An Appreciation of Chris Duncan
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Greetings, and welcome to a new season. Cardinals fans are among the most intelligent in MLB. That said, the disproportionate criticism of left fielder Chris Duncan is a little odd. Is he a good left fielder? Well, according to John Dewan’s respected Fielding Bible plus-minus system, Duncan rates as slightly below average, but hardly qualifies as terrible. The same is true of the zone rating system used by STATS. Over the last two seasons, Duncan’s ZR of .854 ranks about 10th best on a list
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You may think that Duncan is about average in fielding but I don’t see it that way and I watch him play all the time. Statistics are just that and you can use them to support your view point but what does that really mean? Myself, I rather watch Duncan play and judge him that way versus trying to use statistics to do it. In my opinion, Duncan is way below average in fielding and that is recognized by most sport people excluding you of course. There was a column today that even indicated such. Therefore, no I don’t appreciate Duncan fielding abilities and consider him to be a liability in left field fielding wise. Thank you for the opportunity to comment.
BEING IN SPRING TRAINING ALL MONTH AND WATCHING CHIS PLAY HE WAS SLOW TO COVER BALLS HIT TO HIS LEFT OR IN FRONT OF HIM MANY FELL IN WHERE SHUEMAKER OR JOE MATHERS MADE THE PLAY , ALSO AS FAR AS SIGING AUTOGRAPHS FOR KIDS HE WAS TERRIBLE ALMOST EVERYDAY HE WOULD BYPAS KIDS AND WALK ON THE FOUL LINE TO THE CLUB HOUSE , GRANTED HE WAS IN A O FOR 23 OR SOMTHING STREAK BUT ITS STILL A KIDS GAME AND HE SHOULD OF BEEN A MAN AND SIGN SOMETIMES HE DOES NOE EVEN ACKNOLEDGE THE KIDS WHEN THEY CALL OUT HIS NAME PLUS THE OUTFIELD OF ANKIEL , SHUEMAKER, AND BARTON OR LUDWIG PRODUCES THE BIG HIT