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    • spleen1015
      May 3rd @ Reds

      By spleen1015 · Posted

      Reds skerd
    • Billy F-Face3
      May 3rd @ Reds

      By Billy F-Face3 · Posted

      This once time, Elly De La Cruz was sprinting to first base and the umpire got electrocuted by lightning.
    • Moose Milligan
      May 3rd @ Reds

      By Moose Milligan · Posted

      Reds fans getting pissy on Twitter about it                
    • Jagwar
      May 3rd @ Reds

      By Jagwar · Posted

      Yes... "Later"
    • LA2
      From DFA’d to producing like one of MLB’s best hitters: Ryan O’Hearn has found his groove in Baltimore

      By LA2 · Posted

      Of this the article speaks, in a section subtitled "A Limited Role": The title of the piece is overblown, but that's the nature of trying to catch eyeballs in the mass media. In fact, the main benefit of the article for me was its analysis of O'Hearn's success--wch had previously been a complete mystery to me--as being due to his efforts to adjust launch angle and becoming very restrained in his swing decisions. If it weren't for such adjustments, including possibly other ones not discussed or understood yet, then he would not be a story at all. Before coming to the Orioles, O'Hearn's OPS's vs. RHP during his previous four seasons were .678, .577, .673, and .622 (after a 1.019 in 129 rookie PAs in 2018--10 homers, 10 doubles, 16 walks!*). So limiting his at-bats to facing RHP is clearly not the reason he's done so well with the Orioles; something else happened and it's to the Orioles' great credit that they saw the potential and to O'Hearn's that he executed it. * I do wonder if video from 2018 gave important clues, but I think that would have been mentioned.
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