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[Black Jesus]

Time to give Cole Gillispie, Kyle Greene, or heck, Robby Hammock a look.

Maybe even AJ Pollock.

Cowgill is more of an amateur than Oltjen ever was.

 

[DWKB]

Time to give Cole Gillispie, Kyle Greene, or heck, Robby Hammock a look.

Maybe even AJ Pollock.

Cowgill is more of an amateur than Oltjen ever was.

How many looks does Hammock deserve to get?

 

[PoolBoy]

yea cowgill isnt ready. id like to see gillespie get a look. but with this trade for hill and mcdonald you will see more bloomquist in left, cowgill might even get demoted. (he has to be the favorite to leave)

 

[BC867]

As a young kid, despite being a lefty, I was forced to write and eat with my right hand. And to bat righty when playing softball. I was terrible.

At the age of 7 or 8, I went away to camp and saw a kid (who also threw lefty) batting lefty. And I thought, "Maybe I should be doing that."

So the next time, I went up lefty, using my best Stan Musial batting stance. To this day, I will never forget the feeling of hitting a line drive into the alley in right-center for a double. It was better than any orgasm . . . never mind!

My question is -- why is Collin Cowgill, who throws lefty, a righty batter? With a batting average of .137, an on-base percent of .214 and no extra base hits, he is no Ricky Henderson.

And, just as I typed that, he hits a homerun to the opposite field. Karma!

Looking at the big picture, I still think he should experiment switch-hitting. I wonder if our coaching staff has pursued that with him.

 

[devilalum]

Baseball history is littered with stars that came up and laid an egg in their first 50 at bats. He may not be a big league talent but its way to soon to tell.

First home run today!

 

[BC867]

Even better. 4-for-4 with a double to go with the HR. OK, maybe he is a Ricky Henderson.

But he'll have to grow into more than hitting everything to RF. Pitchers will adjust. If he does, one way or the other, he may become a prototype leadoff CF.

'Good game, Collin.