{"id":3664,"date":"2011-04-24T15:38:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T20:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=3664"},"modified":"2011-04-24T16:04:20","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T21:04:20","slug":"golden-sombrero-ryan-howard-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/3664","title":{"rendered":"Golden Sombrero: Ryan Howard (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sombreroryanhoward.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3665\" title=\"sombreroryanhoward\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sombreroryanhoward-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sombreroryanhoward-300x217.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/sombreroryanhoward.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Two golden sombreros in three days for Howard<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Top 2:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/player_search.cgi?search=Ryan+Howard&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan  Howard<\/a><\/strong> struck out looking against <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/staufti01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Tim  Stauffer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Top 4: <\/strong>Howard struck out swinging against Stauffer<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Top 6: <\/strong>Howard struck out looking against Stauffer (Really?)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Top 9: <\/strong>Howard struck out swinging against <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bellhe01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Heath  Bell<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Top 11: <\/strong>Howard rips go-ahead two-run double off of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/q\/quallch01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Chad  Qualls<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Final Line: <\/strong>1-for-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 4 K<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NOTES: <\/strong>The golden sombrero on Saturday was Howard&#8217;s second in his last three games and second of the season overall.\u00a0 After starting the season red hot, Howard has cooled off significantly.\u00a0 As we all have witnessed during previous seasons, the strike outs start adding up when Howard is slumping.\u00a0 In his 88 plate-appearances this season, the big man has already fanned 23 times (not including Sunday&#8217;s results).\u00a0 Since <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/reynoma01.shtml?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Mark  Reynolds<\/a><\/strong> is yet to record a sombrero &#8212; although he is 2 for his last 29 with 10 strikeouts &#8212; I&#8217;ve gone and added a <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/player_search.cgi?search=Ryan+Howard&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan  Howard<\/a><\/strong> Sombrero Counter, which can now be found on our left side bar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Total 2011 Sombreros: 11<\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two golden sombreros in three days for Howard Top 2: Ryan Howard struck out looking against Tim Stauffer Top 4: Howard struck out swinging against Stauffer Top 6: Howard struck out looking against Stauffer (Really?) Top 9: Howard struck out swinging against Heath Bell Top 11: Howard rips go-ahead two-run double off of Chad Qualls. 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