Hamilton speaks

[Butcher'd]

Man I hope I'm wrong but I doubt it...This guy is toast. He looked so lost all 2nd half and playoffs. I can't remember a player looking that confused at the plate for this long of a time at his age making a return to being a .290 hitter or so. I think his problems are mental and physical which bodes very poorly for the next 3 years. His bat speed isn't there anymore and he just can't adjust. I've seen enough of this player that I don't need to be fed this stupid crock of shit about how he's in the best shape of his life. He's done

[halobob]

My pet goat is now heavily rooting for Hamilton to return to form!

[ELEVEN]

I wish your pet goat would just eat him

[Lou]

President of the Josh Hamilton Fan Club

 

[fan_since79]

Man I hope I'm wrong but I doubt it...This guy is toast. He looked so lost all 2nd half and playoffs. I can't remember a player looking that confused at the plate for this long of a time at his age making a return to being a .290 hitter or so. I think his problems are mental and physical which bodes very poorly for the next 3 years. His bat speed isn't there anymore and he just can't adjust. I've seen enough of this player that I don't need to be fed this stupid crock of shit about how he's in the best shape of his life. He's done

 

Ah, Butcher'd, I see you're already in midseason form.

[Butcher'd]

Ah, Butcher'd, I see you're already in midseason form.

 

I'll be here all year

[bloodbrother]

I agree. With his approach and the swing abd miss in his game, I'll be surprised if he hits over .265

Main thing is him gettin some of his power back. He just isn't driving the ball like he used to. his opposite field power has completely vanished

[Revad]

I agree. With his approach and the swing abd miss in his game, I'll be surprised if he hits over .265

Main thing is him gettin some of his power back. He just isn't driving the ball like he used to. his opposite field power has completely vanished

You mean batting practice doesn't count?

[Troll Daddy]

In others news ... Prince Fielder has gone on record for 40/120.

[19HALO71]

As long as he wears the Angels jersey, I will be rooting for him.

 

Get after it kid!!

[fan_since79]

It might be a race to see who strikes out more this year, Hamilton or Trout.

 

But Mike will still put up the .300/30/100 numbers.

[bloodbrother]

If Hamilton doesn't hurt himself sliding into 1B and plays all season, I'm not sure it will be much of a race. I expect improvement from Trout in the K department since he's never displayed that sort of swing and miss in his entire career + he actually can recognize and adjust to certain pitches. Hamilton has the same swing geared towards a fastball and doesn't even take into account the situation or the count he's in. It's just the same approach regardless

 

"I'm in an 0-2 hole...welp, let's sit on fastball here"

 

"Tying run at 3B, 1 out....I'm going to get fastballs here"

 

"Winning run is in scoring position, here comes the fastball"

Edited January 28, 2015 by bloodbrother

[Lou]

It might be a race to see who strikes out more this year, Hamilton or Trout.

 

But Mike will still put up the .300/30/100 numbers.

 

it would be his first time

 

hamilton has done it twice 

Edited January 29, 2015 by Lou

[Troll Daddy]

it would be his first time

hamilton has done it twice

In other news ... Pujols accomplished it for ten seasons straight from the beginning of his career:

[Ohtaniland]

In other news ... Pujols accomplished it for ten seasons straight from the beginning of his career:

Didn't Pujols say that he and Trout only need about four months to "get their numbers"

I can't wait for Hamilton, Pujols and Trout to all put up .300 / 30 / 100

Edited January 29, 2015 by CALZONE

[Lou]

In other news ... Pujols accomplished it for ten seasons straight from the beginning of his career:

 

i didn't feel the need to mention that since it had nothing to do with his post

[fan_since79]

it would be his first time

 

hamilton has done it twice 

 

OPS, with the Angels:

 

Hamilton .741

Trout .945 (.963 not including the 40 games in 2011)

Edited January 29, 2015 by fan_since79

[Lou]

OPS, with the Angels:

 

Hamilton .741

Trout .945 (.963 not including the 40 games in 2011)

 

that's a different thread

[Troll Daddy]

i didn't feel the need to mention that since it had nothing to do with his post

You're right but I had to peek at Pujols numbers and I was floored at what I saw. I knew he was a great hitter but never really followed his career stats.

His first ten years he hit over 400 HR's and drove in over 1200 RBI's. His batting AVE, OBP, and OPS were off the charts.

It makes you wonder ... because Trout won't come close to those numbers in his first ten years.

[Lou]

yeah, i just looked at them, mainly to see his rookie year stats

 

holy crap, he was a monster

 

was

 

 

 

 

sigh

[tdawg87]

You're right but I had to peek at Pujols numbers and I was floored at what I saw. I knew he was a great hitter but never really followed his career stats.

His first ten years he hit over 400 HR's and drove in over 1200 RBI's. His batting AVE, OBP, and OPS were off the charts.

It makes you wonder ... because Trout won't come close to those numbers in his first ten years.

 

No one take the bait please.

[fan_since79]

that's a different thread

 

Let me put it another way. The last time Hamilton did it (.300/30/100) was 2010. He hasn't done anything remotely close to that since coming here.

 

That's what counts, not what he did five years ago, or seven.  Does anyone here believe he could put up those numbers again?

[yk9001]

In other news ... Pujols accomplished it for ten seasons straight from the beginning of his career:

 

BFD.  He did it with another team.

[yk9001]

You're right but I had to peek at Pujols numbers and I was floored at what I saw. I knew he was a great hitter but never really followed his career stats.

His first ten years he hit over 400 HR's and drove in over 1200 RBI's. His batting AVE, OBP, and OPS were off the charts.

It makes you wonder ... because Trout won't come close to those numbers in his first ten years.

 

Arte got the same boner.

[ukyah]

this thread is teetering on the edge of a jack clark radio hour.