Joe Mauer and the Quest for .500 (or .400, as it will eventually become)

MorseMoose · 05-24-2009, 09:21 PM

Mauer is about to reach 80 at bats with (at least) 35 hits. The guy has been absolutely on fire. He has 10 homeruns (his career high is 13 in 600 AB) which puts him just a couple behind Morneau (who has played in every game this year).

The biggest question will be whether or not Mauer reaches enough plate appearances to qualify. He missed the entire month of April and will need like 100 PA over the rest of the year.

So knock on wood, but here's to Joe Mauer and .500!!

jbergey22 · 05-24-2009, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MorseMoose

Mauer is about to reach 80 at bats with (at least) 35 hits. The guy has been absolutely on fire. He has 10 homeruns (his career high is 13 in 600 AB) which puts him just a couple behind Morneau (who has played in every game this year).

The biggest question will be whether or not Mauer reaches enough plate appearances to qualify. He missed the entire month of April and will need like 100 PA over the rest of the year.

So knock on wood, but here's to Joe Mauer and .500!!

He will get enough AB's as long as he doesnt get hurt again. 45 games after tonight X 3.1 = 139.5 and after tonight assuming 4 plate appearences he will be at 99

Russ · 05-24-2009, 09:41 PM

That home run he hit tonight was crushed. Dude is a stud.

Russ · 05-24-2009, 09:48 PM

Morneau is a pimp too by the way.

MorseMoose · 05-24-2009, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jbergey22

He will get enough AB's as long as he doesnt get hurt again. 45 games after tonight X 3.1 = 139.5 and after tonight assuming 4 plate appearences he will be at 99

He needs 502 PA, if I remember correctly. He's had about 100 PAs so far. Which means he'll need about 400 PA over the next 4 months. That averages to be 100 PA per month. That isn't a lot, but he can't miss too many games.

MorseMoose · 05-24-2009, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Russ

That home run he hit tonight was crushed. Dude is a stud.

I'm pissed...my cable box went out and I can't watch it on TV...damn Charter!

Russ · 05-24-2009, 10:13 PM

Upper deck right field. About ten rows from the back wall.

MorseMoose · 05-24-2009, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Russ

Upper deck right field. About ten rows from the back wall.

bull**** 10 rows from the back row. no way. that's like a monster blast. hardly even a homerun...thats like an eruptal explosion of a boom-bang blam

jbergey22 · 05-24-2009, 10:27 PM

Them two are fun to watch. Two of the 3 best players in baseball the way they are playing right now. I didnt expect this power display from Mauer this year.

Russ · 05-25-2009, 12:28 AM

For real. It was like 10 rows.

andymac · 05-25-2009, 12:42 AM

Roids

Jonzard · 05-25-2009, 02:40 AM

Naw, they only get on those when they leave Minnesota

jbergey22 · 05-25-2009, 07:08 AM

Yeah, Mauer doesnt need to take roids. He has been a pure hitter since birth. It was just a matter of time before he started hitting for power with a swing and eye like he has.

Lets just say if he was taking roids it would be the most stunning news Id ever heard.

andymac · 05-25-2009, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jbergey22

Lets just say if he was taking roids it would be the most stunning news Id ever heard.

My post was a joke, but really? We are talking about a guy who already has, possibly chronic, knee issues. His power numbers have been somewhat disappointing in two consecutive seasons after putting up a .507 SLG in '06 and is coming off some type of odd injury. I mean, there is a decent chance that he has been on legal steroids for the last few months. To be shocked if you found out he is on some type of illegal steroid would just be naive at this point. Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez were called "pure hitters" as well.

jbergey22 · 05-25-2009, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by andymac

My post was a joke, but really? We are talking about a guy who already has, possibly chronic, knee issues. His power numbers have been somewhat disappointing in two consecutive seasons after putting up a .507 SLG in '06 and is coming off some type of odd injury. I mean, there is a decent chance that he has been on legal steroids for the last few months. To be shocked if you found out he is on some type of illegal steroid would just be naive at this point. Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez were called "pure hitters" as well.

Well in todays game anything is possible and I kind of figured you were kidding that is why I didnt quote your comment.

Mauer is one of the most level headed players I have ever seen and his maturity is off the charts. He was born in the St Paul area and is loved in Minnesota. The kid has had so much pressure on him since he arrived and yet nothing has seemed to phase him. Ive never seen or heard anything negative that he has done so it would be stunning to me. He is far from the pompous ass that he could have been growing up a 2 sport stud.(offered a scholarship to play QB at FSU)

MorseMoose · 05-25-2009, 10:32 AM

Finally got to see it. It was 10 rows from the curtain

. But my goodness...Crede's was a blast, Morneau's was a blast and Mauer's was a blast.

I'm not saying steroids, but could the Metrodome being doing something different with their air conditioning? I mean...wow. I haven't seen the Twins hit balls like that ever. They're in 5th for HRs this year - tied with the RED SOX!

Alright...I checked.
.033 HRs per at bat at the Metrodome
.032 HRs per at bat away

.16 RBIs per at bat at the Dome
.12 RBIs per at bat away

Le Grande Orange · 05-25-2009, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jbergey22

The kid has had so much pressure on him since he arrived and yet nothing has seemed to phase him.

I think you mean nothing has seemed to faze him.

Jonzard · 05-25-2009, 05:21 PM

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TribeFanInNC · 05-25-2009, 05:30 PM

I suppose if I asked to wait until July or August to talk about this I would be a killjoy. I'm more in the camp of 'let's see if he can string together 300 ABs without a DL visit before we start talking about hitting .400'.

jbergey22 · 05-25-2009, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Le Grande Orange

I think you mean nothing has seemed to faze him.

Thanks for the correction

05-24-2009, 09:21 PM	#1
MorseMoose Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6,023 Blog Entries: 4 Infractions: 1/1 (1)	Joe Mauer and the Quest for .500 (or .400, as it will eventually become) Mauer is about to reach 80 at bats with (at least) 35 hits. The guy has been absolutely on fire. He has 10 homeruns (his career high is 13 in 600 AB) which puts him just a couple behind Morneau (who has played in every game this year). The biggest question will be whether or not Mauer reaches enough plate appearances to qualify. He missed the entire month of April and will need like 100 PA over the rest of the year. So knock on wood, but here's to Joe Mauer and .500!!

05-24-2009, 09:41 PM	#3
Russ All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Essex HON! Posts: 1,924 Blog Entries: 1 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	That home run he hit tonight was crushed. Dude is a stud. __________________ If you don't love Russ, you don't love America. This post brought to you by Carl's Jr.

05-24-2009, 09:48 PM	#4
Russ All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Essex HON! Posts: 1,924 Blog Entries: 1 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Morneau is a pimp too by the way. __________________ If you don't love Russ, you don't love America. This post brought to you by Carl's Jr.

05-24-2009, 10:13 PM	#7
Russ All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Essex HON! Posts: 1,924 Blog Entries: 1 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	Upper deck right field. About ten rows from the back wall. __________________ If you don't love Russ, you don't love America. This post brought to you by Carl's Jr.

05-25-2009, 12:28 AM	#10
Russ All Star Starter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Essex HON! Posts: 1,924 Blog Entries: 1 Infractions: 0/1 (1)	For real. It was like 10 rows. __________________ If you don't love Russ, you don't love America. This post brought to you by Carl's Jr.

05-24-2009, 10:27 PM	#9
jbergey22 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,481	Them two are fun to watch. Two of the 3 best players in baseball the way they are playing right now. I didnt expect this power display from Mauer this year.

05-25-2009, 12:42 AM	#11
andymac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Effingham, IL Posts: 5,725	Roids __________________ June Madness: Links FTB: andymac

05-25-2009, 02:40 AM	#12
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	Naw, they only get on those when they leave Minnesota __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

05-25-2009, 07:08 AM	#13
jbergey22 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,481	Yeah, Mauer doesnt need to take roids. He has been a pure hitter since birth. It was just a matter of time before he started hitting for power with a swing and eye like he has. Lets just say if he was taking roids it would be the most stunning news Id ever heard.

05-25-2009, 10:32 AM	#16
MorseMoose Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6,023 Blog Entries: 4 Infractions: 1/1 (1)	Finally got to see it. It was 10 rows from the curtain . But my goodness...Crede's was a blast, Morneau's was a blast and Mauer's was a blast. I'm not saying steroids, but could the Metrodome being doing something different with their air conditioning? I mean...wow. I haven't seen the Twins hit balls like that ever. They're in 5th for HRs this year - tied with the RED SOX! Alright...I checked. .033 HRs per at bat at the Metrodome .032 HRs per at bat away .16 RBIs per at bat at the Dome .12 RBIs per at bat away

05-25-2009, 05:21 PM	#18
Jonzard Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,647	11 __________________ For a scientist must indeed be freely imaginative and yet skeptical, creative and yet a critic. There is a sense in which he must be free, but another in which his thought must be very precisely regimented; there is poetry in science, but also a lot of bookkeeping. — Sir Peter B. Medawar FTB

05-25-2009, 05:30 PM	#19
TribeFanInNC Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 4,019	I suppose if I asked to wait until July or August to talk about this I would be a killjoy. I'm more in the camp of 'let's see if he can string together 300 ABs without a DL visit before we start talking about hitting .400'.