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I am apparently about a day late on the Barry vs. Sammy argument, but since John Hill is the only one who alluded to Chad's comment (#72) how I would have answered it:
"The more you are willing to swing, the more pitches in the zone you will see. Sosa gets more hittable pitches cause pitchers try to get him out. That leads to Sosa seeing more mistakes in the zone. That leads to more homers. If bonds was will to swing at pitches just off the plate, pitchers would be throw him more pitches."
The reason Barry doesn't swing at balls outside of the zone is because he is a team player who wants a world series title. Barry knows his extra IBB's and OBP lead to more runs.
A comparison of 'Runs not accounted for by the home run' from 1997-2004:
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Year | Bonds | Sosa |
| 2004 | 84 | 34 |
| 2003 | 66 | 59 |
| 2002 | 71 | 73 |
| 2001 | 56 | 82 |
| 2000 | 86 | 56 |
| 1999 | 57 | 51 |
| 1998 | 83 | 68 |
| 1997 | 83 | 54 |
| ---- | --- | --- |
| Total | 586 | 477 |
- During this period Sammy has had 115 IBB, and 509 Unintentional Bases On Balls.
- Barry on the other hand has had 378 IBB, and 842 unintentional walks.
- Oh, and by the way since '97 Barry has 369 home runs, while Sammy has 403. So yes, Sammy may be hitting some additional home runs, but the net effect is that Barry has scored 109 more runs than Sammy because he gets on base more.
Posted by: Cubdom Byron at November 8, 2004 12:11 PM
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