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Felipe Alou: Is He Afraid of the Walk?
November 20, 2002 - Dan Crosswell
I am a historian trained to examine the sources. Here is the historical evidence on the Alou paranoia for taking a pitch. Felipe Alou's lifetime OBA was .348, a mere .048 above his lifetime batting average. Configured for a 162 game season, he drew 33 BB [16% IBB]. Matty drew 30 BB for 162 games; Jesus an amazing 16. Alou infected the entire Montreal chain--check the numbers. It is not only about drawing BB, it is going deep in the count. And as something of a purist, what irritated me most about his Expo teams was their miserable execution on defense. They had the fundamentals of a bad junior high team. As a manager, Alou remains grossly overrated.
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