Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 04, 2002
Just to keep hammering at

Just to keep hammering at getting on base, in the Brewer's-Astros games, both teams had 10 hits, but the Astros drew 9 walks to Milwaukee's 1, and won 6-3. There are some people who think walks are totally a function of the pitcher, but it's really at least as much a function of the batter. Look at Ichiro. You can throw him balls over his head, down in the dirt, and he'll swing at them. He's tough to walk. He makes up for it by getting on base from his tremendous number of hits, but batters selectivity in not swinging at balls has as much to do with drawing walks as a pitcher's ability to throw strikes. It's something the Brewers need to work on based on last season.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:16 PM | Baseball