{"id":4784,"date":"2011-09-08T14:59:36","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T19:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=4784"},"modified":"2011-09-08T15:30:58","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T20:30:58","slug":"changeups-and-screwballs-a-southpaw%e2%80%99s-perspective-for-9811","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/4784","title":{"rendered":"Changeups and Screwballs: A Southpaw\u2019s Perspective for 9\/8\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Nyjer-Morgan-Brewers1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4786\" title=\"Milwaukee Brewers v Cincinnati Reds\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Nyjer-Morgan-Brewers1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Nyjer-Morgan-Brewers1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Nyjer-Morgan-Brewers1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0<strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/morgany01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Nyjer  Morgan<\/a><\/strong> is exciting.\u00a0 His defensive prowess in the outfield is absolutely fun to watch.\u00a0 He brings a competitive nature to the game that should be lost on no man.\u00a0 However, with that said, I wish <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pujolal01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Albert  Pujols<\/a><\/strong> would have continued past the mound and cold-clocked Morgan right in his jaw last night.\u00a0 C\u2019mon Nyjer, there was no reason to get all butt-hurt over <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/video\/play.jsp?content_id=18966011&amp;topic_id=&amp;c_id=mlb&amp;tcid=vpp_copy_18966011&amp;v=3\">that AB last night<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0It would appear that that <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kinslia01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Ian  Kinsler<\/a><\/strong> just can\u2019t help but lay lumber right now. (7 HR\u2019s in his last 7 games.) I am proud to call him a <a href=\"http:\/\/t0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTlC8QiK44gnEP5BkCsQrdeiVipiFx-s4Mw2wcI2cK8PyvGGGdoHZVpNQ\">fellow Central Arizona College Alum<\/a>\u2026ride Vaqueros, ride!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0Is there anyone out there that can overtake <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/reverbe01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Ben  Revere<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xmAMWLYkY6A\">over-the-shoulder masterpiece<\/a> for play of the year?\u00a0 Of course not.\u00a0 So I ask you, which catch is better?\u00a0 That one- <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/video\/play.jsp?content_id=3850092&amp;topic_id=10728310&amp;c_id=mlb&amp;tcid=vpp_copy_3850092&amp;v=3\">or this one?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0What is up with fans reaching over into the field of play on homeruns? I get it on foul balls, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fakeDgwoaYo&amp;feature=player_embedded\">but really people<\/a>? Don\u2019t screw up a ball in fair territory folks.\u00a0 It just makes you look bad.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0Speaking of balls leaving the yard\u2026<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DAu5ElS5sqo\">heads up, pal<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0<strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/burnea.01.shtml?utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">A.J.  Burnett<\/a><\/strong> sure is working hard to make his case for sticking in the Yanks starting rotation with <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/video\/play.jsp?content_id=18967179&amp;topic_id=&amp;c_id=mlb&amp;tcid=vpp_copy_18967179&amp;v=3\">amazing efforts like this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0If the criteria for voting on the MVP are so vague, why not just give the award to the player who accumulates the highest WAR at season\u2019s end?\u00a0 Are wins not the most valued outcome in all of baseball?<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00a0Did you know that Jeff \u201cFrenchy\u201d Francoeur is tied (with Ben \u201cThe Zorilla\u201d Zobrist) for the most doubles in the AL?\u00a0 Me neither.\u00a0 To put the cherry on top of an excellently resurgent season, Frenchy <a href=\"http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/video\/play.jsp?content_id=18939359&amp;topic_id=&amp;c_id=mlb&amp;tcid=vpp_copy_18939359&amp;v=3\">turned back the clock<\/a> to the first year of playing baseball on 90\u2019 bases with this play.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &#8211; \u00a0Nyjer Morgan is exciting.\u00a0 His defensive prowess in the outfield is absolutely fun to watch.\u00a0 He brings a competitive nature to the game that should be lost on no man.\u00a0 However, with that said, I wish Albert Pujols would have continued past the mound and cold-clocked Morgan right in his jaw last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2661,1300,17,6,11,13,14,775],"tags":[2625,21,2622,619,63,590,71,51],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4784"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4784"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4788,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4784\/revisions\/4788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}