02-11-2010, 03:32 PM
<!--quoteo(post=79297:date=Feb 11 2010, 01:23 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Feb 11 2010, 01:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=79293:date=Feb 11 2010, 01:13 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Feb 11 2010, 01:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Palmeiro was more than a "contact hitter," even when on the Cubs.
In his last year on the Cubs, as a 23 year-old, he was an All-Star, and finished 2nd in the league in hitting (to Tony Gwynn). That's not the type of guy you trade away.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
How does a guy finishing second in AVERAGE disprove he was a "contact hitter"?
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I didn't explain myself properly. I was referring to a couple of posts that seemed to imply that "contact hitter" was a type of guy that you'd bat 8th, who was scrawny and hit .250.
Palmeiro was a big guy who could play the OF (thus letting Grace play 1st), and who, in his first year as a regular, quickly became one of the league's best hitters. Plus, all this was in 1988, a full year before Dwight and Jerome would come up to start in the Cub's OF.
So it's pretty odd that he'd be trade bait.
In his last year on the Cubs, as a 23 year-old, he was an All-Star, and finished 2nd in the league in hitting (to Tony Gwynn). That's not the type of guy you trade away.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
How does a guy finishing second in AVERAGE disprove he was a "contact hitter"?
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I didn't explain myself properly. I was referring to a couple of posts that seemed to imply that "contact hitter" was a type of guy that you'd bat 8th, who was scrawny and hit .250.
Palmeiro was a big guy who could play the OF (thus letting Grace play 1st), and who, in his first year as a regular, quickly became one of the league's best hitters. Plus, all this was in 1988, a full year before Dwight and Jerome would come up to start in the Cub's OF.
So it's pretty odd that he'd be trade bait.
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