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by **Box** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:54 pm

Excellent post, thedukeorsino

*golf clap* ;-D

by **Krunk City King$** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:59 pm

thedukeorsino wrote:
More importantly, he is disciplined what he tries to do when he hits. If he's the first AB of an early inning, he will be trying to get on by hitting the ball hard on the ground- he also walks a bunch. If it's late in the game and he's up with no one on, he's swinging for the fences.

Most importantly, though, are his ABs with runners on. He is trying to put that ball in the gaps everytime there's a runner in scoring position. And he does it! His average with runners in scoring postion is .433... yes, that's .433!

i wish that more players would follow through with this simple philosophy!

:-[

especially the braves!

by **TheYanks04** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:59 pm

Yeah, he is real disciplined...he manages to get hurt all the time and has never played for more than 3 months in a row in his MLB career which goes all the way back to 2001. Ride his play while you can, but this guy makes Mike Sweeney look like the Rock of Gilbralter. "Oh my Wrist"...

by **thedukeorsino** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:36 pm

TheYanks04 wrote:Yeah, he is real disciplined...he manages to get hurt all the time and has never played for more than 3 months in a row in his MLB career which goes all the way back to 2001. Ride his play while you can, but this guy makes Mike Sweeney look like the Rock of Gilbralter. "Oh my Wrist"...

If I were playing for the yankees I would pretend to be hurt all the time too :-D

by **tomkatt** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:43 pm

thedukeorsino wrote:
TheYanks04 wrote:Yeah, he is real disciplined...he manages to get hurt all the time and has never played for more than 3 months in a row in his MLB career which goes all the way back to 2001. Ride his play while you can, but this guy makes Mike Sweeney look like the Rock of Gilbralter. "Oh my Wrist"...

If I were playing for the yankees I would pretend to be hurt all the time too

by **tomkatt** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:45 pm

Just went yard in the 9th.

by **kcs261** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:57 pm

That's great stuff. So many people are dismissing Nick as a light hitter. But the kid keeps cranking out home runs, in addition to the high average. This is clearly a 25-30 HR guy, if he stays healthy all year.

by **great gretzky** » Wed May 18, 2005 1:23 am

can I PLEASE get an answer to this -- hqmpster free?

would you play nick over corey patterson or brady clark -- given cpat is a steals source>?

by **Bukoski77** » Wed May 18, 2005 2:39 am

great gretzky wrote:can I PLEASE get an answer to this -- hqmpster free?

would you play nick over corey patterson or brady clark -- given cpat is a steals source>?

Patterson is the most talented player IMHO, but if he stays bumped down in the order for the Cubs, you got to sit him for the hot hand Johnson for now.

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