Showing posts with label Dusty Baker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dusty Baker. Show all posts

Monday, April 21, 2008

Dusty Gets His Way

Joey Votto, in 2,985 minor league PA: 401 walks

Dusy Baker, on Joey Votto in March: "He needs to swing more. I'd like to see him more aggressive."

Shysterball now brings us the "list of dudes with a minimum of 20 ABs who haven't walked yet":
Matt Diaz (ATL): 62 ABs
Joey Votto (CIN): 47 ABs
Jose Molina (NYY): 36 ABs
Mike Fontenot: (CHC): 31 ABs
Jay Payton (BAL): 30 ABs
Greg Dobbs (PHI): 25 ABs
Brian Bixler (PIT): 24 ABs
So Taguchi (PHI): 21 ABs
Darin Erstad (HOU): 20 ABs
I'd now like to point out the Reds are paying Baker "about $3.5MM" to manage their team. This isn't "Cincinnati Reds Baseball Heaven Fantasy Camp 2008", where Dusty gets to live his dream for the low price of $3,995.00. This was Cincinnati's idea.

In a related story, Hee Seop Choi is currently playing for the Kia Tigers in the Korean League.
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