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Friday, August 27, 2010

Hunter at it again…

By , 11:13 PM

We had a thread a couple of weeks ago about a terrible base running decision by Torii Hunter.  In it, several people stated that Hunter was known to make bonehead base running errors. I had always assumed that he was a “heady” player, although I am not sure why.

I was just watching tonight’s BAL/ALA game.  With 1 out, someone hit a routine, but fairly deep fly ball to LF with Hunter on second. He tried to tag (with 2 outs) and was thrown out at third by a country mile.  Nary a word from the announcers.

And the Angels are known for their great base running, right, and that’s one of the reasons why they always outperform their pre-season w/l projections?

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