really? I mean, seriously??? Mattingly works with Uribe on hittingBy Ken Gurnick / MLB.com | 06/25/12 10:10 PM ETSAN FRANCISCO -- Dodgers manager Don Mattingly held a tutoring session at the batting cage with struggling third baseman Juan Uribe during early batting practice Monday.The mechanical flaw Mattingly targeted will be familiar to any Little Leaguer."He needs to keep his butt underneath him and the bat in the strike zone," said Mattingly. "His head gets in front and the bat drags behind. He's got to try to get that drag out of there."Uribe, a former Giant, missed nearly a month with an arthritic left wrist, returning June 11. He's hitting .225 with one homer and 12 RBIs in 36 games on the season, and the Dodgers are known to be looking for corner infielders because neither Uribe nor first baseman James Loney are producing as hoped.Uribe figured to be up against it Monday night. He came into the game 2-for-21 lifetime against Giants starter Barry Zito. Loney, 2-for-28 against Zito, did not start.
he needs to take the bat from uribe and start beating the shit out of his dumb ass. seriously we paid top dollar for this mental midget?
The issue is that his power is gone. He's never going to hit over .250, and he's never going to be an OBP guy, but in 2009-2010 with the Giants he had 96 extra base hits, 50 doubles, 6 triples and 40 homers. That was where his value came, so far with the Dodgers he has 24. If his power is gone, he's done being an major leaguer. Not much you can really teach him at this point.
absolutely agree working with Uribe on hitting is like working with Pamela Anderson on being flat chested and why anyone would ever throw him anything but a breaking ball away is beyond me
