July 29, 201214 yr "He just seems to be smiling a lot more the last couple of days," Choate said. Choate thought that might be because Ramirez was freed of the expectations that were placed on him in Miami. "It seemed there were a lot of expectations fell solely on him and a lot of blame fell solely on him," Choate said. "It just seemed the more that we started failing, the more he started getting blamed." Ramirez didn't discount the theory. He was only 25 when he hit .342 and won the National League batting title. "If you hit .350, they expect you to hit .360, .370 the next year," he said. However, Choate took issue with how anonymous Marlins said they were glad to be rid of Ramirez. "It was basically everybody's fault," Choate said of how the Marlins are fourth in the NL East. "To go behind him and bad-mouthing him is not really fair." While Ramirez wouldn't say anything about his former club, he acknowledged that he felt reinvigorated by the trade. "I'm happy, I'm relaxed," he said. "My mind is completely clean. … We got a chance. It's a different feeling." http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-marlins/sfl-hanley-ramirez-reinvigorated-happy-in-la-20120728,0,6454145.story
July 29, 201214 yr And he don't have an expectations in LA? Please. Not as much as in Miami. The Dodgers' stars are Ethier and Kemp. Hanley was the man here.
July 30, 201214 yr Hanley had Stanton behind him before his injury and wasn't hitting then. He HAD protection. Hanley's POPAWOPBIP turned around once he was traded, it shows where his mindset was- and that was anywhere but here. He played his way out of town like Manny played out of Boston. Hanley's POPAWOPBIP was horrible these past few years.
July 30, 201214 yr Percentage of plate appearances without putting the ball in play. Yes, I googled it, and all I got was a link to a twitter account talking about Morgan Freeman mentioning this stat on Dan Lebatard's show. If you're going to reference some completely obscure stat, say where it's from and what the numbers are. Mentioning it without any context is just a dick move.
July 30, 201214 yr Looks at H2R's brief statline of 4 games in LA... Sly ..y u suck in Miami, but play great in LA?! :exercise
July 30, 201214 yr Hanley has had hot weeks this season as a Marlin also. 2 good games and your week makes you look like Ty Cobb crossed with Babe Ruth.
July 30, 201214 yr He just went 1-5 yesterday. And let's not consider R's and RBI's in the discussion because Dodgers get on base more and they'll drive Hanley in more often. Let's at least give Hanley a month to see how he's done over there. I still think he's become too 'homerun happy' to ever be a high average hitter again.
July 30, 201214 yr Percentage of plate appearances without putting the ball in play. Yes, I googled it, and all I got was a link to a twitter account talking about Morgan Freeman mentioning this stat on Dan Lebatard's show. If you're going to reference some completely obscure stat, say where it's from and what the numbers are. Mentioning it without any context is just a dick move. Sorry, I was trying to fit in with the rest of you stat heads, pulling random sh*t into conversations. I apologize in advance for using said stats in the future.
July 30, 201214 yr I know I might be completely off but I know the Rangers are also looking for bullpen help and I just have this nagging thought in the back of my mind that if we somehow had managed to keep Choate in the Hanley deal, we could've sent JJ and Choate for Olt and the prospects by now... probably not but I can't shake it. Anyone else feel like Choate was alot more than just a throw in? He's really valuable for a playoff team.
July 30, 201214 yr . Anyone else feel like Choate was alot more than just a throw in? He's really valuable for a playoff team. Dodgers probably refused to take on all of Hanley's contract without Choate being included.
July 31, 201214 yr I love the non stop attendance insults from MLB channel. Suddenly every Hanley AB is worth putting on tv.
July 31, 201214 yr Hanley 0/4 tonight with a K :laughpurple it was bound to happen. At home or away? At home. Still batting .333 with a +1.000 OPS for the Dodgers though. So a game like this was coming. I don't want him to fail but I heard so much sh*t from other fans that we got destroyed in the trade that I want him to fail just to shut them all up... Is that petty? :shrugs
August 1, 201214 yr Loria and the wet rat are pieces of sh*t. This is a salary dump all the way. If those assholes were willing to eat some of that contract they could have gotten a much better return. I wish they would sell the team
August 1, 201214 yr Loria and the wet rat are pieces of sh*t. This is a salary dump all the way. If those assholes were willing to eat some of that contract they could have gotten a much better return. I wish they would sell the team Lol okay. Hanley playing and putting up numbers to even half his capability would have increased his value.
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