Omar

is there an ETA for this rain delay?

He'd already changed his approach by the next year. There is a pretty clear delineation between 2010-2012 and then from 2013-2015 for him. There's not much different in how he has hit balls. There's maybe a little difference. He did hit a lot more ground balls last year. But the two years before that seemed normal. He's going to the opposite field maybe a bit more, and not hitting as many hard-hit balls. But the differences there aren't hugely significant. As far as his approach, his swing%, both in and outside the zone have remained pretty steady. There is one big difference, though. And that is in how often he makes contact. In his first three years, he never had a contact% over 80%. He's been over 80% all three years since then. In 2012, when he set his career high in homers, he also had a career low 75.4% contact%. Last year, he had a career high 84.2% contact%. Those are clear and noticeable changes. And it appears he sacrificed some power in making those changes. His ISO from 2010-2012 was .186. From 2013-2015, his ISO was .141. However, his K% from 2010-2012 was 21.6%, and his K% from 2013-2015 was 15.4%. I'm not sure which Heyward I would rather have. I think, overall, he probably was a little better with the extra pop, despite the increased K-rate. But, I do like when guys make more contact. Ideally, he would be able to take the good parts from both approaches and somehow meld together Power Heyward and Contact Heyward into some amalgamation of a Super Beast. I just want him to be early 00's Bonds.. better get your syringe ready

la stella to save the day

he should thank him because he would have gotten an entirely different pitch under entirely different conditions at an entirely different time and probably would not have a HR right now i know this movie is fairly well-ranted but i actually enjoyed it

ugh its the inning ron coomer does pbp does anyone have a "least favorite time of day" like being stuck in rush hour traffic? its like that

he should thank him because he would have gotten an entirely different pitch under entirely different conditions at an entirely different time and probably would not have a HR right now this. the baseball butterfly effect.

guys its okay zobrist, like 1/2 of this offense, will warm up when it warms up I Split G GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE BAbip tOPS+ April/March 185 176 773 674 99 165 42 6 21 101 20 2 84 133 .245 .327 .418 .745 282 11 2 5 8 4 6 .273 90 May 165 144 669 571 83 148 39 4 14 63 15 8 85 103 .259 .356 .415 .771 237 11 5 1 7 7 4 .291 97 June 188 183 804 679 128 196 44 9 24 97 14 4 113 115 .289 .391 .486 .877 330 14 5 1 6 4 5 .315 124 July 180 179 786 670 97 188 39 7 19 79 30 10 101 121 .281 .375 .445 .819 298 8 4 4 7 2 7 .315 110 August 245 239 1041 897 127 231 55 3 20 111 15 8 118 148 .258 .341 .392 .733 352 19 4 6 16 4 11 .283 88 Sept/Oct 240 227 999 875 116 228 49 6 29 120 12 7 112 145 .261 .343 .430 .773 376 20 2 2 8 5 11 .281 97

hey maybe this is the first inning today where Hendricks doesnt give up 2 runs

Derrek Lee, 2005?

Dusty Baker's Nats are 10-3

not quite as awesome a fake job as this guy. Thankfully Javy didn't have the same reaction after he K'd his professional career didnt go too well http://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=walker002bri

It's not cool now that others have copied it. la russa was the OG

what happened to Joe's habit of batting the pitcher 8th?

yes but we've gone down in grit factor

we're famous we did it NSBB i still think hes hindu

lets sweep these [expletive]

Cubs v. Martinez Name PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Anthony Rizzo 15 12 3 1 0 1 5 2 1 .250 .333 .583 .917 0 1 1 0 0 Dexter Fowler 14 12 4 1 0 0 2 2 3 .333 .429 .417 .845 0 0 0 0 0 Kris Bryant 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 .143 .333 .143 .476 0 0 0 0 0 Miguel Montero 9 7 2 1 0 0 3 2 4 .286 .444 .429 .873 0 0 0 0 1 Addison Russell 9 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 0 0 Tommy La Stella 7 6 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .429 .500 .929 0 0 0 0 0 David Ross 7 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 0 0 0 0 0 Jon Lester 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .400 .800 0 0 0 0 0 Javier Baez 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Hammel 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Jason Heyward 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Travis Wood 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Jorge Soler 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 85 75 23 5 0 1 12 9 15 .307 .376 .413 .790 0 1 1 0 1 Has not faced: Matt Szczur and Ben Zobrist & Has not faced pitchers: Jake Arrieta, Trevor Cahill, Justin Grimm, Kyle Hendricks, John Lackey, Neil Ramirez, Clayton Richard, Hector Rondon, Pedro Strop and Adam Warren Cards v. Hendricks Name PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG Matt Carpenter 14 12 7 0 0 2 4 2 0 .583 .643 1.083 1.726 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Holliday 14 14 6 0 0 2 4 0 1 .429 .429 .857 1.286 0 0 0 0 1 Kolten Wong 12 11 3 1 0 1 1 1 1 .273 .333 .636 .970 0 0 0 0 2 Matt Adams 11 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 0 0 0 0 Yadier Molina 9 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 0 0 0 1 1 Mike Leake 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Randal Grichuk 3 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 .667 .667 2.000 2.667 0 0 0 0 0 Jedd Gyorko 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Ruben Tejada 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Brandon Moss 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Stephen Piscotty 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Adam Wainwright 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Tyler Lyons 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Total 81 76 20 2 0 6 11 4 14 .263 .309 .526 .835 0 0 0 1 4 Has not faced: Aledmys Diaz, Eric Fryer and Jeremy Hazelbaker & Has not faced pitchers: Matthew Bowman, Jonathan Broxton, Jaime Garcia, Seth Maness, Carlos Martinez, Seung-hwan Oh, Trevor Rosenthal, Kevin Siegrist and Michael Wacha

this is what happens when john mabry is your hitting coach

Hanging slider

They pinch run the catcher with the backup catcher?

Keep that in era 0.00

Fowler turned down Harvard? News to me

I know why the ump has a horrible zone It's those stupid horsefeathering yellow glasses

Good late break