A Chase to Keep Your Eye On

Every year you hear someone talk about the Mendoza line. Typically it's brought up when a miserable picher is up or when a backup catcher is up. Rarely is it ever mentioned for a player who has made multiple all star games and is close to the 300 hundred home run mark. Well this year we are in luck, as of August 6th Richie Sexson's batting average sits at .196. Could he represent ineptitude this season? It's certainly something I will have my eye on the final two months of the season.

"I've assured Richie when he gets going again, he'll be back in there full time." Mariners manager John McLaren

John you mean you will let Richie Play if he starts hitting above the Mendoza line.

Numbers On Steroids: Bret Boone

Numbers on Steroids is a look at baseball players during the 90s to see if anything screams out at you. Mr. Boone was once the best power hitting second baseman in the league. How questionable was his success? Averages Say: Why the extra plateu in his mid 30s? At Bats Per Home Run Says: Lowest at Bats Per Home Runs at 37? Hmm.... Explaining It Away Yeak, this one is tough. Umm, late bloomer? He showed potential power early in his career and he just liked playing in Seattle a lot more than everywhere else? And umm, his career was kind of like a running backs in that it just all of a sudden fell off the map? Any of these convincing you? The Verdict Guy never hits more than 24 home runs in a season and then in his age 32 season he hits 37? And in SafeCo a pitchers park to boot? And he follows that up with 24, 35, 24 homer years still at SafeCo? And then he completely falls off the map in 2005 never to be heard from again? We've got a Screamer... Man Get Big Muscles In 30s. Hm...

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