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These Cleats Are Made For Walking: One Lonely White Sock
Happy Monday. I was really hoping that this far into the season I’d be able to open the FanGraphs leaderboards and see that no qualified hitters had yet to walk but ….oh hello there Jeff Keppinger....
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Barry Bonds Walked A Lot
Jake called me yesterday and informed me that he’s been spending this week hiking over 50 miles. “That’s a lot of walking”, I thought. Do you know who else did a lot of walking ? Barry Lamar Bonds. For...
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These Cleats Are Made For Walking: Can Somebody Notice This ?!
Okay, here we are again. It’s the seventh Monday morning of the 2013 season and oh my god Jeffrey Scott Keppinger has still not walked through ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE PLATE APPEARANCES. There are...
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These Cleats Are Made For Walking: RIP Jeff Keppinger
Well, I suppose it was inevitable but that doesn’t make it any easier. Ever since I noticed Jeffrey Scott Keppinger’s walkless existence around 50 plate appearances in, I had made it my duty to spread...
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These Cleats Are Made For Walking: Two Month Update
We’re a little under two months into the 2013 regular season. Last week, we mourned the loss of White Sox second baseman Jeff Keppinger’s epic streak towards OBP disaster. And while his wRC+ remains...
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These Cleats Are Made For Walking: Jeff Keppinger Is Still Amazing
We’re about nine weeks into the 2013 season, and every player with at least 70 plate appearances have managed at least two walks. Doesn’t mean we can’t mock those at the bottom of my favorite...
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These Cleats Are Made For Walking: A New Contender
Don’t have a ton of time for today’s walk-total mockery, but I have to point out a certain Yankee who is following in Kepp’s footsteps. The New York Yankees recently called up third baseman David Adams...
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These Cleats Are Made For Walking: Puig Approaches
This has been a fun journey this year, keeping track of walk totals on a weekly basis. It gives me an unexplained amount of joy to check FanGraphs on Monday mornings to see who’s been impatient this...
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These Cleats Are Made For Walking: Blah
I’ll be honest, there isn’t much standing out to me on this fine Monday. The bottom of the walk leaderboard isn’t nearly as hilarious as it usually is, so I’ll just review the usual and mention a few...
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These Cleats Are Made For Walking: Hey Adam Jones
So basically, Orioles outfielder Adam Jones hasn’t drawn a walk since May 18th. That’s 174 consecutive plate appearances without drawing a walk. He’s now got a 66-8 K/BB ratio through 359 plate...
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These Cleats Are Made For Walking: Update Número Dos
We’re about a month into the season now, and it’s Monday morning. So let’s check in again. Through a total of 688 plate appearances and 193 games played, Welington Castillo, Rajai Davis, Jeff...
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