he is still hitting the crap out of the ball. one of them fell for a double tonight, but even the other at-bats looked great. fundamentally, he's a solid hitter. it's just a matter of time before it clicks, and that time is growing shorter with each plate appearance.
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Last edited by benjapage on Sun Apr 25, 2004 12:03 am, edited 1 time in total.
I dropped him about a week ago when he wasn't playing. A guy in my league picked him up off of the WW and has since had to endure 1 for 21. Before dropping him I tried to trade him, but couldn't generate any interest. In a 10 team league Kearns has burned about 4 of us over the last 2 years. Some guys are like that. Burrell and Konerko started this way last season and they were wrecked for the entire year.
he is still hitting the crap out of the ball. one of them fell for a double tonight, but even the other at-bats looked great. fundamentally, he's a solid hitter. it's just a matter of time before it clicks, and that time is growing shorter with each plate appearance.
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I saw the game today and I didn't think Kearns looked that good. He struck out looking, flew to center, lined out to second, popped out to second, then had a double in the 9th. He looked okay, but I wouldn't say he is hitting the crap out of the ball.
Roger Angell: I was talking with Bob Gibson and I said: 'Are you always this competitive?' He said: 'Oh, I think so. I got a three-year old daughter, and I've played about 500 games of tic-tac-toe with her and she hasn't beat me yet.'
Kearns is not looking good, and he's admitted that his shoulder is still not 100% and occasionally bothers him. He'll eventually come around to some extent, but a big year is very unlikely. Maybe .270, 15-20 HR, 10 SB. That's not much for a roto OF.
One of my "rules" heading into drafts is to avoid guys who had some kind of meaningful surgery. They frequently take a big part or all of the next season to get their groove back. I'm not trying to sound like some kind of genius, but avoiding guys in this situation is a philosophy that has really worked out well.
He struck out looking, flew to center, lined out to second, popped out to second, then had a double in the 9th
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the K was a bad call. the fly-out and line-out were both hit on the button, and the double was tagged to the gap. no dribblers, just a pop-up that he barely missed. i haven't missed a whole lot of reds' action this year. his first week was dreadful. he almost looked overmatched. in the past week, he's begun to put bat-on-ball and drive it.
that's all i have for you. maybe he'll stink. i wouldn't bet on it. and no, he's not in my line-up.
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by benjapage » Sat Apr 24, 2004 11:51 pm 
. im happy
