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Thursday, May 09, 2013

ESPN: Simon: Andrelton Simmons makes all the plays

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posted 2 weeks ago by spike to atlanta, braves, defense | 5 comment(s)

Entering Wednesday, Simmons had played 680 innings in his major league career and the Baseball Info Solutions (BIS) numbers have him with 30 defensive runs saved. He had 19 in 426 innings last season and already has a major-league best 11 in 254 innings in 2013.

For a little perspective, that’s an incredible number for what amounts to less than half a season’s worth of play. No shortstop has had 30 defensive runs saved in a full season since Troy Tulowitzki had 31 in 2007.

Simmons has been ...

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1. MM1f posted on October 08, 2012 at 09:58 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

What exactly about Murphy's IF fly rule reaction was surprising or controversial? Who on Earth needed Murphy to clarify that?

2. The Long Arm of Rudy Law posted on October 08, 2012 at 10:37 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The infield fly rule thing is about the level of controversy I would expect from Dale Murphy's Twitter feed.

3. Voros McCracken of Pinkus posted on October 08, 2012 at 11:06 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Have they dropped a large rock on the kid with the glasses at the fan cave yet?

4. GregD posted on October 08, 2012 at 11:14 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The infield fly rule thing is about the level of controversy I would expect from Dale Murphy's Twitter feed.

Better yet, a mild comment about the infield fly rule followed by 24 hours of backpedaling and apologizing! If I run him over, I expect him to hobble over to my car and beg my forgiveness for getting in my way as I understandably decided to run that red light.

5. The Long Arm of Rudy Law posted on October 08, 2012 at 11:29 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The "Oh my..." at the end of the Tweet is what really shames Murphy. He knows that, no matter how much chocolate milk he'd had to drink that day, there's no excuse for that kind of language.

6. Chipper Jonestown Massacre posted on October 09, 2012 at 05:41 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

The "Oh my..." at the end of the Tweet is what really shames Murphy.

Really???

It's good enough for Dick Enberg and George Takei...

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