Orioles 11, Twins 5: Granite’s Great Catch Highlights Final Game of First Half

So now that Zack Granite has made it to the big club, is it time to give him an alternative ego??

Like Super hero Zack Ganite, leaps tall building in a single bound to track down rogue fly balls?

Or

Private Detective Zack Ganite, no fly ball or stolen base can hide from him for long?

Or

Porn Star, Zack Ganite, hard as a rock, and only makes "out calls" while he is working in the field?

Just some jokes to go into the break with

Sure, nobody really expected them to be above .500, but I see more as a missed opportunity than anything else.

One or two affordable bullpen arms, and this team is in first place. The offense and defense are there. The season was basically punted away before it began in that regard.

Great catch by Granite. And hey.... he can go 0-fer as well as Buxton! Seriously though, good luck to the kid. I hope your AAA performance can carry over.

 

I hope that in the future, "not too shabby" is used for hitters hitting over .300 and carrying an OPS in the .800s. I think standards have been lowered as no one on this roster is doing that, in both categories. May Dozier get hot, Sano keep doing but striking out half as much, Kepler keep growing, Buxton finally finding a rhythm and hitting well, and Gordon finally becoming a shortstop to brag about (because it isn't Polanco), and the Twins going 20 games over .500 in the second half. Oh...... and the pitching.......

How many hitters in all of baseball hit over .300?

I don't think a guy needs to be an elite hitter to be described as not too shabby.

Thanks, Tom, for doing these recaps! Over here in the 'Eastern Division' I can enjoy the recap and banter on my bus ride to work. Nice to get the highlights, too!

Keep up the good work-- even tho it's already Monday morning here, so I already know what happened.... ;-)

The re-caps are awesome. Keep them up.

Do we know what's wrong with the Duff Man? I was pretty high on him coming into the year, but he has not rewarded my confidence. Any reason to think this is an anomaly? 

So now that Zack Granite has made it to the big club, is it time to give him an alternative ego??

Like Super hero Zack Ganite, leaps tall building in a single bound to track down rogue fly balls?

Or

Private Detective Zack Ganite, no fly ball or stolen base can hide from him for long?

Or

Porn Star, Zack Ganite, hard as a rock, and only makes "out calls" while he is working in the field?

Just some jokes to go into the break with

How 'bout Stone Cold Granite?

Tons at some point during a season. A lot for a season. Different standards, I guess. But OK, not too shabby.

Well there are only 32 guys in all of baseball that are at .300 or above right now.

Last season only 25 guys in all of baseball hit .300 or better.

That is pretty select company, and "not too shabby" is pretty faint praise.

Tom Froemming, you are an excellent writer. Please keep doing these recaps. They really are fun to read, and you put them together in a very professional way. It's almost like something from Sports Illustrated. 

Boy, I didn't know there would be so much debate over when it's appropriate to use the phrase "not too shabby."

 

Dictionary.com gives the definition as quite good or highly acceptable. The league average OPS is .750, so I'd say .788 is not too shabby (especially for a 24-year-old), right?

SHABBY??  I thought people were saying Shaggy!

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Thanks for clearing that up.

Great catch.  Watching the replays, Granite tracked the ball the entire way, including a second or 2 before hitting the wall.  That's what you're supposed to do. I don't think Buxton makes that catch.  He's still running on physical skills.

P.S.   Are we done with Gibson yet? His 'moments' are becoming few and far between.

Tons at some point during a season. A lot for a season. Different standards, I guess. But OK, not too shabby. 

438 players last year has at least 100 PA. 39 of them hit .300 for a season. Rather limited in what is a  not  to shabby t hitter. . If a hot streak of 2 weeks is good enough to be not too shabby, Drew Butera hit 300 for a two week stretch in June

I thought Granites catch was "not too shabby". But that was about it. I find it hard to believe that Buxtons defense is being challenged by someone who managed to run back on a high fly ball and not drop it. Barring injury Buxton should be a fixture in CF for years. If Molitor starts jerking him around so he can play Granite, I would find it necessary to take up a Twitter, so I could tweet my displeasure in real time!

Look at the bright side. With the shellacking the Jays took tonight, they have passed our hometown heroes for 3rd worst run differential in the AL!

Hey, "not too shabby."

Seems easy enough.  When someone is less shabby than required, up through the perfect amount of shabby...well that, by definition is "not too shabby."

 

On the other hand, excess shabby would be, of course, too shabby.