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There is a Korean broadcast call of Kim's home run in this espn article. It's pretty fun to listen to:

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/71789/five-things-we-learned-tuesday-cleveland-start-thinking-of-another-parade

I think it's about time Kim gets slotted into the lineup every day. He doesn't look like he has trouble picking up left handed pitchers at all.

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There is a Korean broadcast call of Kim's home run in this espn article. It's pretty fun to listen to:

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/71789/five-things-we-learned-tuesday-cleveland-start-thinking-of-another-parade

I think it's about time Kim gets slotted into the lineup every day. He doesn't look like he has trouble picking up left handed pitchers at all.

I'd usually agree but right now Rickard is playing very well in the platoon role too. Kim is better, but I like them both playing if they are both huge positives while being in the lineup, regardless of which it is. Think we should right it out this way for a bit longer. I'm definitely not against making the permanent switch in the not so distant future if Kim continues to beast for a while longer, but I'm sold. He's a special hitter. He may not have great speed, or have huge power, but he's a heck of a hitter. That's exactly what this lineup needs. Walked twice tonight too. Good BA+OBP at the top of the lineup is just going to make this lineup more dangerous.

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I'd usually agree but right now Rickard is playing very well in the platoon role too. Kim is better, but I like them both playing if they are both huge positives while being in the lineup, regardless of which it is. Think we should right it out this way for a bit longer. I'm definitely not against making the permanent switch in the not so distant future if Kim continues to beast for a while longer, but I'm sold. He's a special hitter. He may not have great speed, or have huge power, but he's a heck of a hitter. That's exactly what this lineup needs. Walked twice tonight too. Good BA+OBP at the top of the lineup is just going to make this lineup more dangerous.

I'm also loving what Kim is doing (who wouldn't?!?) but still like Rickard in there against lefties. Rickard is one of the very few Speed Guys on the team - when he's on second, it's nice knowing that pretty much any base hit to the outfield will score him. That's kinda rare on this team..!

But, yeah, so far Kim is giving us precisely what has been missing from this team since... Markakis left? Kinda reminds me of Nick at his peak - really tough out, selective, makes the pitcher work... In a small sample size, Kim's abilities seem superior, at least at the plate. Let's not talk about his defense (compared to Nick's)! :)

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I'd usually agree but right now Rickard is playing very well in the platoon role too. Kim is better, but I like them both playing if they are both huge positives while being in the lineup, regardless of which it is. Think we should right it out this way for a bit longer. I'm definitely not against making the permanent switch in the not so distant future if Kim continues to beast for a while longer, but I'm sold. He's a special hitter. He may not have great speed, or have huge power, but he's a heck of a hitter. That's exactly what this lineup needs. Walked twice tonight too. Good BA+OBP at the top of the lineup is just going to make this lineup more dangerous.

They can both play if you sit Reimold, who isn't hitting lefties anyway.

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They can both play if you sit Reimold, who isn't hitting lefties anyway.

Yes - Rickard goes against lefties, Alvarez sits, Trumbo to DH, Kim in LF, Rickard in RF.

Reimold is what he is. He can occasionally run into a fastball and he's really fast, but he's got massive holes in his plat coverage that good pitchers are able to exploit. I really think Kim should have 300+ ABs from here on out.

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That last AB (double) was a thing of beauty. 8 pitches...last pitch a slider outside and off the plate...and he just flicks it down the line. He's such a joy to watch. Always has a plan.

It was. And I thought his at bat against the left-hander Thornton in the 9th was equally impressive. He got a pitch outside and flicked it down the line in left, where it was foul by about 6 inches or he would have had another double. Then held on and drew another walk. On base four out of five times, and Upton had to make a hell of a play in the third to keep him from having a perfect night.

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Yes - Rickard goes against lefties, Alvarez sits, Trumbo to DH, Kim in LF, Rickard in RF.

Reimold is what he is. He can occasionally run into a fastball and he's really fast, but he's got massive holes in his plat coverage that good pitchers are able to exploit. I really think Kim should have 300+ ABs from here on out.

Yeah, Reimold really doesn't have a role with this team. Hopefully they can use him as tradebait to get a legitimate LOOGY who can really help solidify this bullpen.

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Ichiro Suzuki wasn't known as a power hitter either, but he sure knew how to hit and get on base.

Kim will need to hit for a lot more than 138 PA before I start comparing him to Ichiro, even though their styles are somewhat similar. He's been great but I do think his final numbers won't be as good as they are right now. (Hope I'm wrong!)

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Ichiro got on base so much by regularly posting .350+ BABIPs, due to his combination of speed and ability to slap medium hard line drives and ground balls. Kim is currently posting a .390 BABIP, which is ludicrous.

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Ichiro got on base so much by regularly posting .350+ BABIPs, due to his combination of speed and ability to slap medium hard line drives and ground balls. Kim is currently posting a .390 BABIP, which is ludicrous.
Kim walks more than Ichiro.
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Ichiro got on base so much by regularly posting .350+ BABIPs, due to his combination of speed and ability to slap medium hard line drives and ground balls. Kim is currently posting a .390 BABIP, which is ludicrous.

He is also putting up a .431 obp which is higher than Ichiro ever put up (best year was .415). Kim's walk rate is about double Ichiro's, and his batting average come from his bat, not his speed game.

Same skin color as Ichiro but other than that they are very different players.

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