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As I watched Adam Moore struggle last year I never lost faith in the kid.  I've been pulling for him for four years and I'll be darned if I'll quit now.
 
Something that I picked up on late last season has me thinking that things could be better in 2011, maybe a lot better.  Was I the only one who noticed how many times Moore struckout looking at a pitch thrown down the middle on him?  There are, really, just two reasons for this happening.  One is getting fooled, which to me says that he was over thinking the situation way too much.  If his problem was getting fooled then he needs to go up to the plate with a simpler approach.
 
The second reason could have been that he was given the wrong strategic approach from his coaches.  There was just waaaaay tooooo much emphasis on working the count and OBP last year, and stuff like that hurts a kid like Moore.  Moore needs to be more aggressive at the plate and load up for those fastballs that he saw on the first pitch nearly every at bat.  He was sitting back, allowing the pitcher to have two or three pitches.  The hell with that approach.  Adam needs to attack, attack, ATTACK the ball!  With success from this approach he can then start working on his patience.
Patience has never been one of his strongest skills.  Seeing the ball and putting that punch to the solar plexis swing on it is what he excells at.
 
Lonnie