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A Complete and Lenghty List of Baseball-Related Things Miguel Olivo is Good At

1. Hitting for power.

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…he’s also pretty good at swinging at every pitch. That’s gotta be mentioned!

by Justin Bopp on Nov 6, 2009 5:16 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

The on with this Swinging Strike (#4)

Jeff Zimmerman - Protecting the world from RBI's and Wins from my mom's guest house.

by Jeff Zimmerman (TucsonRoyal) on Nov 6, 2009 6:32 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

You gotta check out the video also

I was laughing for like 20 minutes.

by vivaelpujols on Nov 7, 2009 1:13 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Link?

Linda's in the cold ground, won't see her anymore
Somewhere out on the highway tonight, the drunken engines roar
It's just one of those things, one of those things
-- Al Stewart, "Accident on 3rd St."
In memory of Nick Adenhart and all victims of drunk driving

by PaulThomas on Nov 7, 2009 2:34 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

2. Positional Adjustment

That counts as a skill, right?

by lookatthosetwins on Nov 6, 2009 5:38 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

What position would that be?

Circus Freak?

Jeff Zimmerman - Protecting the world from RBI's and Wins from my mom's guest house.

by Jeff Zimmerman (TucsonRoyal) on Nov 6, 2009 5:40 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

He keeps the ball from hitting the umpire...

usually

I refuse to set up a signature....DAMMIT

by RoyalPug on Nov 6, 2009 6:30 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

If only he could keep it from hitting the backstop...

I'm not a sabermetrician, but I do play one at Driveline Mechanics.

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by devil_fingers on Nov 6, 2009 11:02 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

(against left-handed pitching)

&
2. throwing the ball hard from home to second

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by benfunke on Nov 6, 2009 8:09 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

See Also

Molina, Bengie

I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."

~Jeff Sackmann

by Charlie Marlow on Nov 6, 2009 8:58 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I was gonna say:

2. Being younger and faster than Bengie Molina

by quincy0191 on Nov 8, 2009 5:23 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Smiling!

He can smile with the best of ’em.

…that’s baseball-related, right?

WTF, self?

by minda33 on Nov 6, 2009 9:40 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I got one

2. So perfectly symbolizing the Kansas City Royals organization.

http://www.capitolavenueclub.com/

by PWHjort on Nov 7, 2009 1:14 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

They actually cut ties with him?

Dayton Moore’s turning things around!

"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it" ~ Mae West

by Blicks on Nov 7, 2009 5:20 PM EST reply actions   0 recs


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