MLB: Hillman wants leadoff hitter to be on base as often as possible

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South Side Sox: Front Page Posts found this 3/9/2008 on www.baseballthinkfactory.org [flag]
Cool...everybody’s reading Bill James! But DeJesus is the Royals’ leadoff batter so let’s look at another category dear to the heart of new manager Trey Hillman—on-base percentage. Last season DeJesus’ OBP was .351, tied for third on the club with Esteban German. Joey Gathright was first at .371 and Mark Teahen second at .353. “I always set high, lofty OBPs for leadoff hitters and No. ... [link]

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Spring Training Game #14: White Sox @ Padres -- Jose Contreras vs. Randy Wolf
Published 3/9/2008 by thewizardsofoz <info@southsidesox.com> at South Side Sox: Front Page Posts
... MLB.tv, Radio: MLB.radio (Live Boxscore; MLB Gameday) Sox: Ozuna, SS; Ramirez, 2B; Dye, RF; Fields, 3B; Anderson, LF; Eldred, 1B; Phillips, C; Bourgeois, CF; Contreras, P Padres: Hairston, CF; Gerut, LF; Kouzmanoff, 3B; Gonzalez, A, 1B; Bard, C; McAnulty, RF; Gonzalez, Ed, 2B; Rodriguez, SS; Wolf, P ***** In other news, Speaking of blasphemy, how can these guys bat leadoff a guy who doesn't steal? (hat-tip BBTF). Nick Pietruszkiewicz wants Kenny to bring Barry Bonds to the South Side. ...

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