"Home runs, I know they're going to come," Heyward said. "I know that's part of my game; I'm not worried about that. But I was just happy about having a good at-bat because he made some good pitches. It was a good at-bat, a good swing."
http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=300308106&teams=atlanta-braves-vs-detroit-tigers
This is the best part about Heyward. He knows the importance of pitch selection and patience.
I think you’re obsessed with Jason Heyward.
Scott Coleman - March 8, 2010
dude, who is Jason Heyward?
Zeus12888 - March 8, 2010
Jim Lelyland compared him to Pujols...
and was extremely complimentary. Saying not only does he have a great swing, but he just doesn’t chase bad pitches, hence the Pujols comp. But still, we should be fearful of rushing him because of what happened with our last RF should-be-star (makes crazy circles with finger next to ear).
Mr. Sanchez - March 9, 2010
But the two are comparable only in that both were home-grown baseball players that played RF. After that, there really is no comparisson of Heyward to Francoeur.
justincredubil02 - March 9, 2010
Fine, there's that, but could you ever imagine...
the following quote at the end of this bit about Francouer?
http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-braves-blog/2010/03/08/heyward-hits-titanic-homer-against-tigers/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_braves_blog
"I’ve never been one that got excited about the distance," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said about the home run. "Anything over the fence counts a point. But obviously a young man that size with the strength he has, he looks like a really good-looking young player.
"I was very impressed with his patience at the plate. That’s what I was impressed with more than anything. He didn’t chase any bad balls. I was impressed with his at-bats. He didn’t even offer at anything unless it was a strike."
Asked how unusual that is in a young player, Leyland paid a large compliment.
"[Albert] Pujols was the other guy I saw who was like that," he said. "That first spring he made the club, [St. Louis pitching coach] Dave Duncan was the guy that wanted him on the team. He said he didn’t see him swing at a bad pitch all spring."
Braves manager Bobby Cox didn’t know about Leyland’s quote when Cox said Monday: "I don’t know if he’s swung at a bad pitch yet this spring."
Mr. Sanchez - March 9, 2010
Basically everything after the italics...
sounds like a Bizarro Francouer, or maybe Francouer was the Bizarro Heyward.
Mr. Sanchez - March 9, 2010
If you are using “Bizarro” in the sense that the expectations for Francoeur and Heyward were relatively the same, but one just simply was not even close to the other in terms of talent or skill level (like a retarded paraplegic superman who coudln’t fly vs Clark Kent), then I agree.
justincredubil02 - March 9, 2010
Bizarro in the Seinfeld/Superman sense...
as in some similarities (Atlanta area out of hs, first round picks with football player builds, RF who join the Braves with a lot of hype but not a lot of experience above A ball), but the differences are complete opposites.
Mr. Sanchez - March 9, 2010
haha
Smoltz's Beard - March 9, 2010
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