Post by Fish Troll on Mar 11, 2007 10:03:35 GMT -5
Chavez trying to move beyond catch
Outfielder hit .306 with four homers and 42 RBIs in 2006
By Marty Noble / MLB.com
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- This just in: Endy Chavez batted .306 in 2006.
Not that it matters all that much now, but when the 2006 regular season ended and his hits (108) divided by his at-bats (353) yielded a quotient that featured a "3" just to the right of the decimal point, it was pretty big doings for the young man.
Slugging and on-base percentages and their offspring, OPS, have made batting average a less critical barometer of performance. But a .3-something average still has cache. And Chavez batted .306 in 2006.
Now, though, no one notices. Or, if they do notice, they don't care. An accomplishment of which Chavez is justly proud has been obscured, overshadowed by his going over the wall, superseded by the Superman catch he made in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series in October.
Outfielder hit .306 with four homers and 42 RBIs in 2006
By Marty Noble / MLB.com
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- This just in: Endy Chavez batted .306 in 2006.
Not that it matters all that much now, but when the 2006 regular season ended and his hits (108) divided by his at-bats (353) yielded a quotient that featured a "3" just to the right of the decimal point, it was pretty big doings for the young man.
Slugging and on-base percentages and their offspring, OPS, have made batting average a less critical barometer of performance. But a .3-something average still has cache. And Chavez batted .306 in 2006.
Now, though, no one notices. Or, if they do notice, they don't care. An accomplishment of which Chavez is justly proud has been obscured, overshadowed by his going over the wall, superseded by the Superman catch he made in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series in October.
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