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Originally Posted by CJizzles
I agree, sort of. Kind of a small sample size.
We all know Gordon will turn it around.
And what difference does it make about Moustakas' home run? As long as it clears the fence regardless of the time of day, wind factor, etc etc a home run is a home run.
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We don't know that he will turn it around. We have several years of history showing that he won't and one showing that he will. He's back to swinging over the top of pitches. He's rolling over strikes and fanning on hard stuff low and away. When he struggles, he seems to lack the ability to recognize strikes. It's like he swings at a belt-high fastball regardless of what is actually thrown.
As far as Moose goes, of course the HR counted. What I'm saying is that it wasn't really an encouraging sign. He hit a lazy fly ball, and someone happened to put a fence in front of it. Quintero hit a ball 80 feet farther yesterday, and it was an out. I'll get excited when Moose starts squaring up a few pitches. If I play golf, and my drive hits a tree, bounces off the cart path, and bounces back into the middle of the fairway, I'm not going to fool myself into thinking that my swing must be improving just because the result was positive.