Chad Moriyama Dodgers, Sabermetrics, Scouting
Adam Kennedy is batting fifth (yes, fifth) for your Los Angeles Dodgers today, so in honor of that event, I thought I would breakdown a swing that he took against Clayton Richard of the San Diego Padres yesterday.
IT’S SUPER IMPORTANT!
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Adam Kennedy Thought Analysis: “Down by one? No problem. Adam Kennedy’s here to save the day. Sitting dead red because that’s how Adam Kennedy likes it.”
Adam Kennedy Swing Analysis: Look how strong and hopeful he looks here. Like a proud lion confident that he’s about to rule the plains. Save that image in your head for contrast purposes later.
Adam Kennedy Thought Analysis: “Throwing Adam Kennedy a fastball? LOLOLOLOL!”
Adam Kennedy Swing Analysis: You can tell he thinks he recognizes the pitch here. If you look closely, you can almost see his eyes get wider because he thinks he just got a fastball up in the zone. Yeah … oops.
Adam Kennedy Thought Analysis: “I would be rofling right now if I wasn’t about to crush this baseball like Juan Uribe does the post-game spread. Tie game, incoming.”
Adam Kennedy Swing Analysis: Shit.
Adam Kennedy Thought Analysis: “Aw fuck, is that a slider?”
Adam Kennedy Swing Analysis: Shit.
Adam Kennedy Thought Analysis: *Sigh*
Adam Kennedy Swing Analysis: My favorite part about this is the look of resignation and utter defeat on his face. It permeates the screen and should be used as a flawless example of emoting in acting school.
Adam Kennedy Thought Analysis: “Now I’m gonna get mocked by the blogs again…”
Adam Kennedy Swing Analysis: I enjoy how his head automatically goes down, as if he knows that he’s just started a race to see who can type out the most clever “Adam Kennedy sucks” tweet.
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Seriously though, he sucks.
Now enjoy him going 5-for-5 with 5 home runs today because I wrote this.
He had an Adam Kennedy special hit yesterday, a squibber down the third base line. He also intimidated Edinson Volquez into giving him a walk. What’s amazing is that I can’t recall Kennedy hitting any ball hard this season. I mean anything, not even a hard foul.
I do notice that even his doubles are softly hit.
Not even Chad could jinx him into hitting a home run.
When are we going to start considering Logan Bawcom as a prospect? Seems like he just produces at every level.
I already do.
I AM A GENIUS
AK actually hit the ball hard several times last night. Got a walk as well, and even a clutch hit in the 9th. Chad, let’s see what you can do for Dee!
He’s back to normal now.