Billy Hamilton Appreciation Thread

[Slateman]

http://m.mlb.com/video/v32234949/cinchc-hamilton-beats-rizzo-for-an-infield-single

Billy Hamilton. Where a routine groundball to first is actually a base hit.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Figure we might as well put a thread together since those won't be the last videos or gifs for Hamilton

 

[Woy]

I'm hijacking this with Billy Burns stuff once the A's call him up.

 

[Slateman]

After going first to third, he scored on a grounder. To third.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

I'm hijacking this with Billy Burns stuff once the A's call him up.

I am hoping a trend develops and we see a bunch of these types of players. I have vague memories of the Astroturf era when every team had a guy like Willie Wilson or Vince Coleman who hit triples up the gap and ran every time they got on base. Baseball lacked that for 20 years.

 

[NAHSTE]

Can we post Joey Gathright gifs in here too?

 

[ThomasTomasz]

Can we post Joey Gathright gifs in here too?

I'm hijacking this with Billy Burns stuff once the A's call him up.

#newthreadspls

 

[NAHSTE]

So we just gonna ignore the fact that Billy Hamilton has been absolutely useless with a bat in his hand so far?

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

So we just gonna ignore the fact that Billy Hamilton has been absolutely useless with a bat in his hand so far?

5-game hit streak snapped. .294/.333/.364 since the first 5 games (not counting last night).

The worst time to have an 0-12 is to start the season, especially for a rookie with all eyes on him. Takes forever to beef up the slash but he's been fine since the first week or so. I just wish he'd try to bunt a little more often. He put down a few bad ones early and seems to have lost confidence in it.

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

The two most wacky things he's done are score from third on the pop up, and the routine single to RF vs the Cards where he just kept going and turned into a stand up double.

 

[NAHSTE]

5-game hit streak snapped. .294/.333/.364 since the first 5 games (not counting last night).

The worst time to have an 0-12 is to start the season, especially for a rookie with all eyes on him. Takes forever to beef up the slash but he's been fine since the first week or so. I just wish he'd try to bunt a little more often. He put down a few bad ones early and seems to have lost confidence in it.

#SSS and arbitrary end points but I'll stand down for now. Back on topic:

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

#SSS and arbitrary end points but I'll stand down for now. Back on topic:

LOL. Hold on a second, mister. You can't say he's been "absolutely useless with the bat" based off of three weeks worth of data, then turn around and throw #SSS back at me when I counter. Be fair.

Also, I always hate the arbitrary end points thing. I gave numbers since the 0-12 & 1-16 start for perspective.

.368/.429/.474 in September. So in the seven weeks of his career, he's basically slumped hard for five games. It's all #SSS at this point.

 

[ThomasTomasz]

The two most wacky things he's done are score from third on the pop up, and the routine single to RF vs the Cards where he just kept going and turned into a stand up double.

He's an electric player, I wish there were more of them. I am sure that Reds fans love him.