Braun v. Maybin (and Francoeur vs. Fielder)

[danzig6767]

I'm not sure I agree with all the talk about how great this thead is. One side sems to be using facts and reason and the other seems to be neglecting to do so.

 

Yep

 

Bradyo talks first about how OBP and walks are overrated,but RBI's are some much more important and praised Francoeur for getting his 100 RBI's last year.

 

In doing so he conviently ignored that a big reason Francoeur got those RBI's is because the guys hitting in front of him walked alot,which put the baserunners on for Francoeur to knock in.

 

Francoeur had a .293 OBP last year.If he had three guys alergic to walks like he is hitting in front of him instead of the patient hitters the Braves did have,there wouldn't have been near enough baserunners to get those 100 RBI's.

 

It's like the Tony Batista syndrome.Because he never walked and always swung,it allowed him to rack up cheap RBI totals while make boatloads of outs so people behind him had less chance to knock runs in.

[EdgarDiazRocks]

I'm not sure I agree with all the talk about how great this thead is. One side sems to be using facts and reason and the other seems to be neglecting to do so.

 

And yet they did it without calling each other morons and elitist or insulting anybodies intelligence.

 

Well until yesterday anyway.

 

How refreshing.