06-26-2009, 06:52 PM
Reasons I don't miss Dusty (#3,875):
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Since May 29, Willy Taveras has had kind of a rough time of it. He couldn't buy a hit. He couldn't rent a hit. He couldn't steal a hit. He couldn't even win a hit in the lottery.
He's a terrifying <b>1-for-46 since then -- with</b> (just to make this really interesting) <b>no walks</b>. That comes to a spiffy .022 batting average, <!--coloro:#0000FF--><!--/coloro-->for a man who has spent that entire stretch hitting at the top of the Reds' order (either first or second).<!--colorc-->
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Out of curiosity, to see where this might be leading, I went through every June in the last 25 years with baseballmusings.com's day-by-day database. The lowest June average I could find by any player who got this many plate appearances was .080, by Phil Nevin, who went 4-for-50 in June 1995. So Taveras would have to go on a tear in the next week and a half just to beat that number.
His 1-for-46 mess also includes an 0-for-32 funk that was the longest by any Red in 35 years -- since Denis Menke went 0-for-33 in 1973.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Since May 29, Willy Taveras has had kind of a rough time of it. He couldn't buy a hit. He couldn't rent a hit. He couldn't steal a hit. He couldn't even win a hit in the lottery.
He's a terrifying <b>1-for-46 since then -- with</b> (just to make this really interesting) <b>no walks</b>. That comes to a spiffy .022 batting average, <!--coloro:#0000FF--><!--/coloro-->for a man who has spent that entire stretch hitting at the top of the Reds' order (either first or second).<!--colorc-->
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Out of curiosity, to see where this might be leading, I went through every June in the last 25 years with baseballmusings.com's day-by-day database. The lowest June average I could find by any player who got this many plate appearances was .080, by Phil Nevin, who went 4-for-50 in June 1995. So Taveras would have to go on a tear in the next week and a half just to beat that number.
His 1-for-46 mess also includes an 0-for-32 funk that was the longest by any Red in 35 years -- since Denis Menke went 0-for-33 in 1973.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
There's nothing better than to realize that the good things about youth don't end with youth itself. It's a matter of realizing that life can be renewed every day you get out of bed without baggage. It's tough to get there, but it's better than the dark thoughts. -Lance