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58 minutes ago, Cumberbundy said:

105mph off the bat to buxton, that's 154ft per second hit to the fastest of in the game. If he makes an out there, he's crucified. 

I said same thing during game. Could you imagine if he gets thrown out at 2nd to lead off the inning in a 1 run game late? Palmer might have thrown off the headset and quit right then and there, after tearing him a new one. Can't win.

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1 hour ago, Cumberbundy said:

105mph off the bat to buxton, that's 154ft per second hit to the fastest of in the game. If he makes an out there, he's crucified. 

That's what I think.   He didn't get the fastest start out of the box, but he wasn't jogging or lollygagging.     Frankly, if he'd gotten a better start, he probably would have tried for 2B and been thrown out, as the ball made a perfect carom to Buxton, who whirled and threw a perfect strike to 2B.    I was glad he held up, and I'm not going to blame him for the fact that Jones swung at a pitch at his toes and grounded into a DP.

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By the way, my big takeaway from Manny's game last night was that three of his hits were to RF and RCF.    As usual, I'm hoping that signals the start of a period where he hits the ball to all fields with authority.   

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1 hour ago, Frobby said:

That's what I think.   He didn't get the fastest start out of the box, but he wasn't jogging or lollygagging.     Frankly, if he'd gotten a better start, he probably would have tried for 2B and been thrown out, as the ball made a perfect carom to Buxton, who whirled and threw a perfect strike to 2B.    I was glad he held up, and I'm not going to blame him for the fact that Jones swung at a pitch at his toes and grounded into a DP.

This is how I saw it as well.

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13 hours ago, Frobby said:

By the way, my big takeaway from Manny's game last night was that three of his hits were to RF and RCF.    As usual, I'm hoping that signals the start of a period where he hits the ball to all fields with authority.   

Manny and Davis are at their best when they hit to ball to all fields.  Never really been an issue with Manny until he got pull happy second half of 2016. 

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Manny Machado turned 25 on Thursday. At the time, his 158 doubles and 287 extra-bases hits are the most in Baltimore Orioles history for a player prior to his 25th birthday. His 121 home runs rank second, behind Boog Powell’s 127.

Per Ryan M. Spaeder, as of Friday Manny Machado led MLB with 41 outs on batted balls of at least 100 mph.

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/sunday-notes-manny-margot-is-playing-happy-in-san-diego/

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31 minutes ago, TradeAngelos said:

I think Manny will be just fine. Ever since the month turned he has been on a tear.

Much to the dismay of certain posters.

His swing seems to be leveling out. He's hitting more LD's.

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