“Johjima said he was surprised Hargrove didn’t give him a bunt sign with runners on first and second.

“Then I tried to hit it as hard as I could,” Johjima said through a translator.”

RE 93, that is AWESOME! Check it out, peoples.

“That’s where he got the nickname “Ruler Stick” Paige. Anyhow, everyone in the crowd is laughing, thinking Satch is just horsing around. But he comes out there throws the ruler at a 98 MPH pitch, makes contact and the ball travels at least 1100 feet if it traveled a foot at all. So Satch sometimes would hit home runs on accident. That’s where he came to be known as “accidental” Paige. Heck, his own mother called him “Accidental” Paige,…”

- Cha Seung Baek –
K/9 – 6.29
BB/9 – 3.33
BABIP – .176
LOB% – 92.8%
FIP – 5.17
GB% – 44.1%
FB% – 38.2%
LD% – 17.6%
HR/FB% – 15.4%

Two years ago when Baek first came up, he was throwing more flyballs (50.0%) and striking out fewer, though not much fewer. Baek two years later is inducing more groundballs but basically doing everything else the same. He’s getting lucky with the LOB% and BABIP.

Usual “I’ll sample your small size if you size my small sample” rules apply.