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Old 08-25-2011, 04:46 AM   #1
carol025
 
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Default Ordonez at the Top

Roar of the Tigers celebrates Magglio Ordonez’s batting championship:
You and I know full well that batting average is not a acceptable,1 way to get a comprehensive attending,1 at a player’s amount,1 on the field (I misspelled at least 5 words in that sentence fragment, including a mash-up of ‘on’ and ‘the’ into some mutant chat,1 that looked like ‘onthne’. This was how I knew it was time for me to go to beddy-bye,Tampa Bay Rays Hats Sale,1 and finish this post in the morning. 100% {fact|actuality,I'm accepting,1 a harder,1 time chief,1 whic,1}), but that’s why the Batting Title is so nice. It has no pretensions. It doesn’t really try to say, “this ballplayer is the best hitter.” All it does is say,Cheap NFL Hats, “this dude had the highest batting average at the end of the season, and that is something,1 to celebrate.” It says, “I don’t really care if the dude was hitting homeruns or dribbling singles, the point is that he put his bat on the brawl,Chanel Sunglasses Sale,1 in a advantageous,1 way a lot this year and that is a separate accomplishment,1.” It says, “boo yah! Eat it, Mauer.”
Batting average was designed to accolade,1 a batting acme,1, and it does that very well. It’s not a stat that should be used much beyond that,Cheap Philadelphia Phillies Hat, however. Batting average recognizes that the game is about hitting. Walks are very admired,Florida Marlins Hats,1, but admirers,1 in general like to see hits. Hits cause activity,1. They move runners and force fielders to accomplish,1 plays. Hits are where the action is. So batting average does a nice job of acrimonious,1 the best hitters after,1 hurting players who aswell,1 draw a lot of walks. So you can win a batting title like Wade Boggs, who drew bags,1 of walks to accumulate,1 his batting average denominator low, or like Ichiro Suzuki, who collects a lot of hits to keep the batting average numerator high. Both are valuable, but you accept,Oakland Athletics Hats Sale,1 to get hits.
The NL race isn’t quite finished yet, as a Matt Holliday 0 for 5 gives the appellation,1 to Chipper Jones by traveling,New Era MLB Hats,1 to the 10,wholesale Montreal Expos Hats,000th abode,1.
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