Paciorek: Making a Better A-Rod

• noonzy

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  Not bad stuff from a former major leaguer.  Scary to think that ARod could be better.

  Posted 8/12/2008 [reply] [flag]

• Fred9964

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  The question is whether he really should even try to change something.  Already the best hitter in the game, he should just keep doing what he's doing.

  Posted 8/13/2008 [reply] [flag]

• tynansanger

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  And he's not even a Bleacher Creature!

  Posted 8/13/2008 [reply] [flag]

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Dugout Central: Paciorek: Making a Better A-Rod
Published 8/12/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Dugout Central: Paciorek: Making a Better A-Rod I can’t go through this now...I’m too busy trying to figure out what the hell a Sha-Weez is! The most proficient batters are those who give 100% so that they can maximize their talents. But if the principle to which they commit their efforts is not founded on an exact science, then the results of those efforts will be highly imperfect at best, and ultimately discouraging to all earnest seekers of optimum accomplishment. If the practice of an imperfect principle is what diminishes the quality of their work as batters, ...

Top O' The Order: Bobby Thigpen gets his J.D. Salinger on
Published 8/13/2008 by 'Duk at Big League Stew
... With the Rays just a speck on the horizon and time rapidly fading away, should the Yankees even bother having Joba Chamberlain pull his arm from that giant tub of ice? [River Avenue Blues] 4. Josh Hamilton says he's willing to help Jeff Allison, another high draft pick who fell into the trap of drugs but is back playing pro baseball. [Boston Herald] 5. Is it possible to make a better A-Rod? [Dugout Central]

Bronx Banter: Peg o My Heart
Published 8/13/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... ). For his career, Rodriguez is .302/.403/.553 with runners in scoring position. Still, over at Dugout Central, John Paciorek has some thoughts as to how Rodriguez can be even better: Let's compare Rodriguez to Barry Bonds and [Albert] Pujols and see if we can figure out what's going on. Rodriguez does something that the other two don't (or potentially in the case of Bonds "didn't") – and the result is that he has a larger margin for error. This error margin is what holds him back from being even better. When Bonds bats, his front foot hardly lifts off the ground. It moves ...