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Bonds and the IBB
« on: March 20, 2006, 03:57:42 pm »
(3/20) "I don't really care to be honest with you," Bonds said. "I don't care if they walk me or not. I have to run the bases then. There's more to baseball than just swinging the bat. I have to get on base and run the bases."
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(3/9)"If they (intentionally) walk me this year, I may not play three innings," Bonds said. "Staying on my feet, that's going to be work. I have to really work real, real hard to be able to overcome that adversity. I have to dig deep inside of myself and try to gut it out."

 Bonds' ability to stand on his feet was tested in the fourth inning of the game against the Angels after he singled through the right side. When play stopped for Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia to make a pitching change, Bonds had to take a knee and stretch out his right leg. "He did that on purpose, man," said Bonds,
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Re: Bonds and the IBB
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2006, 04:07:05 pm »
i saw him in two games in Arizona. the man truly is amazing. he was mired in a 2-4 slump when we arrived. in the two games we saw him play, he was 5-5: 2 singles, 1 double, 2 HRs and a sacrifice bunt that led to the winning run. the most amazing thing is that he fouled a couple of pitches back, but he never swung and missed.
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Re: Bonds and the IBB
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2006, 04:13:25 pm »
Like Tony Gwynn with power?  I used to marvel at Gwynn's ability to put wood on the ball and would go to Pads games just to see him.

To this day, I've still never seen Bonds play.  I'll have to change that when SF comes to DC.
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« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2006, 04:18:55 pm »
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i saw him in two games in Arizona. the man truly is amazing. he was mired in a 2-4 slump when we arrived. in the two games we saw him play, he was 5-5: 2 singles, 1 double, 2 HRs and a sacrifice bunt that led to the winning run. the most amazing thing is that he fouled a couple of pitches back, but he never swung and missed.



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Re: Bonds and the IBB
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2006, 04:22:45 pm »
sac bunt. it set up the winning run.
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Re: Bonds and the IBB
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2006, 04:28:33 pm »
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i saw him in two games in Arizona. the man truly is amazing. he was mired in a 2-4 slump when we arrived. in the two games we saw him play, he was 5-5: 2 singles, 1 double, 2 HRs and a sacrifice bunt that led to the winning run. the most amazing thing is that he fouled a couple of pitches back, but he never swung and missed.



Do he look slimmed down from previous years?  Just curious.
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Re: Bonds and the IBB
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2006, 04:49:03 pm »
not one ounce smaller
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Re: Bonds and the IBB
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2006, 04:49:06 pm »
What the guy does at the plate is phenomenal.  I've read some interviews of Bonds where he explains his approach to hitting.  While I could see some players benefitting from adopting his mental approach, I really don't see that many players capable of matching his ability to execute it.  The guy just zeros in on the ball.  If it's in the zone, he's going to hit it.  It's just amazing to watch.
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Re: Bonds and the IBB
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2006, 04:50:18 pm »
swing only at strikes is the Ted Williams approach, and every hitter from LL to MLB should adopt it.
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« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2006, 04:51:49 pm »
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swing only at strikes is the Ted Williams approach, and every hitter from LL to MLB should adopt it.



Do you think Bonds' greater skill is eyesight or bat speed?

Seems like the eyesight is even more important to making sure he only swings at good pitches.  The bat speed makes it travel a mile.
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Re: Bonds and the IBB
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2006, 05:07:52 pm »
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sac bunt. it set up the winning run.



Damn, that's a rare event!  You should sell that ticket stub on ebay.  Bonds doesn't have a sacrifice in a regular season game since 1998 (when he had one).  He has four for his career!

Edit:  A sacrifice *bunt*, that is.
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« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2006, 05:22:10 pm »
I think it's sad that the best hitter of his generation wasn't satisfied with being that, thus ensuring that he'd be remembered as nothing but a cheat.
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« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2006, 05:31:16 pm »
dunno. Williams is supposed to have had superhuman eyesight so that must be very important. discipline is crucial, too.
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« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2006, 05:36:56 pm »
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dunno. Williams is supposed to have had superhuman eyesight so that must be very important. discipline is crucial, too.



It was either he or Ruth who they said could read the label on a 78 rpm record while it was running.  The other guys in Williams' squadron said he could see the Japanese planes coming a few seconds before everyone else.

In 1998, David Letterman was interviewing McGwire on Late Night and asked him what his trick was.  McGwire said the trick was to only swing at strikes and to lay off pitches outside the strike zone.  Letterman was like, "C'mon, what's really the trick?"  He couldn't accept that it was something so simple.

Sounds really simple, but in fact it's a highly honed skill, just like any other.
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« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2006, 06:10:53 pm »
it is very simple, and every hitter will instantly improve if he will do this to the best of his ability.
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« Reply #15 on: March 20, 2006, 07:06:18 pm »
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it is very simple, and every hitter will instantly improve if he will do this to the best of his ability.



in the couple of astros games i've watched this spring i've noticed that jimerson is swinging at less balls out of the strike zone than when i watched him at round rock a couple of years ago.  of course, he's trying to crush the ball every time he swings so he's striking out at about the same rate.  he seems like a guy who would be much helped by bonds 'bunting with power' approach that i recall jim describing on this forum a few months ago.

during moises alou's last couple of seasons in houston, i remember a game where he went to the plate with nobody on  and literally checked his swing almost before the pitcher had finished his wind up, then he basically just punched a lazy fly into shallow left, seemingly not even trying to get a hit.  at the time i wondered what the hell he was doing, as i could not remember another instance when a non-pitcher seemed so uninterested at the plate (especially a .300 hitter like Alou).  but he had been in a slump for the weeks previous to this game, and my best guess is that it was his way of getting himself out of the slump-- getting his timing back by just trying to get his bat squarely on the ball any way he could.  sure enough, he got a single in his next at bat.
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« Reply #16 on: March 20, 2006, 08:31:58 pm »
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Do he look slimmed down from previous years?  Just curious.



muscle - exercise = fat.


dude is FAT this year.
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« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2006, 08:35:14 pm »
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Do he look slimmed down from previous years?  Just curious.



muscle - exercise = fat.


dude is FAT this year.



I didn't see too much fat in that skimpy Paula Abdul dress.
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« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2006, 08:44:51 pm »
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Do he look slimmed down from previous years?  Just curious.



muscle - exercise = fat.


dude is FAT this year.



I didn't see too much fat in that skimpy Paula Abdul dress.



 wonder where paula got those implants?
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Re: Bonds and the IBB
« Reply #19 on: March 20, 2006, 09:38:43 pm »
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of course, he's trying to crush the ball every time he swings so he's striking out at about the same rate.  



He's striking out at a much higher rate this spring (1 out of every 2.2 at bats) versus last year (1 out of every 3 at bats). If you're comparing back to 2004, his whiff rate then was the same as 2005. He is walking a bit more this spring than he has in the past (not that any of this is particularly meaningful in the context of less than 40 plate appearances).
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Re: Bonds and the IBB
« Reply #20 on: March 22, 2006, 12:33:17 am »
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wonder where paula got those implants?



You tool.  Bonds is anything but fat.
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