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Nook liked jim1961's post in the thread 2024 Season Astros General Discussion Thread.
Sounds like baseball may have been what held him together. Folks going through personal crisis need a constant in their life....
Apr 15, 2024 at 10:22 PM -
Nook liked Radricky's post in the thread 2024 Season Astros General Discussion Thread.
Wasn’t he the hitting coach for half a season? I seem to remember the team responding well.
Apr 15, 2024 at 10:18 PM -
Nook replied to the thread 2024 Season Astros General Discussion Thread.
Bagwell has discussed it in relation to other questions from the press before. I have flat out asked him before when I was working the...
Apr 15, 2024 at 10:18 PM -
Nook liked Joe Joe's post in the thread 2024 Season Astros General Discussion Thread.
More power helps, but Bagwell's eye, power that wasn't chopped liver, bat-to-ball skills, incredibly high level of baserunning skill,...
Apr 15, 2024 at 10:00 PM -
Nook liked Buck Turgidson's post in the thread 2024 Season Astros General Discussion Thread.
..."not everybody can be Scott Cooper"
Apr 15, 2024 at 9:59 PM -
Nook replied to the thread 2024 Season Astros General Discussion Thread.
I don’t disagree with you that Bagwell had a high natural intellect for the game of baseball. However - I don’t think that keeps him...
Apr 15, 2024 at 9:58 PM -
Nook liked Joe Joe's post in the thread 2024 Season Astros General Discussion Thread.
Baseball values high end results. I'd assume conventional approaches have less variance because a consistent hitter is one that doesn't...
Apr 15, 2024 at 1:42 PM -
Nook replied to the thread 2024 Season Astros General Discussion Thread.
Bagwell is just incredibly gifted? They would have been news... he wasn't a big time prospect, he was stuck behind Cooper with the Red...
Apr 15, 2024 at 1:40 PM -
Nook replied to the thread 2024 Season Astros General Discussion Thread.
They go together - and often times what the analytics say just confirm what the scouts see with their own eyes. There have been some...
Apr 15, 2024 at 1:37 PM -
Nook replied to the thread 2024 Season Astros General Discussion Thread.
This is the kind of stupid **** that annoys me about Baseball Prospectus or other publications. Jose Altuve hit .390 in the minor...
Apr 15, 2024 at 1:35 PM -
Nook replied to the thread 2024 Season Astros General Discussion Thread.
If Bagwell believed that, he never would have changed his swing to generate power. He also wouldn't have increased his muscle strength....
Apr 15, 2024 at 1:30 PM -
Nook replied to the thread 2024 Season Astros General Discussion Thread.
They don't think it is a contradiction. Jeff Bagwell used the same logic to become a Hall of Famer. Bagwell was a high batting average...
Apr 15, 2024 at 1:28 PM -
Nook liked Screaming Fist's post in the thread 2024 Season Astros General Discussion Thread.
Ronel Blanco has the second lowest expected wOBA in baseball with min 250 pitches thrown. That group includes Tyler Glasnow.
Apr 15, 2024 at 11:48 AM -
Nook liked rocketsjudoka's post in the thread 2024 Season Astros General Discussion Thread.
Hopefully this means things start settling in for the Stros.
Apr 15, 2024 at 11:48 AM -
Nook liked rockbox's post in the thread 2024 Season Astros General Discussion Thread.
The five and a half foot guy at second base can kinda hit the ball pretty good.
Apr 15, 2024 at 11:48 AM
