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Hamels, Utley lead Phillies over Rays in opener

Sports Oct. 23, 2008 - 02:12PM JST ( 4 )

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JohnBeckerOct. 24, 2008 - 12:45AM JST

One down....
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boobugOct. 24, 2008 - 04:34PM JST

Ah yes, the downside of the "slap-hitter" ! Iwamura goes 3-4 but doesn't have the muscle to go yard when his team really needs it !
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Hotbox08Oct. 24, 2008 - 10:21PM JST

Ah yes, the downside of the "slap-hitter" ! Iwamura goes 3-4 but doesn't have the muscle to go yard when his team really needs it !

Clearly from a guy who doesn't understand the game of baseball. If you cared to watch the game, Iwamura got a double in the fifth inning. A "slap-hitter" as you so eloquently put it, hits singles, NOT doubles. Plus, Iwamura hits in the leadoff spot, whose primary job is to get on base, which he did. It's not his fault the rest of his teammates couldn't get even one hit to move him over, or bring him home. In fact, B.J. Upton grounded into two double plays when Aki was on base thus nullifying any scoring chance Aki had. If Aki had hit behind Upton, while Upton was on base, at least you would know that Aki would never have gotten a GIDP. GIDPs are the worst thing to do when you have a man on base. Aki's two singles and double were clean ones and thus would have moved any guy on base over at least one base, rather than gotten the baserunner out.

Only a selfish player would try to swing at every pitch in order to try for a homerun. That is why free-hitters who tend to get a lot of homeruns, also tend to be the ones who lead in strikeouts.

Overall, the Phillies won because they were very aggressive on the basepaths, and benefitted from good pitching from Hamels.
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Hotbox08Oct. 24, 2008 - 10:27PM JST

And to add, Iwamura did drive in a run, which is one more run than 7 other of his teammates did in this game.