2011 MLB Season Discussion: Joey Votto MVP Edition

[Conrad]

Three 2011 years on that list, two of them on my favorite team right now

8)

[Moss]

I was reading up a bit on his hitting streak, and the consensus is he's still the same hitter as he was last year and early this year, only this time he's actually getting fucking lucky and the balls landing. He's not striking out any more then he did based on previous years averages. Just "bad luck" in finding holes. I know it won't happen, but I think it would be funny to watch Aki's brain melt if Uggla breaks DiMagio's hit streak record.

Am I reading this correctly or are you seriously not giving him credit for knocking the cover off the ball for the past month+.

Hitting .190 = dude sucks
Hitting .350+ during hit streak = LUCK LUCK OMG LUUUUCK

There is luck involved in some of the hits, but seriously. He had two more HR's last night and has been carrying the offense with McCann down.

[Melena]

Am I reading this correctly or are you seriously not giving him credit for knocking the cover off the ball for the past month+.

Hitting .190 = dude sucks
Hitting .350+ during hit streak = LUCK LUCK OMG LUUUUCK

There is luck involved in some of the hits, but seriously. He had two more HR's last night and has been carrying the offense with McCann down.

I just worded it horribly. I know he's been on fire with this streak. I wish I wasn't on my iphone so I could have linked the article, but it was going over previous years of batted balls versus outs - homeruns and other random stats, and it pretty much said Uggla this year has been the same as previous years, just without the breaks to get some hits like he has in previous years.

[Orph]

I read yesterday that he only has 8 multi hit games during the streak, that seems really low.

[Moss]

I just worded it horribly. I know he's been on fire with this streak. I wish I wasn't on my iphone so I could have linked the article, but it was going over previous years of batted balls versus outs - homeruns and other random stats, and it pretty much said Uggla this year has been the same as previous years, just without the breaks to get some hits like he has in previous years.

Ah, ok. He was unlucky early in the year with BABIP and now the pendulum is swinging the other way.

I read yesterday that he only has 8 multi hit games during the streak, that seems really low.

The real "luck" of it is that his hot streak has just happened to have at least one hit in every game. Some of the games he had one infield hit.

[Afrohatch]

Posada's letting the Yankees know what's up lol...

[Bregor]

Posada's letting the Yankees know what's up lol...

Yeah a .681 OPS coming into today...

Spoiler: show

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/ap/3f/fullj...2421243171.jpg

[Bregor]

And another hit for Uggla, this is getting ridiculous now.

[Akiyama]

What do they call him?

That's right.

Dan Uggla.

I will be the first to say that I hated this man to start the year because of his stubborn attitude in regards to his struggling, but whatever the man did to fix that.. just holy shit.

[*Shinzon*]

You know what, the braves can't complain because at least he's not as bad as adam dunn lol.

[Moss]

You know what, the braves can't complain because at least he's not as bad as adam dunn lol.

He was still hitting for power and fielding his position even before the streak, so yeah, not even close to Adam Dunn.

[Moss]

Uggla's numbers against the fastball during the streak: .421 BA .842 SLG 1.318 OPS

DiMUGGLIO

[Melena]

I'm actually happy uggla has turned it around. Picked him up on waivers for my money league lol

[Kyo]

Dan Uggly, dat hit streak. Posada hits a granny and 6 rbi's and Weaver gives up 8, crazy day.

[Cephius]

Uggla's numbers against the fastball during the streak: .421 BA .842 SLG 1.318 OPS

DiMUGGLIO

You know that Joe didn't strike out once over the last 31 games of his streak, and that he hit safely in 16 straight games after his streak was broken? Let's see Duhgla do that!

[fren.]

need a run? np we're bringing in phil hughes

lololol

Speaking of needing runs: .292 team wOBA? lololol

[Demosthenes11]

offense sucked when we won a world series. problem?

[Moss]

You know that Joe didn't strike out once over the last 31 games of his streak, and that he hit safely in 16 straight games after his streak was broken? Let's see Duhgla do that!

cool story dimaggibro

[Headspace]

cool story dimaggibro

Lmao

J-BRUCE

[Headspace]

There have been six games since 2008 where a team hit 7 home runs in a game.

Reds have five of them.

J-BRUCE