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Offline hammondsnats

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #75: August 23, 2009, 10:18:00 PM »
my boy destin is really on a hot streak :clap:

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #76: September 15, 2009, 06:51:50 PM »
Saw where Destin is goin to the Instructional League, I think it will be good for him, more at-bats, more coaching, which can never hurt, I only see good coming from this

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #77: March 27, 2010, 12:44:08 PM »


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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #78: March 27, 2010, 01:42:08 PM »
That's a really creepy photo for some reason.

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #79: March 27, 2010, 01:44:15 PM »
That's a really creepy photo for some reason.

haha i know i found it from some alabama paper that linked the post blog write up about him and burgess.

Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #80: March 27, 2010, 01:47:18 PM »
He looks like he is drenched in pine tar.

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #81: March 30, 2010, 02:01:07 PM »
He looks like he is drenched in pine tar.

Destin Hood is a human bat.  He can hit anything and everything.

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #82: April 09, 2010, 01:10:23 AM »
DESTIN HOOD IS ALREADY BATTING 1.000.

I feel so bad for pitchers.






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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #83: April 12, 2010, 07:47:17 PM »
DESTIN HOOD is 2-for-2 with his first homer of the year (Suns first too) ... the pbp announcer is describing it as a monster blast.  Said right off the bat everyone knew it was a goner.  It's a pretty big park too which plays pretty fair.

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #84: April 12, 2010, 08:08:52 PM »
Good! I hope he can keep up rise through the Nats system!

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #85: April 12, 2010, 09:00:16 PM »
With the Suns down by 2 and runners on 1st and 2nd (0 outs, bottom 8th), Hood struck out :(.  At least he made the pitcher throw eight pitches.

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« Reply #86: April 12, 2010, 09:02:01 PM »
With the Suns down by 2 and runners on 1st and 2nd (0 outs, bottom 8th), Hood struck out :(.  At least he made the pitcher throw eight pitches.

yeah 2-for-4 though is a good night though.

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #87: April 14, 2010, 01:14:11 PM »
That "creepy" photo is interesting.  I'm an ametuer photgrapher and I can say the reason for that is the lighting is the worst portrait lighting I've ever seen.  He's lit from the sides, and not from a more traditional position i.e. the from the front combines with a "fill light".  A good example of this is that his right eye makes him look cross-eyed because the white of his right eye is lit extra heavy, thus giving a cross eyed look.  Also, his left side is lit more dimly, giving his face an uneven, asymmetrical look, not to mention a darker and slightly sinister look with it being dimply lit.  Also, he looks dead... just with his eyes open - there's no emotion.  He doesn't even look "tough".  Just... there.  Cross eyed, sinister, asymmetrical, emotionless = creepy in my book.

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #88: April 14, 2010, 01:20:46 PM »
That "creepy" photo is interesting.  I'm an ametuer photgrapher and I can say the reason for that is the lighting is the worst portrait lighting I've ever seen.  He's lit from the sides, and not from a more traditional position i.e. the from the front combines with a "fill light".  A good example of this is that his right eye makes him look cross-eyed because the white of his right eye is lit extra heavy, thus giving a cross eyed look.  Also, his left side is lit more dimly, giving his face an uneven, asymmetrical look, not to mention a darker and slightly sinister look with it being dimply lit.  Also, he looks dead... just with his eyes open - there's no emotion.  He doesn't even look "tough".  Just... there.  Cross eyed, sinister, asymmetrical, emotionless = creepy in my book.

yeah but he's a helluva baseball player.

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #89: April 14, 2010, 02:18:13 PM »
yeah but he's a helluva baseball player.

Yup.  I think he'll be at worst a AAAA player, and at best an everyday contributor... which I'm learning over time how difficult and special that is.

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #90: April 17, 2010, 09:22:46 PM »
OMG HOF DESTIN HOOD!!!

So far tonight 3-for-4, 3b, 3 rbi (5) and an outfield assist for a double play.  He's now batting .390 :az:

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #91: April 19, 2010, 09:40:17 AM »
odd stats - .991 OPS but just 1 walk and 16 Ks in 48 ABs

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #92: April 19, 2010, 09:50:15 AM »
Must be hard to take pitches when you're crushing the ball like he is.

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #93: April 19, 2010, 10:33:14 AM »
odd stats - .991 OPS but just 1 walk and 16 Ks in 48 ABs

Man that a lot of K's  :?

Not sure if he can maintain that OPS over the course of the season, it will be interesting to see if he can adjust and take more pitches if he starts to slump.

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #94: April 19, 2010, 08:24:54 PM »
Does anyone know what Goldstein said about Hood in his "Monday Ten Pack" a commenter made a comment signaling Goldstein made a comment about him:

http://baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=10599#commentMessage

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #95: April 19, 2010, 08:44:13 PM »

Goldstein:
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Since singing for a $1.1-million bonus in 2008, Hood has been one of the more up-and-down players in the system. At times, he's looked like one of the best hitting prospects in the system, and at other times he still looks like a football player (he had a scholarship to Alabama in the lesser sport) who is trying to figure out the game. Making his full-season debut in the Sally League, Hood looks more like a baseball player than ever, getting hits in 10 of 11 games, including an incredible weekend than included 10 hits to raise his early-season averages to .417/.429/.563. Despite his athletic pedigree, he's not the tools machine one would expect, as his speed is average, while his arm is below, but his bat speed is outstanding, and with some improvement in his plate discipline, he could really take off.


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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #96: April 19, 2010, 09:12:37 PM »
Thanks, appreciate it...

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #97: April 23, 2010, 02:22:14 AM »
He's off to damn good start. 

Blox and JP up over .300 too... Nice.

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #98: April 24, 2010, 02:36:24 PM »
"his speed is average, while his arm is below"

Speed is average?! Compared to what, a sports car? And I can personally say his arm is above average, the man threw a ball through the basket in my glove one day in practice. That seems to be a bit "below" superb.

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Re: Follow The Prospects: Destin Hood
« Reply #99: April 24, 2010, 05:43:11 PM »
"his speed is average, while his arm is below"

Speed is average?! Compared to what, a sports car? And I can personally say his arm is above average, the man threw a ball through the basket in my glove one day in practice. That seems to be a bit "below" superb.

yeah i think his arm is above average from what i've heard.