approach leads to more walks and more hits.

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