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Posted By: jay behrens

another thing that is lost on most people andnot discussed when talking about .400 hitters is bunts. Look at your .400 hitters. OUtside of Williams and Hornsby, almost all were good to great bunters and got a good portion of their hits from bunts. The one thing that stood out to me about Carew when I watched him as a kid was that he got an afwul lot of hits from bunts. You don't see players trying to bunt for hits anymore. I haven't seen Ichiro play enough to know if he does or not.

There was plenty of talk about the need to walk a lot last year when Bonds was hitting over 400 for the early past of the season.

Someone also misquoted the criteria for a batting title. You need to make 3.1 plate appearances per game played by your team, which is 502 in a 162 game season. If Bonds get 200 walks in a season again, he only needs 302 ABs and 121 hits to hit .400. There is nothing in the rules that says you have to ahve 400 ABs.

Jay

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