knightni Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Maybe... http://www.japantoday.com/category/sports/...es-200-hit-mark Ichiro's NBL record is 210. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Matt Murton's always been a pretty good ball player. He plays good D, gets on base, has a bit of power. Thing is, the Cubs totally screwed him up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 26, 2010 -> 01:45 AM) Matt Murton's always been a pretty good ball player. He plays good D, gets on base, has a bit of power. Thing is, the Cubs totally screwed him up. I always liked him myself. Thought he would had been alot better than what he turned out to be. Hell, Beane loved the guy. Really a shame he was never given a legitimate shot in a full season. (closest he had was 455 ABs, where he put up .297/.365/.444/.809, then was reduced to the bench the next year) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Allen Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 (edited) QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 26, 2010 -> 01:45 AM) Matt Murton's always been a pretty good ball player. He plays good D, gets on base, has a bit of power. Thing is, the Cubs totally screwed him up. He's never been a good defensive player. I don't think the Cubs screwed him up. He hit pretty well with them. When they traded him, he did nothing but hit his way to Japan. I don't know how many games they have left, but don't they usually hold the foreign guys out if they can if they are about to break a Japanese player's record? Edited September 26, 2010 by Dick Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Sep 26, 2010 -> 09:46 AM) He's never been a good defensive player. I don't think the Cubs screwed him up. He hit pretty well with them. When they traded him, he did nothing but hit his way to Japan. I don't know how many games they have left, but don't they usually hold the foreign guys out if they can if they are about to break a Japanese player's record? All those advanced metrics say otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderBolt Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 I really liked Murton too. Other then being a pretty decent ballplayer, he was a really cool guy. I hope he keeps making a name for himself out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Murton was not a good defensive outfielder. He had a poor outfield arm and was only capable of playing LF and 1B defensively. Guy was a nice hitter, despite limited power. However, when he went to Oakland he forgot how to hit and I was surprised he wasn't able to make it back after that. I liked him with the Cubs and thought he'd be a real nice AL player when utilized in the right platoon system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Hey DickAllen, did you mean to delete that post? Or did I delete something on accident? Just curious, wanted to make sure I didn't just do a goof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Pratt Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 26, 2010 -> 02:01 PM) All those advanced metrics say otherwise. All those advanced metrics are wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 QUOTE (Gregory Pratt @ Sep 27, 2010 -> 07:23 PM) All those advanced metrics are wrong. Eh, believe whatever you want I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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