Saturday, September 14, 2024

⚾️Baseball Mostly 9/12

 “Players who bat without batting gloves, Moises Alou, also Bryce Hoppa, Vlad Guerrero Jr., Vlad Guerrero Sr., to name a few. I love it, dude.


Outfield, that's right, 6'3, 185, Atlanta, Georgia. July 3rd, 1966, Kenyatta College, Redwood City, California. But went to high school in the Dominican Republic.


1990 through 08, a long career. Six-time All-Star, 97 World Series champ with the Florida Marlins, two-time Silver Slugger, brother of Luis Rojas, cousin of Mel Rojas, Jose Sosa, nephew of Jesus Alou, Maddie Alou, son of Felipe Alou. Quite the baseball family.


Lineage. War number 52 and 18, speaking of war, 39.9, 7,037 at bats, 2134 hits, 332 home runs. Sands the hand protection on the bat.


Because I saw Moises Alou said he loved his bat. He was in love with his bat. And you can only truly be in love with the bat if you go direct fingers to wood contact without any batting loves.


So there you go. 303 batting average. Wow, dude.


As far as these days go, that is off the charts for career batting average. 1,942 games in 17 seasons. Missed the entire 1991 and 1999 seasons because of injuries.


1,109[…]”


From Baseball Mostly: 911~TOTD #421⚾️HOF or Not❓Moises Alou, Sep 12, 2024

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baseball-mostly/id1454163890?i=1000669322852

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