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On Jul 14, 10:33 pm, "Robert Glenn Plotner"
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> "Sam Hutcheson" <s... RemoveThis @bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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>
> > On June 23, during the third game of a four game sweep at the hands of
> > Detroit, Andruw Jones started coming around. He wouldn't break his
> > "no hits" slump until the next day, but on the 23rd he drew two
> > unintentional walks. Since that point Andruw has posted the following
> > numbers:
>
> > 276/386/586. That's a 972 OPS over the course of 70 plate
> > appearances.
>
> > Over that same time frame, in 43 plate appareances, Willie Harris has
> > hit 194/326/194. Over his last 90 plate appearances, immediately
> > after his 3 hit performance vs. the Cubs (June 2) he has hit
> > 278/360/342.
>
> > s/
>
> In case *you're* actually watching the games, the end of Andruw's half-year
> slump has coincided directly with a change in approach, hitting up the
> middle and to right rather than bulldoggedly trying to pull every damn
> pitch. The homerun tonight was <gasp!> to right field. And as I said earlier
> it would take the embarassment of being below .200 (for nearly two weeks)
> before the mountains moved and he decided to listen to the coaches. You
> won't find me rooting against his (the team's) success, only angry and
> frustrated at his belligerence.
>
> On the other hand, I'm perplexed by your constant rooting against Willie
> Harris who is at .338/.412 with 14 stolen bases and has been a godsend. The
> guy plays hard and hungry. If he goes 4-4 tomorrow night, are you going to
> post a retraction?

Robert, one of us wanted to bench Andruw for Willie Harris. The other
pointed out that that was a stupid idea. If Harris goes 4-4 tomorrow
I will have nothing to retract, because I, unlike you, don't think one
or two games is really a meaningful sample by which to judge a player.

I said "shut up and let Andruw play his way out of it." Andruw has
played his way out of it. Now you can run around all day talking
about how it's only because he was so selfish that he couldn't stand
the embarrassment or whatever it is the voices are telling you this
week but the fact of the matter is Andruw is playing like Andruw, and
Willie Harris is playing like Willie Harris. Luckily Bobby Cox
understands both players and their abilities and is using them
effectively.

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"Sam Hutcheson" <samh DeleteThis @bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> On Jul 14, 10:33 pm, "Robert Glenn Plotner"
> <rgplotnerNOSPAMA... DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
>> "Sam Hutcheson" <s... DeleteThis @bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1184457580.338041.30300@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > On June 23, during the third game of a four game sweep at the hands of
>> > Detroit, Andruw Jones started coming around. He wouldn't break his
>> > "no hits" slump until the next day, but on the 23rd he drew two
>> > unintentional walks. Since that point Andruw has posted the following
>> > numbers:
>>
>> > 276/386/586. That's a 972 OPS over the course of 70 plate
>> > appearances.
>>
>> > Over that same time frame, in 43 plate appareances, Willie Harris has
>> > hit 194/326/194. Over his last 90 plate appearances, immediately
>> > after his 3 hit performance vs. the Cubs (June 2) he has hit
>> > 278/360/342.
>>
>> > s/
>>
>> In case *you're* actually watching the games, the end of Andruw's
>> half-year
>> slump has coincided directly with a change in approach, hitting up the
>> middle and to right rather than bulldoggedly trying to pull every damn
>> pitch. The homerun tonight was <gasp!> to right field. And as I said
>> earlier
>> it would take the embarassment of being below .200 (for nearly two weeks)
>> before the mountains moved and he decided to listen to the coaches. You
>> won't find me rooting against his (the team's) success, only angry and
>> frustrated at his belligerence.
>>
>> On the other hand, I'm perplexed by your constant rooting against Willie
>> Harris who is at .338/.412 with 14 stolen bases and has been a godsend.
>> The
>> guy plays hard and hungry. If he goes 4-4 tomorrow night, are you going
>> to
>> post a retraction?
>
> Robert, one of us wanted to bench Andruw for Willie Harris. The other
> pointed out that that was a stupid idea. If Harris goes 4-4 tomorrow
> I will have nothing to retract, because I, unlike you, don't think one
> or two games is really a meaningful sample by which to judge a player.

One of us saw nothing wrong in Andruw drowning below .200 because of his
obstinance for half a season while two other guys were hitting 160 points
higher. The other one of us wanted his butt glued to the bench until he got
the point. If you were his manager, I take it you would keep stupidly
patting him on the back and telling him to pull the ball better.

>
> I said "shut up and let Andruw play his way out of it." Andruw has
> played his way out of it. Now you can run around all day talking
> about how it's only because he was so selfish that he couldn't stand
> the embarrassment or whatever it is the voices are telling you this
> week but the fact of the matter is Andruw is playing like Andruw, and

Whatever the motivation, he has only come out of the slump by doing what he
should have been doing from the start. Not by screwing himself more
violently into a pretzel, but by hitting the ball where it is pitched. That
is exactly what me and the entire world (minus Sam) has been shouting about
for months. I damn sure hope he continues to use the whole field the rest of
the year, helps the team win the pennant, and gets himself a fat contract in
another city. Should he return for lower dollars, I hope he is pressured
into accepting a move to right field and a weight clause.


> Willie Harris is playing like Willie Harris. Luckily Bobby Cox
> understands both players and their abilities and is using them
> effectively.
>

Willie Harris began the 9th inning rally tonight with a base hit and scored
the winning run. He is hitting .340 and busting his tail. I think you would
be happier with Ryan Langerhans.


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On Jul 15, 4:29 am, "Robert Glenn Plotner"
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> > Robert, one of us wanted to bench Andruw for Willie Harris. The other
> > pointed out that that was a stupid idea. If Harris goes 4-4 tomorrow
> > I will have nothing to retract, because I, unlike you, don't think one
> > or two games is really a meaningful sample by which to judge a player.
>
> One of us saw nothing wrong in Andruw drowning below .200 because of his
> obstinance for half a season while two other guys were hitting 160 points
> higher. The other one of us wanted his butt glued to the bench until he got
> the point. If you were his manager, I take it you would keep stupidly
> patting him on the back and telling him to pull the ball better.

My approach was exactly the same approach as his Hall of Fame calibre
manager. Coach him, work with him to fight through his slump, but
don't idiotically replace him with a player of less than half of his
aptitude and skill. If you were managing this team it would be 10-15
games behind the Mets at this point because you don't think, you
emote.

> > I said "shut up and let Andruw play his way out of it." Andruw has
> > played his way out of it. Now you can run around all day talking
> > about how it's only because he was so selfish that he couldn't stand
> > the embarrassment or whatever it is the voices are telling you this
> > week but the fact of the matter is Andruw is playing like Andruw, and
>
> Whatever the motivation, he has only come out of the slump by doing what he
> should have been doing from the start.

Namely "seeing the ball." Baseball players go through stretches where
they don't see the ball very well. Any casual fan of the game should
know as much. Chipper talks all the time about how he only has about
two weeks per year where he's seeing the ball well from both sides of
the plate at the same time. After his recent two-homer game Brian
McCann said he was "just seeing the ball" better now than before.
This is baseball truism going back to the origins of the game itself.
In the first half Andruw clearly wasn't seeing the ball well, if at
all. As a result his mechanics got so screwed up as to be
unrecognizable for a while. But he worked his way through it and is
now seeing the ball again, and lo and behold, he's hitting a hell of a
lot like Andruw Jones has hit for the last 11 years or so.

Just like I said he would.

> > Willie Harris is playing like Willie Harris. Luckily Bobby Cox
> > understands both players and their abilities and is using them
> > effectively.
>
> Willie Harris began the 9th inning rally tonight with a base hit and scored

What about "Bobby is using him effectively" don't you understand?
Willie Harris is a good PH to have when you need a contact, reasonably
good on-base hitter to start something off. His speed makes him even
better suited for that role. He's stretched a little as the primary
LH hitter in an outfield platoon but he can manage the trick. He
would be buried as a starter.

We have an entire career's worth of data to show us exactly that to be
the case.

> the winning run. He is hitting .340 and busting his tail. I think you would
> be happier with Ryan Langerhans.

That would be odd considering how vocally I lobbied to replace Ryan
Langerhans with Willie Harris, although that was more for a scenery
change than anything else. The two aren't really that different of
players. Langerhans has more power and worse base-running instincts.

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"Sam Hutcheson" <samh.DeleteThis@bellsouth.net> wrote
> On June 23, during the third game of a four game sweep at the hands of
> Detroit, Andruw Jones started coming around. He wouldn't break his
> "no hits" slump until the next day, but on the 23rd he drew two
> unintentional walks. Since that point Andruw has posted the following
> numbers:
>
> 276/386/586. That's a 972 OPS over the course of 70 plate
> appearances.

Nice. Glad he's turning it around. And that's come against the top two
pitching staffs in the league, two in the middle, and one near the bottom.

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"Sam Hutcheson" <samh.TakeThisOut@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> On Jul 15, 4:29 am, "Robert Glenn Plotner"
> <rgplotnerNOSPAMA....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> > Robert, one of us wanted to bench Andruw for Willie Harris. The other
>> > pointed out that that was a stupid idea. If Harris goes 4-4 tomorrow
>> > I will have nothing to retract, because I, unlike you, don't think one
>> > or two games is really a meaningful sample by which to judge a player.
>>
>> One of us saw nothing wrong in Andruw drowning below .200 because of his
>> obstinance for half a season while two other guys were hitting 160 points
>> higher. The other one of us wanted his butt glued to the bench until he
>> got
>> the point. If you were his manager, I take it you would keep stupidly
>> patting him on the back and telling him to pull the ball better.
>
> My approach was exactly the same approach as his Hall of Fame calibre
> manager. Coach him, work with him to fight through his slump, but
> don't idiotically replace him with a player of less than half of his
> aptitude and skill. If you were managing this team it would be 10-15
> games behind the Mets at this point because you don't think, you
> emote.

Blather. I think you're describing yourself as Chuck Tanner. Andruw refused
to be coached for half the season. "I'm a pull hitter. I don't want to hear
anything different from anyone." Remember? What has changed in the last 10
days? He's hitting the ball where it is pitched, to all fields. What changed
his approach? His sub .200 average on the big screen? Did Bobby call him
aside? Something happened. If Bobby did chew him out, you wouldn't read
about it because he has the class not to show up his players in the press.
Bottom line is that something motivated Andruw, and it wasn't by one of your
hugs.

>
>> > I said "shut up and let Andruw play his way out of it." Andruw has
>> > played his way out of it. Now you can run around all day talking
>> > about how it's only because he was so selfish that he couldn't stand
>> > the embarrassment or whatever it is the voices are telling you this
>> > week but the fact of the matter is Andruw is playing like Andruw, and
>>
>> Whatever the motivation, he has only come out of the slump by doing what
>> he
>> should have been doing from the start.
>
> Namely "seeing the ball." Baseball players go through stretches where
> they don't see the ball very well. Any casual fan of the game should
> know as much. Chipper talks all the time about how he only has about
> two weeks per year where he's seeing the ball well from both sides of
> the plate at the same time. After his recent two-homer game Brian
> McCann said he was "just seeing the ball" better now than before.
> This is baseball truism going back to the origins of the game itself.
> In the first half Andruw clearly wasn't seeing the ball well, if at
> all. As a result his mechanics got so screwed up as to be
> unrecognizable for a while. But he worked his way through it and is
> now seeing the ball again, and lo and behold, he's hitting a hell of a
> lot like Andruw Jones has hit for the last 11 years or so.
>
> Just like I said he would.

Yeah, it's really hard to see the ball while you're spinning open, trying to
pull every pitch.

McCann was interviewed a week or two ago after a game-winning hit. He said
his success was due to "hitting the ball where it is pitched," something he
said Chipper emphasizes when he talks hitting and he hangs around Chipper as
much as possible to soak up his knowledge. It is a smart player's mantra.
You hit the ball where it is pitched.

All you have to do is watch a recent game and it is starkly obvious, so much
so that I can't believe you are even arguing it. Andruw's approach *has*
changed. He's not pulling off on every pitch and is making a decided effort
to go up the middle and to right. I hope to God he has the sense to continue
doing that for the rest of the year. If he goes back to pulling everything,
he'll go right back in the hole.


>
>> > Willie Harris is playing like Willie Harris. Luckily Bobby Cox
>> > understands both players and their abilities and is using them
>> > effectively.
>>
>> Willie Harris began the 9th inning rally tonight with a base hit and
>> scored
>
> What about "Bobby is using him effectively" don't you understand?
> Willie Harris is a good PH to have when you need a contact, reasonably
> good on-base hitter to start something off. His speed makes him even
> better suited for that role. He's stretched a little as the primary
> LH hitter in an outfield platoon but he can manage the trick. He
> would be buried as a starter.
>
> We have an entire career's worth of data to show us exactly that to be
> the case.

That's hardly a fair assessment. Harris has only had one season as a
semi-regular (409 AB), 2004 with the ChiSox when he hit .262 with a .343
OBP. The rest of his time was spent riding the pines, getting rusty, and
looking for an at bat or a pinch running appearance here and there. Like
Matt Diaz, the Braves may well have uncovered a lost jewel by giving him a
chance to play. Harris has kicked tail all year, spring training, Richmond,
and with the big club. I'm rooting for the guy. I'd also like to see what he
could with an occasional start at second base.

>
>> the winning run. He is hitting .340 and busting his tail. I think you
>> would
>> be happier with Ryan Langerhans.
>
> That would be odd considering how vocally I lobbied to replace Ryan
> Langerhans with Willie Harris, although that was more for a scenery
> change than anything else. The two aren't really that different of
> players. Langerhans has more power and worse base-running instincts.
>

No, they are vastly different players. Langerhans is a defensive replacement
with average speed and a huge hole in his swing, a number 8 hitter when he
starts. Harris is a sparkplug who steals bases, rattles pitchers, and scores
runs, a prototype lead-off hitter. He's not as good defensively as Ryan but
makes up for it with his speed. But somehow I'm sure you'll argue that too.


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> > > Robert, one of us wanted to bench Andruw for Willie Harris. The other
> > > pointed out that that was a stupid idea. If Harris goes 4-4 tomorrow
> > > I will have nothing to retract, because I, unlike you, don't think one
> > > or two games is really a meaningful sample by which to judge a player.

you mispelt "months"

> > One of us saw nothing wrong in Andruw drowning below .200 because of his
> > obstinance for half a season while two other guys were hitting 160 points
> > higher. The other one of us wanted his butt glued to the bench until he got
> > the point. If you were his manager, I take it you would keep stupidly
> > patting him on the back and telling him to pull the ball better.
>
> My approach was exactly the same approach as his Hall of Fame calibre
> manager. Coach him, work with him to fight through his slump, but
> don't idiotically replace him with a player of less than half of his
> aptitude and skill. If you were managing this team it would be 10-15
> games behind the Mets at this point because you don't think, you
> emote.

you're being totally unfair, in addition to making a rather silly
argument from authority. robert expressed frustration about andruw's
approach. andruw changed his approach. what are you arguing about?

here's a question: if bobby had benched andruw for harris (or anyone
else capable of patrolling cf) back in june, would he have changed his
approach sooner? answer: you don't know.

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On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:13:28 -0700, Ben B <bblankin.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> gave
us:

>> > One of us saw nothing wrong in Andruw drowning below .200 because of his
>> > obstinance for half a season while two other guys were hitting 160 points
>> > higher. The other one of us wanted his butt glued to the bench until he got
>> > the point. If you were his manager, I take it you would keep stupidly
>> > patting him on the back and telling him to pull the ball better.

>> My approach was exactly the same approach as his Hall of Fame calibre
>> manager. Coach him, work with him to fight through his slump, but
>> don't idiotically replace him with a player of less than half of his
>> aptitude and skill. If you were managing this team it would be 10-15
>> games behind the Mets at this point because you don't think, you
>> emote.

>you're being totally unfair, in addition to making a rather silly
>argument from authority.

Not to mention the random endpoints.

> robert expressed frustration about andruw's
>approach. andruw changed his approach. what are you arguing about?

>here's a question: if bobby had benched andruw for harris (or anyone
>else capable of patrolling cf) back in june, would he have changed his
>approach sooner? answer: you don't know.

I wouldn't have waited that long. One day after the "I'm a pull
hitter," he's on my bench until he declares himself open to coaching.
The conversation would go something like this:

Me: Andruw, try it like this.

Andruw: I don't want to do that. I'm a pull hitter.

Me: I've seen your way of doing it, and your way sucks. Try it my
way.

Andruw: I'm a pull hitter.

Me: Sit your ass down and pull yourself then, because you're killing
the team. Stop by my office when you decide that you want to play
again.

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On Jul 16, 7:07 pm, Lance Freezeland
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> Me: Andruw, try it like this.
>
> Andruw: I don't want to do that. I'm a pull hitter.
>
> Me: I've seen your way of doing it, and your way sucks. Try it my
> way.
>
> Andruw: I'm a pull hitter.
>
> Me: Sit your ass down and pull yourself then, because you're killing
> the team. Stop by my office when you decide that you want to play
> again.

Reporter: Andruw, why aren't you trying to go the other way. It all
seems so obvious that you should. Even the internet mafia has your
game figured out. Why won't you listen? Why, why Andruw, why won't
you listen?

Andruw: Dude, I'm trying to go the other way. I'm trying to get out
of this funk. I'm doing everything we can think of. I'm working with
TP every day in the cages. We have three or for things we're trying.
Some of it I don't have down well enough to take it out of the cages
to the field yet, but damn, we're trying. I mean, it's not quite as
simple as the former no-hit middle infielder doing color commentary on
TV makes it out to be, is it? It's not kindergarten. It's a complex
task of finding a way to fix my swing without completely removing my
ability to be the offensive player that I have always been. I mean,
naturally, you know, I'm a pull hitter and my instincts are always
going to lean that way, and it's tough to learn something new while
facing major league pitching, but you know, like I said, we're
trying. Dude, we are so trying. It's not like I _want_ to be
hitting .199 going into a contract year, you know?

Next Day's Newspaper: "Andruw: 'I'm a Pull Hitter.'"

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On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:48:42 -0700, Sam Hutcheson <samh.DeleteThis@bellsouth.net>
gave us:

>On Jul 16, 7:07 pm, Lance Freezeland
><freezelandlaw.nos....DeleteThis@consolidated.net> wrote:
>
>> Me: Andruw, try it like this.
>>
>> Andruw: I don't want to do that. I'm a pull hitter.
>>
>> Me: I've seen your way of doing it, and your way sucks. Try it my
>> way.
>>
>> Andruw: I'm a pull hitter.
>>
>> Me: Sit your ass down and pull yourself then, because you're killing
>> the team. Stop by my office when you decide that you want to play
>> again.
>
>Reporter: Andruw, why aren't you trying to go the other way. It all
>seems so obvious that you should. Even the internet mafia has your
>game figured out. Why won't you listen? Why, why Andruw, why won't
>you listen?
>
>Andruw: Dude, I'm trying to go the other way. I'm trying to get out
>of this funk. I'm doing everything we can think of. I'm working with
>TP every day in the cages. We have three or for things we're trying.
>Some of it I don't have down well enough to take it out of the cages
>to the field yet, but damn, we're trying. I mean, it's not quite as
>simple as the former no-hit middle infielder doing color commentary on
>TV makes it out to be, is it? It's not kindergarten. It's a complex
>task of finding a way to fix my swing without completely removing my
>ability to be the offensive player that I have always been. I mean,
>naturally, you know, I'm a pull hitter and my instincts are always
>going to lean that way, and it's tough to learn something new while
>facing major league pitching, but you know, like I said, we're
>trying. Dude, we are so trying. It's not like I _want_ to be
>hitting .199 going into a contract year, you know?
>
>Next Day's Newspaper: "Andruw: 'I'm a Pull Hitter.'"

Damned liberal media!

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On Jul 23, 9:42 pm, Atlanta Cardfan <u....TakeThisOut@example.net> wrote:

> Whatever the case, Willie Harris made a believer out of me and my family
> Saturday night. Willie went 6-6 (tying the Atlanta record for hits in
> a game), scored 4 runs, drove in 6 more, stole a base and made a circus
> catch.

Tuffy Rhodes once hit three home runs on opening day.

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On Jul 23, 10:18 pm, Alice Faber <aqfa....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <1185243070.560318.231....RemoveThis@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
> Sam Hutcheson <s....RemoveThis@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> > On Jul 23, 9:42 pm, Atlanta Cardfan <u....RemoveThis@example.net> wrote:
>
> > > Whatever the case, Willie Harris made a believer out of me and my family
> > > Saturday night. Willie went 6-6 (tying the Atlanta record for hits in
> > > a game), scored 4 runs, drove in 6 more, stole a base and made a circus
> > > catch.
>
> > Tuffy Rhodes once hit three home runs on opening day.
>
> Don't remind me.

Cubs vs. Mets, 1993 I believe. Maybe '94.

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In article <1185243070.560318.231780.TakeThisOut@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
Sam Hutcheson <samh.TakeThisOut@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> On Jul 23, 9:42 pm, Atlanta Cardfan <u....TakeThisOut@example.net> wrote:
>
> > Whatever the case, Willie Harris made a believer out of me and my family
> > Saturday night. Willie went 6-6 (tying the Atlanta record for hits in
> > a game), scored 4 runs, drove in 6 more, stole a base and made a circus
> > catch.
>
> Tuffy Rhodes once hit three home runs on opening day.

Don't remind me.

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In article <1185245591.102694.217880 DeleteThis @g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
Sam Hutcheson <samh DeleteThis @bellsouth.net> wrote:

> On Jul 23, 10:18 pm, Alice Faber <aqfa... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> > In article <1185243070.560318.231... DeleteThis @q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
> > Sam Hutcheson <s... DeleteThis @bellsouth.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Jul 23, 9:42 pm, Atlanta Cardfan <u... DeleteThis @example.net> wrote:
> >
> > > > Whatever the case, Willie Harris made a believer out of me and my family
> > > > Saturday night. Willie went 6-6 (tying the Atlanta record for hits in
> > > > a game), scored 4 runs, drove in 6 more, stole a base and made a circus
> > > > catch.
> >
> > > Tuffy Rhodes once hit three home runs on opening day.
> >
> > Don't remind me.
>
> Cubs vs. Mets, 1993 I believe. Maybe '94.

Opening day. And it went downhill from there.

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