M.Tejada places batting average over home runs

bedir than average · 02-15-2007, 12:56 PM

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For what it’s worth, Miguel Tejada no longer considers himself a home run hitter, preferring to rack up hits in pursuit of a high batting average. He’s been working hard to improve his hitting the other way as opposed to swinging for the fences, he told the Listin Diario.

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Nocahoma · 02-15-2007, 10:00 PM

Now if he would just learn that On-Base Percentage is much more powerful or even stop worrying about HR in particular and focus on On-Base Plus Slugging.

BravesRule22 · 02-16-2007, 12:25 AM

Listen to the statheads, they are good people......I promise

bedir than average · 02-16-2007, 12:27 AM

All I know is that if I had an approach that won me the MVP i would definately change it.

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