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What's up dawg?

Is that something to be proud of?

That all depends on:

a) Whether you like me or not
b) Whether you like insanity

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results each time, so I don't think what you're doing is classified as insanity.

And, yes, I like you.

I had no idea that was the actual definition of insanity, and I like you too

Anyways, enough derailing this thread, dtigers, make an update so it looks like we weren't spamming as much as we really were

As defined by Albert Einstein, and yes please dtigers.

I don't think it's entirely unrealistic for a team to assign ratings on a 100-point scale, and I needed some way to give you guys his abilities in a first-person log. I didn't even include things like reaction time or durability, just the basic ones that can be scouted fairly easily. And I didn't say anything about "overall".

I'll get to work on an update after the Tiger game.

Week of April 10th, 2011

In our last two games against the Lookouts, I pinch hit twice. First, I hit a sacrifice fly with runners on first and third and nobody out, although it was a fairly meaningless run in our 7 to 3 loss. In the last game of the series, I came in to lead off the top of the 9th up by one. I hit a towering but routine fly ball to right field that was ultimately caught, making me 5 for 8 on the series. We did end up winning the game, so we took the series three games to two.

Tuesday was a travel day, but a fairly short one at that. After about a three hour bus ride, I had the rest of the day off, which I used to relax. My agent called and suggested that I ask to be moved to right field, where I could compete more directly with the starter, but I told him I was fine where I was, at least for now. I checked the MLB standings later in the day. The Cubs were just 4-7 on the year. I called my parents. It went to voice mail.

I sat out the series opener against the Biscuits, but I was inserted once again as the clean-up hitter on Thursday. I guess that even though my starts have been infrequent, getting put in as the 4-hitter must be a good sign. That's what my agent told me, anyway. I went 0 for 5. We won in extras.

I was surprised when I showed up the next day to find myself in the starting lineup again. I hadn't expected it after my performance the day before, but I was happy nonetheless. I slapped an RBI single in the first inning and grounded out in the second. In my third at-bat, I flew out to left on the first pitch, and Dancy told me I needed to be more patient. I flew out after five pitches my next time up. We won again, 7 to 1.

I started my third straight game on Saturday, so Dancy must be seeing something that I'm not. I went 1 for 5 and ended the game with a double play ball. The final score was 5-3. After the game, I asked our hitting coach what he thought.

"You're a good, patient hitter who rarely strikes out and hits the ball hard. That's all we can really ask."

Overall, it wasn't a very good week.

Stats
7-22, .318, 0 HR, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 3 RBI, 3 R, 0 BB, 1 K, .304 OBP, .318 SLG

Standings
1. Huntsville Stars - 7-2
2. Tennessee Smokies - 5-4
3(t). Chattanooga Lookouts - 4-5
3(t). Carolina Mudcats - 4-5
5. Jackson Generals - 3-6

It wasnt that bad was it?

In slightly related news, reading that felt like total de ja vou for some reason...

That's a pretty good week. If you think you're struggling just bring the difficulty down.

I went 2 for 16 that week, although I was hitting the ball hard most of the time.

MLB '12 doesn't really have a "crush everything" difficulty the way MLB '11 and all previous years did. The hitting between MLB '11 and '12 is so different in difficulty that what translates to a .500 average in MLB '11 is less than a .250 average in MLB '12.

Of course now that I look back at this log, it doesn't seem to actually be from MLB '12, so never mind everything I just said.

I think it is cool that he is having struggles, it makes it seem realistic.

Also, his struggles may be due to purple motivation face.

Yeah, I was just going to say, this is MLB '11.