Victor Martinez: decent
"Here's David Aardsma's view of the play:
"You know, he's a decent hitter, and right off the bat it was out, but you never know with Ichiro back there. Obvioulsy he can cover a lot of ground and (Martinez) just didn't get enough of it, and Ichiro made a great play on it. He made an awesome play."
Aardsma's use of the word "decent" is interesting, and probably not accidental. In today's Cleveland Plain Dealer, Martinez had this quote on getting shut down by Felix Hernandez and Jarrod Washburn.
"Hernandez and Washburn are two different ptichers. Hernandez is a decent, right-handed pitcher, and Washburn is a decent, left-handed pitcher. You can't compare them, but you have to give them credit.''
Sure sounds like Aardsma was sending a message back to Martinez with his quote, but I could be wrong.
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Fett42
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I read this.
I think it is cool Aardsma would be so savvy about his choice of words, but ultimately English is Martinez’s second language. He might be interpret ‘decent = good’. And after listening to Vitor Artinez on MLB.TV ads, I would guess my theory isn’t too far off.
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