What Are The Odds: .400

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Rounding the Bases: My Very Own Trough Urinal
Published 9/17/2007 by Adam Godson at Bugs & Cranks
... ] What are the odds that someone hits .400? [ Vegas Watch ] The Dodgers aren t good at chemistry.  Or baseball, really. [ ...

ESPN Reporter Rob Stone Keeps Heather Mitts And Julie Foudy Company
Published 9/17/2007 at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... : • VEGAS WATCH crunches the numbers to figure out who's got the best bet to hit .400 . • STUPID SIDELINE REPORTERS gaze into their crystal football, as they compile ...

SAINT ANDREW'S NET: SEXY MITTS!
Published 9/17/2007 at With Leather - The official sports gossip blog for attractive people
... Vegas Watch predicts who might hit .400.  What about ...

The Roundup: Soft on Maas, More on Oden and Another Boston Coach Cheating
Published 9/17/2007 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... If these are the best candidates for .400, it ain’t happening soon. (Vegas Watch) ...

Blogdome: Angry Bruins
Published 9/17/2007 by Leitch at Deadspin
... • Anyone ever gonna hit .400 again? [Vegas Watch] ...

Lazy Monday Links: The House of Pain
Published 9/17/2007 by Stan M. at The Ghosts of Wayne Fontes
... The impossible .400 (Vegas Watch) ...

Afternoon Blog Buffet: Vote or Die!, OJ audio, Shelley Duncan is a prick
Published 9/17/2007 by NDub at Construda
... . It's also a miracle the Lions are 2-0. (Detroit Free Press) What are the odds of a current MLB player hitting the monumental .400 batting average in a season? (Vegas Watch) Here's how the New England Patriots cheated. FoxSports' Jay Glazer got his intrepid hands on ...

THE AFTER PARTY
Published 9/17/2007 by DCScrap at Epic Carnival - Pop Culture, Sports, Celebrities, Babes, Rumors, Innuendo
... The ability to hit .400 is a very different "skill" than the ability to put together a long hit streak. For hitting streaks, you want as many at bats as possible. However, hitting lower in the order, and drawing a lot of walks, increase your chances of hitting for a high average. With that in mind, here are 10 guys most likely to hit .400. (Vegas Watch) ...

The Power Outage of ‘07
Published 9/17/2007 by Nick Underhill at IWS Sports Blog

Vegas Watch: What Are The Odds: .400
Published 9/18/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Vegas Watch: What Are The Odds: .400 If only, Angel Bravo...if only. 8. Magglio Ordonez (33 years old, .322 BA in 05-07) Career odds: 1 in 5165 2008 odds: 1 in 36154 Before this year, Magglio had never hit above .320; right now, he s at .357. If he went 42/45 down the stretch, he d be at .401; I tried to run the odds on that, but it just says 0. 10: Robinson Cano (24 years old, .313 BA in 05-07) Career odds: 1 in 8496 2008 odds: 1 in 135924 Cano was third on the hit streak list because he never walks, and he s only 10th on this list for that same reason. It should be noted that he s at least walking more than he used to- his BB% has doubled from 3.0% in 2005 to 6.0% this season. ...

Baseball Today: Tuesday, September 18
Published 9/18/2007 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... TWO SHOTS: The blog Vegas Watch lists Jeter and Robinson Cano among 10 players with a chance to hit .400 some season in their careers. The odds, however, are pretty long. ...

Will Anyone Ever Hit .400 Again?
Published 9/18/2007 by Geoff Young at Knuckle Curve - Baseball News
... That’s the question on the table over at Vegas Watch. I won’t spoil things for you by revealing the 10 most likely active players to hit .400 in a season, but I will agree with the sentiment that if Derek Jeter achieves the feat, we’ll never hear the end of it… ...