Submitted by James Morgan, Apr 18, 2007 09:50

Yes cliches are a big part of the baseball announcers vernacular. However Mr Marchman misunderstands the way most people refer to a "good piece of hitting". If a player, be he Jason Giambi, Carlos Delgado or Derek Jeter take what the pitcher is giving, make the needed adjustment to enact success upon thier particular at bat. That IS " A good piece of hitting. For Giambi and Delgado it rare because they will not often make an adjustment. They are steadfast in thier approach and attempt to pull everything thrown at them. Jeter will make adjustments, take the ball to right field on purpose, pull in his hands on an inside pitch to either inside out the ball or pull it in to left. Not getting around on a fastball and hitting it in the gap for a opposite field double is not " A good piece of hitting". But going with the pitch on the outside part of the plate and driving it to the opposite field gap can be. I doubt from what I`ve read of Tim Marchmans column that he ever played this game, at least not since Little League. Or perhaps he is an astute baseball mind, but just has to fill space to get his paycheck. Should the later be the case, I suggest just print some statistics. We baseball fans always enjoy more of those!

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