Aaron Judge

Peter_Spaeth · #1 09-18-2017, 02:47 PM

That used to drive me insane about Boggs, knowing he was damn well capable of hitting for power and cutting down on his swing for the sake of his BA. My guess, of course pure speculation, is that by today's metrics he would have been viewed as a better ballplayer had he not done that.

clydepepper · #2 09-18-2017, 03:00 PM

Ben- I've heard that story about Boggs' pre-game home run hitting before, but never had anyone say that they actually saw it. Did you?

packs · #3 09-18-2017, 03:11 PM

I watched Boggs take BP while he was with the Yankees. Back then that was part of the experience of going to the game. I don't remember him hitting them any more than anyone else. The only real distinct BP memory I have is when Barry Bonds came to the stadium for inter-league play. He hit some over the bleachers back then that hit off the back wall. I'd never seen that before.

bnorth · #4 09-18-2017, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by packs

I watched Boggs take BP while he was with the Yankees. Back then that was part of the experience of going to the game. I don't remember him hitting them any more than anyone else. The only real distinct BP memory I have is when Barry Bonds came to the stadium for inter-league play. He hit some over the bleachers back then that hit off the back wall. I'd never seen that before.

It was not that he hit more and he definitely did not hit them farther than others. It was how he hit them. It has been almost 20 years so I can't remember if it was left to right or right to left so my example might be backwards. After he would hit several line drives all over the field he would always end BP by hitting one to left, then left center, then center, then right center, and then right field on consecutive pitches.

Peter_Spaeth · #5 09-18-2017, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bnorth

It was not that he hit more and he definitely did not hit them farther than others. It was how he hit them. It has been almost 20 years so I can't remember if it was left to right or right to left so my example might be backwards. After he would hit several line drives all over the field he would always end BP by hitting one to left, then left center, then center, then right center, and then right field on consecutive pitches.

Eff him hard I say lol.

http://sonsofsamhorn.com/baseball/ma...l-is-forgiven/

bnorth · #6 09-18-2017, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Eff him hard I say lol.

http://sonsofsamhorn.com/baseball/ma...l-is-forgiven/

Thanks for the link Peter I had not seen that article. I like my players for what they did on the field and couldn't care less what they did off it.

I have always found BA and OBP impress me way more than HRs. Like the old saying goes "chicks love the long ball", well I am not a chick.

bnorth · #7 09-18-2017, 08:12 PM

To get this thread back on track Mr Judge has a very good chance with 44 HRs to get 5 more and tie for the all time rookie HR record. The Yanks have 12 more games and its not like they are playing tough teams in those 12 games.

bnorth · #8 09-18-2017, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by clydepepper

Ben- I've heard that story about Boggs' pre-game home run hitting before, but never had anyone say that they actually saw it. Did you?

I was lucky enough to see him take batting practice over 50 times easily, probably closer to 100 times. From around 1987 till he retired I went to almost every game he played in Minnesota(Twins). I always got there so I was one of the first in so I could watch BP. That was the closest stadium for me at only 600 miles round trip.

To get Aaron Judge into the post I went to my first game in many many years this year to hopefully watch Judge play against the Twins and he did not play that day.

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