Dave Moates
Dave Moates
David Allen Moates is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of three seasons in the major leagues, from 1974 until 1976, for the Texas Rangers...
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We were calling pitches to pitch around Ovens, but the pitchers weren't pitching it. It's that simple. We weren't calling for fastballs down the middle with base-runners on with the best hitter on their team standing there. They couldn't hit spots, and if you couldn't hit spots, he'll hit the ball.
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We've scored just two runs in the last 18 innings. We're not swinging the bats like we need to. We're not stringing the hits together.
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He was throwing where he was supposed to be throwing and making his pitches.
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For some of these kids, this will be the place they catch the first fish in their lives.
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The first three innings he couldn't find the plate but he settled down in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. He wasn't comfortable out there and his release point was a little off.