May 30, 2011

SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle:

A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.

posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 2 comments

Ken (Hawk) Harrelson on Jose Bautista

posted by tommybiden at 02:45 PM on May 30, 2011

"In a seemingly unrelated incident, Harrelson made a special trip to the Toronto clubhouse after the game and fawningly introduced himself to Bautista. The two chatted for a few minutes. Apparently, the content of Bautista's bat did not come up."

All-talk-no-walk for the Hawk, it seems.

Also from the article: Danks says: "He isn't that good to be acting like he needs to hit every ball out of the ballpark. That's just the way I feel. I have pride. I really do. I've had a pretty crappy year to this point but I have pride still and I'm not going to let him sit out there and show me up like that."

Guess what, John? Bautista IS good enough right now to be acting like he needs to hit the ball out of the ballpark:

Home Runs Since the Start of the 2010 Season 

                                               
Rk            Player HR From   To   Age   G  PA
1      Jose Bautista 74 2010 2011 29-30 206 890
2      Albert Pujols 50 2010 2011 30-31 213 936
3       Paul Konerko 49 2010 2011 34-35 203 863
4      Mark Teixeira 48 2010 2011 30-31 208 939
5     Miguel Cabrera 47 2010 2011 27-28 202 871
6          Adam Dunn 43 2010 2011 30-31 206 851
7     Prince Fielder 43 2010 2011 26-27 214 942
8        David Ortiz 43 2010 2011 34-35 196 819
9         Joey Votto 43 2010 2011 26-27 203 888
10   Carlos Gonzalez 42 2010 2011 24-25 196 848

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 5/30/2011.

posted by grum@work at 03:58 PM on May 30, 2011

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