Evan Longoria Had a Really Good Day.

by P Brady on Oct 2, 2008 7:44 PM EDT Comment 9 comments

AB #1:

One fastball right down the middle, one fastball parked into the left-center seats.

AB #2:

After taking a curveball at 73 on the outside corner, Vasquez hung a 63 mph curveball high on the outer part of the plate. 420 feet or so later, Vasquez knew he had made a mistake.

AB #3:

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AB #3:

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One slider: Ball

Two Slider: Ball

Three Slider: Right in the crush zone

Four Slider: Slider with the least vertical "rise" gets singles up the middle.

AB #4:

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Some help from the umps ensures Longoria's Postseason OBP at 1.000.

Overall, Longoria is kind of good, and the second player to hit two home runs in his first two playoff at-bats after Gary Gaetti.

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Personally I found the MVP chants a little bit too much

But he is our best player. By far. And it isn’t even close.

The truth is if you want a MVP based on the writers then perhaps it is someone else. But if you want the true most valuable player in major league baseball it is none other than Evan Longoria. He transformed this team. And he is leading this team. That is value.

by matthan on Oct 2, 2008 8:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs