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Old 07-18-2016, 10:59 PM   #6551
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Kevin Long has turned this Met lineup into a team of hackers. They either swing for the fences, try to work out a walk, or strike out/weakly pop out/GIDP trying to do one of those things. Any non-HR hit is by accident.

I don't even know if I can blame Long. It seems he's being directed to coach the team this way. It's Moneyball 101 - batting average is viewed as irrelevant, they never bunt runners over, they never ever steal (David Wright has 3 stolen bases and is still the team leader), and defense is viewed as largely unimportant.

And of course ironically the one guy who was so bad defensively that even Sandy Alderson didn't want him ended up turning into the best hitter in baseball. Fucking hell what a nightmare.
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