John Walsh <
jwal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 23 May 2012 07:34:33 GMT, Awesome Lincecum <Linc...@sf.giants>
> wrote:
>
>>Just imagine, what kind of hitter would Posey be if he plays his
>>home games in Milwaukee? My god, the small stature Posey, not the
>>kind of hitter that would make you think tape-measuring HRs,
>>blasted 2 mammoth HRs in the last 2 games. The one he hit tonight
>>even had the Brewers fans in awe.
>>
>>No wonder good hitters don't want to come to SF.
>>
>>In case you missed it, you have to check it out. Be sure to turn
>>up the volume. It will put a smile on your face:
>>
>>
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=
>>21672319
>>
>>
>>Cain must be scratching his head. He's had 2 bad outings in a
>>row, but he won both games because he got 13 runs of support.
>>WTF? :-) He gave up 4 runs tonight, and it could've been worse.
>>Melky's amazing throw and Pagan's catch saved 2 runs for Cain.
>>
>>Does Zito stand a chance tomorrow in that ballpark?
>
> Small stature? Since when is 6'1" 218 small stature?
Uh, in the professional sports world. For example, Crawford is
6'2", 215 lb. Does Crawford look like a guy who hits tape-measuring
HRs to you? How many 2nd-deck HRs have Posey hit in his career?
> You could
> tell he was about to shake out of his early season malaise when he
> smacked out to centerfield at AT&T.
Well he was hitting .353/.413/.603/1.016 in April...
> Cain learned how to win games despite the paucity of run support.
> It's not big deal to him, he just goes ouit and pitches. Maybe
> Lincecum should talk to Cain.
I say Cain learned that from Lincecum. Early in Cain's career, he'd
have decent games but his pitch count was always too high. Often
he'd be having a good game but 115 pitches by the 6th inning. He
always tried to blow fastballs by hitters. Meanwhile, Lincecum came
along, won 2 Cy Youngs and figured out how to go deep into the 7th,
8th, and even the 9th innings. Cain seemed to have picked that up
from Lincecum, started throwing slower, not trying to K every hitter
and not relying on his fastball all the time. To me, he definitely
benefitted from having Lincecum as his teammate. Bumgarner most
likely benefitted from Cain and Lincecum too.
Who knows what's wrong with Lincecum these days, but with him being
so tiny, relying on a whacky delivery to generate velocity, the odds
have always been against him. It was amazing what he was able to
accomplish in his career already with that body. You always wonder
how long he can keep that up. It's not looking very good at the
moment.