Figgy's recent hot streak thanks to Haynes

by foxpaw on Jun 8, 2007 1:02 PM PDT

According to an article in LA Daily News Figgins credits some batting advice given to him by Nathan Haynes for his recent resurgence after his two-day benching:

"The things he said were real important because it's not your at-bats or the things you're doing wrong but to just try something different," Figgins said. "What he told me has been working."

Neither one is giving specifics on what words of wisdom Nate shared with Chone.

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Exact words

Stop sucking, slap the damn ball. Stop listening to GA and Hatcher.

by Pwn on Jun 8, 2007 1:01 PM PDT reply actions

That's real close...

...but what he actually said was, "if you don't start hitting (and fielding) I am going to take you f'ing job and they are going to ship you to Kansas City..."

Stop swinging at balls out of the zone!

by K3YEROUT on Jun 8, 2007 8:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Probably went something like this:

Haynes: Hey Figgy why are you crying during BP?
Figgins: Mike won't play me, wahhhhh!
Haynes: Dude, STFU, do you realize how lucky you are? I dream every night about getting called up to the bigs to have Sosh bench me. This is awesome!
Figgins: Really?
Haynes: Yea man. You better watch out or Stoneman will say Beetlejuice 3x real fast and you'll find yourself back in Salt Lake. Let me tell you AAA sucks. So get out there and take BP and stop crying.

Then Figgins went on to take BP seriously and without tears in his eyes and actually started hitting the ball. The end.

by LosAngel on Jun 9, 2007 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions

It seems

as though he's hitting more line drives through holes or over infielders. Part of that is luck, but part of that is not trying to hit the ball over the fence, resulting in weak fly balls or pop ups.

by Ty Webb on Jun 8, 2007 1:22 PM PDT reply actions

what does say about hatcher/figgins

hatcher has done a good job turning around napoli and kotchman recently but you don't think hatcher tried to help him out, it's only his job. still figgins would rather listen to a guy who didn't have a single mlb at bat until 7-10 ago. i'm glad that he turned his swing around, it's great for the team but i think since he signed the extension before last season his attitude has totally changed.

by thejd on Jun 8, 2007 1:26 PM PDT reply actions

Just to stir the pot....

if Mickey was black, would Chone listen?

by Ty Webb on Jun 8, 2007 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions

OMFG RACIST

Lol, yeah you are probably right

by Pwn on Jun 8, 2007 1:36 PM PDT up reply actions

Ty, Racist?

Figgins is the one who won't listen to a white coach.

joking

JOKING

I should be working right now...

by thrill000 on Jun 8, 2007 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Could very well be

That it's not a race thing, but a "mickey hatcher is a crazy cook thing, and I'm not listening to him anymore".

I dunno.

by Ty Webb on Jun 8, 2007 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions

Who really listens to Htach anyway?

Oakland sucks....

by Crapper John MD on Jun 8, 2007 2:16 PM PDT reply actions

Oooops...Hatch...

Oakland sucks....

by Crapper John MD on Jun 8, 2007 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions

Figgy

Won't listen to Maury Wills...

I think that says enough.

by cupie on Jun 8, 2007 2:18 PM PDT reply actions

EXACTLY

I'm giving Figgins a big F U.

by hauldog on Jun 8, 2007 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions

That he's sane?

Maury Wills has been giving the same self-glorifying lecture for more than three decades now. One of Figgy's problems has probably been that he's listened too much, by bunting his fool head off when he's just not a good bunter.

And listen, you just-slap-the-ball-on-the-ground fanatics -- there's a reason Herb Washington didn't stick in the bigs (and wasn't even, in fact, a particularly good base-stealer). If speed, slapping, and left-handedness were all that you needed to be a successful big-league hitter, then Morris Nettles shoulda been da bomb.

Slap-and-run works for about two players -- Ichiro and Luis Castillo. Ichiro can flat-out hit, and Castillo has a lower career OPS+ than ... Chone Figgins! Mostly because Figgins can actually drive the ball, too.

by mattwelch on Jun 8, 2007 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions

Dear Matt with two T's

i hate the softball style of slapping the ball around. I agree with you.

I was referencing Maury Wills offering to help Shawn learn how to bunt the ball.

by cupie on Jun 8, 2007 4:16 PM PDT up reply actions

Got it

Weirdly, I don't think it's from lack of effort (Figgy's bunting deficit). Otherwise why would he work on it every damned spring, and bunt way too damned much during the season? Is it possible that some people just can't become good bunters?

by mattwelch on Jun 8, 2007 4:26 PM PDT up reply actions