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Why do some O's hitters refuse to try to take the slow stuff to the opposite field? Why do some swing at first pitch balls after walks so often? Why hasn't Schoop learned the strike zone? Why do we have a hitting coach?

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Why do some O's hitters refuse to try to take the slow stuff to the opposite field? Why do some swing at first pitch balls after walks so often? Why hasn't Schoop learned the strike zone? Why do we have a hitting coach?

Kims double last night was it on the first pitch? Why hasn't Schoop learned the

strike zone? Umpires don't know it either. Seems to vary with different umpires.

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I actually thought the O's had a good approach against Sabathia today, other than Trumbo. They made him throw over 100 pitches in 5 innings, drew 6 walks, and had a lot of long at-bats.
Almost quarter of those pitches went to Joey. And a goodly number went to Reimold and Pena. Can't say much for the rest.
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Buck doesnt like to bunt does he? So not surprising I guess.

The O's only have 4 sac bunt attempts this season, and only 1 of those was successful. (The 4 only includes balls put in play; there could have been other attempts that were fouled off or missed.). The average AL team has 12 attempts, 8 of which have been successful. I think it's safe to say Buck doesn't like that strategy with the kind of lineup he happens to have.

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In the eighth inning today, Schoop and Jones were swinging for the fences against Chapman, and both whiffed. Pena' just put the bat on the ball, and got an opposite field single. Wieters did the same, and got a single up the middle.

Before the eighth, this game looked like the Houston series, what with some poor ABs w/ RISP, helping out the pitchers by swinging at balls out of the strike zone.

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Why do some O's hitters refuse to try to take the slow stuff to the opposite field? Why do some swing at first pitch balls after walks so often? Why hasn't Schoop learned the strike zone? Why do we have a hitting coach?

No, we don't.

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