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Baseball Musings
September 26, 2006
A Career in a Year

David Ross hits his 20th home run of the season for the first run of the Reds/Marlins game. Cincinnati picks up another in the inning to lead Florida 2-0. Ross only had 19 home runs in his four previous seasons. He's going to end up slugging close to .600.

Update: Ross hits his second home run of the game, a two-run shot this time to give the Reds a 4-0 lead. That puts his slugging percentage exactly at .600.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:48 PM | Games | TrackBack (0)
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Excuse me. I know we've done this dance before, but I simply cannot resist:

David Ross? 21 HR? Really? In under 240 AB? His OPS is pushing .950? Is he still arb-eligible or is he a free agent?

Posted by: Dennis at September 26, 2006 08:34 PM

Some baseball writer as a rule about every backup catcher having one career year in them. Doug Mirabelli's 2004, Josh Bard's 2006, etc.

Posted by: Trev at September 26, 2006 09:23 PM

Perhaps we should come up with an appropriate method of wishing for success with this in mind.

"May you succeed wildly in a small sample size at just the right time."

"Good luck working way over your head when everyone's looking!"

"Welcome to the Chicago Cubs."

Posted by: Dennis at September 27, 2006 08:28 AM
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