Posted February 28, 200321 yr comment_3229 Matsui homered in his ST debut.What a good sign for the yanks and a bad sign for us when we face them. :blink: Matsui Homered in ST Debut Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3230 He'll hit 40 HR.................. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3230 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3231 He'll hit 40 HR.................. No he wont. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3232 He's got the signs...Why won't he? Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3233 We wont face the yanks this year beckett. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3234 Yea, we play the BoSox in inter-league play, not the Yanks... Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3234 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3235 He's got the signs...Why won't he? Trust me on this one. He wont hit 40 homeruns this year. maybe in the 30s...not 40. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3235 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3236 I think he will hit between 35-40 homers Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr Author comment_3237 Yea he will hit about 32-27 homers for sure no lower than 32... Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3238 Yea he will hit about 32-27 homers for sure no lower than 32... I think you mean 32-37 homers. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3239 Just because a guy hits a home run in his first game means he'll hit 40? Not quite. While Matsui has a reputation in Japan for being a home run hitter, baseball is different here than there- the balls are different sizes, the level of pitching is different... Mike Redmond had three hits with a home run in his major league debut. Does that mean he was going to be a power hitter? No. It is simply part of the "normal curve"- over time, according to probability, what is supposed to happen does happen. He only got one more homer that season. I do believe Matsui has the power to be a great hitter, both for contact and home runs, though you can't expect that immediately. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3239 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr Author comment_3240 Just because a guy hits a home run in his first game means he'll hit 40? WE never said that. We are predicting those homers because of his past. He has tremendous power and contact. He was the best homerun hitter right now in japan and was tearing up that league so he came here for some competition.... Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3241 Just because Ichiro did it, does not mean every other player will do it. What power hitter playing in Japan has translated that success into MLB success? I can think of one. Big Daddy. You name me another couple. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3242 There haven't been, in my memory, any power hitting players from Japan coming to US in recent years, so there is really nobody to compare him to... Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3242 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3243 There have been numerous players who have had success in Japan hitting the baseball who have then gone on to make a run or another run at MLB. They just were not Japanese. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3243 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr Author comment_3244 Look at ichiro...he was like the best contact hitter over there and here he was the best in 2001...thats another example even though it is not homers... Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3244 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3245 I am looking for homerun hitters.... Not contact hitters.... Two different species. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3245 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3246 Exactly. Burnitz=Power Castillio=Contact Bonds=Both Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3246 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr Author comment_3247 Exactly. Burnitz=Power Castillio=Contact Bonds=Both We are talking about power hitter in japan JC. :plain Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3247 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3248 lol. OK! Power in Japan= Matsui Contact in Japan= Ichiro Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3248 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3249 Josh..... You still have not answered my first question about what power hitters recently have come to MLB and had success. I named one. You named none. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3249 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3250 Das, what is with this fixation you have with debating with me... Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3250 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3251 Its fun. I am still waiting. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3251 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 1, 200321 yr comment_3252 Matsui has all the talents to succeed. He has done a good job in Japan. He will achieve success though, not by hitting homeruns, but by becoming a contact hitter. Home runs will follow. If you knew anything about baseball and about how to succeed in this game you would know this. The jury is out on Japanese players being successful offensive stars. You have one that has achieved success. Nobody else yet. And Ichiro is special and plays on a level far and above that of other players. Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
March 2, 200321 yr comment_3253 Das, I think he kinda answered for me... Link to comment https://www.marlinsbaseball.com/topic/285-matsui-homered-in-st-debut/?&do=findComment&comment=3253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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