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21 hours ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

The Chris Davis Effect, sounds like the title of a horror movie that goes beyond your wildest fears.

Or it could be a 1970's band, like the "Alan Parson's Project." I am sure there's a punchline there somewhere.

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37 minutes ago, Uli2001 said:

Or it could be a 1970's band, like the "Alan Parson's Project." I am sure there's a punchline there somewhere.

Ha, I just saw Alan Parsons in Annapolis a few months ago. So underrated, sounds engineer for Dark Side of the Moon at Abbey Road.

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1 minute ago, jabba72 said:

O's 1-1 with Davis in the lineup. Put 3 balls in play and had a BB Sunday. Thats a productive day for him. Any game Davis doesn't strike out is a productive game. 

It’s bad when your highest paid player is held to little league standards.  Just put the ball in play and don’t make any errors in the field. 

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On 3/30/2019 at 9:38 PM, Moose Milligan said:

I remember when we got him, kinda disappointed.  But then he really came into his own in 2012, a big part of a very fun team.  

I remember September 6th, 2012 because I was headed to Philly for an appointment, the girl I was with at the time was along with me.  As we drove through Baltimore it dawned on me that...hey, the Yankees are in town tonight and...I should cancel the appointment, we should spend the day in Baltimore and get tickets for the game.  Which we did.  

Of course Sept 6th is a special day in Orioles history as it's the date Cal broke Gehrig's streak.  I remember they had a little ceremony before the game, Cal was there, congratulated Buck on a great season.  The Orioles won that game 10-6, Davis hit a homer and the place went nuts.  That game was one of the most fun experiences I've had at a game in person, Reynolds hit 2 homers, Jones hit one, I think Wieters did, too.  Pretty sure the one that Davis hit was for an insurance run but it didn't matter, it was still awesome. 

Pretty sure you're talking about the "Cal statue" game, which I would put up there as one of the best 5 or so Orioles games of this century (it's behind the "Delmon double" game for sure, but I don't know what other games I would rank ahead of it). I wasn't there but watched most of it. The Yanks scored 5 in the 8th to tie the game and then Jones, Reynolds and Davis homered.

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1 hour ago, jabba72 said:

O's 1-1 with Davis in the lineup. Put 3 balls in play and had a BB Sunday. Thats a productive day for him. Any game Davis doesn't strike out is a productive game. 

Hmmm, so if he homers and strikes out three times that’s worse than pulling four grounders into the shift and getting thrown out by a wide margin?

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8 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Hmmm, so if he homers and strikes out three times that’s worse than pulling four grounders into the shift and getting thrown out by a wide margin?

Davis meekly hitting into the shift is no better than him striking out. He needs to produce or eventually the O’s will do something about his spot on the 25 man roster.

I like watching this team of young players sans Buzz Killington. 

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10 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Hmmm, so if he homers and strikes out three times that’s worse than pulling four grounders into the shift and getting thrown out by a wide margin?

He actually hit one that would have been out of OPACY and made two good defensive grabs to save errors.

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On 3/31/2019 at 8:36 AM, Frobby said:

Bordick was very critical of Davis in a spring training game this year, though very polite about it.    I don’t think he’s under any delusions about Davis.    He’s just not a guy to be blunt when someone isn’t performing well.   He’s going to try to be supportive.    

Just heard Bordick say Davis “has yet to make an effort to go the other way consistently.”   He went on to say Davis would need to make adjustments or he was going to be on the bench more.   Whereupon Davis grounded into the shift on a 3-1 count.   

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11 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Just heard Bordick say Davis “has yet to make an effort to go the other way consistently.”   He went on to say Davis would need to make adjustments or he was going to be on the bench more.   Whereupon Davis grounded into the shift on a 3-1 count.   

Yep, up 3-1, got his pitch and rolled over weakly.

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On 3/30/2019 at 8:50 PM, Moose Milligan said:

Nah, no worries, wasn't looking for credit or anything.  Just saying, I'm glad someone else noticed this, too :) 

In regards to the appreciation thread, I will say it's sad that the great moments/years he had here will be inevitably overshadowed by how terrible he's finished.  The Orioles, for a real long time, didn't have a big time masher in their lineup.  You might say that Raffy was the last big time power hitter they had, but even then I still don't think of Raffy as a guy who had big time power for some reason, even though I know that inclination is wrong.  I wish Albert Belle's career wasn't cut short because he was fun to watch, a menacing presence and I think he could have had a few seasons of 40-50 homers here.

But Davis was THAT GUY.  Davis was the guy that could go deep 45-50 times a year.  Those teams aren't as good or as fun without him.

I also think he was criminally underrated at first base, I think he should have had a Gold Glove or two.  Fight me.  I don't know or care what the defensive metrics say.  For a big man, he was very agile around the bag and was able to make good scoops and picks on low throws.  Go to the tape, pull up ANY Manny Machado highlight reel tape you want and you'll see Davis on the other end bailing him out on throws.  I'm not taking away anything from Manny but Davis was on the other end with some remarkable picks and stretches to make the out.

All of this to say is that...no matter how much grief we give him on here (and I'm near the front of the line, I freely admit it), I hope we don't forget the good times.  Because the good times were really good and really fun, fleeting as they were.  

 

Read on Bill James that major league 1B scoop about 82% of bounced throws.    It ain’t that hard.   

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Just now, Moose Milligan said:

Not all scoops are created equal, Frob.

I’m aware, MM.

I’m not going to deny Davis was pretty good at it.    Just saying he’s not the only 1B who can pick bad throws.   

Anyway, didn’t mean to detract from the points you made in your post about the good times with CD.

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