Brad Hawpe, Baseball Genius

by Nadingo on Oct 12, 2007 6:23 AM PDT

In Jayson Stark's ESPN column on Colorado's Game 1 win over Arizona, he spends a few paragraphs going on about Brad Hawpe's amazing ability to hit Brandon Webb, based on his 2007 record against him of 11/17 with 13 RBIs. After interviewing other Rockies about Hawpe's dominance and even suggesting that Hawpe should make a "How to Hit Brandon Webb" video, he finally interviews Hawpe himself, who says:

"Aw, he's tough ... and it's just a small handful of at-bats. It's not like it's 500 ABs or something."

And with that, Hawpe has displayed more baseball knowledge than the majority of players, managers, columnists, and fantasy baseball enthusiasts.

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what's kinda neat about Hawpe is that around 70 of his RBI have come with 2 out.

"You guys should be in every major city. This is some heavy shit. This is, like, Lone Ranger heavy, man."

by AZSEAfan on Oct 12, 2007 9:13 AM PDT reply actions

That could be an artifact

of where he bats in the lineup.

by Llewdor on Oct 12, 2007 9:43 AM PDT up reply actions

I mostly agree

I know that "clutch" is for the most part an unmeasurable quality but sometimes things just seem to go right for people in some situations. Probably more luck than anything but there are 6 hole hitters on every team that probably have similar AB's with 2 outs and don't get the job done like this guy.

I doubt that it is a specific skill but it's pretty amazing nonetheless.

"You guys should be in every major city. This is some heavy shit. This is, like, Lone Ranger heavy, man."

by AZSEAfan on Oct 12, 2007 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions