A Complete and Lenghty List of Baseball-Related Things Miguel Olivo is Good At
1. Hitting for power.
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I'd say that a disservice to the word "power"
and the word “hitting.”
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by Justin Bopp on Nov 6, 2009 5:13 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Somewhat related
…he’s also pretty good at swinging at every pitch. That’s gotta be mentioned!
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by Justin Bopp on Nov 6, 2009 5:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
He almost won the yogi Berra Award
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/the-2009-yogi-berra-award/
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by Jeff Zimmerman (TucsonRoyal) on Nov 6, 2009 5:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you for that link, and the link you posted to VEP's Driveline article last month
It was all gold.
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by SFiercex4 on Nov 6, 2009 5:59 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The on with this Swinging Strike (#4)

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

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by Giant among Angels on Nov 7, 2009 11:55 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?
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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
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by RoyalPug on Nov 6, 2009 6:30 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
If only he could keep it from hitting the backstop...
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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
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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
well he clearly loves the game
and that’s an asset.
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by Justin Bopp on Nov 7, 2009 1:06 AM EST up 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!
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by Blicks on Nov 7, 2009 5:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
+1 BRAYAN PENA FUTURE

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by Justin Bopp on Nov 7, 2009 11:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

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