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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Is Vladimir Streaky?

By Tangotiger, 01:38 PM

Buster Olney quoted a scout:

“He’s on the slide,” said one scout. “He’s turned into much more of a streak hitter than he used to be. It used to be that if you tried to pitch him inside and you didn’t bury the ball inside, he’d hit it good. Now you can get away with a little more, and I think it’s because there are days when his back doesn’t feel so good. He seems to go through periods where any tweak in his back affects his swing.”

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