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Baggs talks Nate. Discuss.

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Savvy Veterans to the Rescue

“I’m as comfortable as I can be,” said Schierholtz, who is 1 for 4. “My swing feels fine. It’s more a timing thing. You want to see more pitches, go deeper in the count.”

Yet he also has to be prepared to swing at the first pitch. As veterans have advised him, it’s often the best one he’ll get.

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Ishikawa, let the boy hit against lefties.

by kennv on Apr 20, 2009 10:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I take it the veterans are telling everyone on the roster that.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Apr 20, 2009 11:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think this a fictional player but anyhow….I think a veteran telling a young player to do that is trying to protect their job. They know someone how is better then they are, if they suck, won’t play much.

by SFGuy on Apr 20, 2009 11:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I find that laughable.

Pitchers are told to jump ahead and get a first pitch strike, and for most pitchers, that’ll be a fastball.

Nothing wrong with looking for a fastball first pitch in the zone, and swinging if you get it. (The key is swinging ONLY if you get it.) Just because you work the count to 2-2 doesn’t mean you know what you’ll get.

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by BruteSentiment on Apr 21, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nothing wrong with looking for a fastball first pitch in the zone, and swinging if you get it

That’s pretty much always true, unless there are 2 strikes on the count.

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I hope.

by Cookyman on Apr 21, 2009 1:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh, more ways to hate this team.

by DesertFox on Apr 20, 2009 11:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

: I

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by ryanmiles on Apr 20, 2009 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

oh god damn it

by chilibean_3 on Apr 21, 2009 9:58 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This

a lot.

by scout6 on Apr 21, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The advice is sound. The vets don’t seem to be too good at the application of the advice, though.

by Evan on Apr 21, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who whatholes?

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Apr 20, 2009 11:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Does he play 3b?

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by haverecords on Apr 20, 2009 11:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Repeatedly told to swing at the first pitch.

We are all Pedro Feliz.

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by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Apr 21, 2009 12:12 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

“I know I’m concerned,” Lansford said. "We’ve got to get him in there. The only thing you can do is get in the cage, hit early every series. It’s not just him. We need to get more at-bats for Velez and (Andres) Torres, too.

What? No, you don’t

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by i did my job on Apr 21, 2009 10:41 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Joe Torres?

Andres The Mirage.

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by victor frankenstein on Apr 21, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m really looking forward to Bochy being fired.

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by marcello on Apr 21, 2009 12:11 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

He's not the only one

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Giants pitching coach Dave Righetti. "I treat Timmy differently from most pitchers: I leave him alone."

by natteringnabob on Apr 21, 2009 12:15 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

They won’t fire Bochy. The Giants haven’t fired anybody under this current regime. Alou and Le feeble both were removed from their on field jobs for a job in the front office. Dusty’s contract wasn’t renewed.

by SFGuy on Apr 22, 2009 12:37 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ok, if you want to get semantical (not a word, I know) with it. The result, and message, is the same and I’m looking forward to it.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips

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by marcello on Apr 22, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If anything, the contract not being renewed would happen to Bochy.

by SFGuy on Apr 22, 2009 5:39 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It’s the same idea.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips

Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at second.

by marcello on Apr 22, 2009 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs