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vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 5/27/2008
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SI photo gallery of players who have been hitting .400 or higher in June or later.
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... Chipper’s ability to hit .400 into late June this 2008 was due in large part to his characteristic approach of varying his swing in different situations. A switch hitter who can hit homers (slamming his 400th career HR this year) and win a batting title, Chipper goes with pitches, adjusts to situations, goes opposite field, in the gap, and can pull the ball for a homer at the right time. He doesn’t have the same slug away mentality every time he’s in the box (Ryan Howard, Andruw Jones, Jim Thome to name a few) and so he can hit .364 and not ...
