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Jake said:
George Kirby came into tonight having allowed only 3 HRs in his 9 starts. The Pirates had only hit 9 home runs in the month of May.

So, of course, the Pirates took Kirby deep 4 times in less than five innings because baseball.
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Should've seen this coming, after hitting 7 homers on Friday the Pirates were shut out on Saturday. Fucking baseball, man.
 
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Jack Suwinski became the only player not named Barry Bonds to drop two bombs into McCovey Cove in the same game.

Didn't matter, though. The Pirates lost 14-4.

Suwinski gives me Dave Kingman flashbacks. He's got 30 homers in 468 career ABs, but he's struck out 168 times and has a .214 average.
 
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Jake said:


Jack Suwinski became the only player not named Barry Bonds to drop two bombs into McCovey Cove in the same game.

Didn't matter, though. The Pirates lost 14-4.

Suwinski gives me Dave Kingman flashbacks. He's got 30 homers in 468 career ABs, but he's struck out 168 times and has a .214 average.
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I think you mean Adam Dunn and there is nothing wrong with a guy like that. High. Average and exceptional power are a rare combo. In the real world, a three true outcome guy is not the worst thing to have…..unless you have a manger that can’t process his value.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
I think you mean Adam Dunn and there is nothing wrong with a guy like that. High. Average and exceptional power are a rare combo. In the real world, a three true outcome guy is not the worst thing to have…..unless you have a manger that can’t process his value.
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What I wouldn't give for the Donkey right now
 
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Jaxbuck said:
I think you mean Adam Dunn and there is nothing wrong with a guy like that. High. Average and exceptional power are a rare combo. In the real world, a three true outcome guy is not the worst thing to have…..unless you have a manger that can’t process his value.
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Statistically, Dunn and Kingman are practically twins. I just hope Suwinski doesn't turn out to be Rob Deer, a slightly lesser version of them.
 
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Jake said:
Statistically, Dunn and Kingman are practically twins. I just hope Suwinski doesn't turn out to be Rob Deer, a slightly lesser version of them.
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For the record there was one major difference. Dunn had a career OBP of .364, Kingman was .302. Dunn's walk rate was about double Kingman's. (15.8% to 8.2%).
 
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