Comments on: Terry Pendleton on hitting: “That individual has to step up”

By: Don Ruby

Don Ruby — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:59:44 +0000

I think Pendleton needs to be fired. The Braves could have been in the playoffs this year with just a little better hitting. In addition to failures with Jordan Shafer, Kelly Johnson and Greg Norton, look at the batting averages of Francoer, Church and Anderson with the Braves versus other teams :

Jeff Francoer batted .266 with Braves, .338 with Mets
Ryan Church .280 with Mets, .260 with Braves
Garret Anderson .293 with LAA, .270 with Braves

By: teeg

teeg — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:16:09 +0000

If anyone on this forum thinks TP didn’t know and try to fix the various holes in Andruw’s, Frenchy’s, KJ’s, and whoever else you think he failed to fix you’re nuts. Talent will only take you so far, then it’s about adjusting. Anyone who bothers to post on this forum thinks they know how to fix those guys swings. The difference between these guys and other more successful hitters is coacability. The ability to listen to, and act on advice of the coaches. How many people bemoaned the fact that Andruw would always swing at a 2 strike curve 6 inches off the plate for his entire Atlanta tenure. Or that Frenchy swings at the 1st pitch and misses 69% of the time (this is an actual stat). You think TP didn’t know these things? Please….

By: He's Frenchy, as in benchy, and he could soon be gone | Mark Bradley

He's Frenchy, as in benchy, and he could soon be gone | Mark Bradley — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:08:04 +0000

[...] hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo. As Terry Pendleton, the Braves’ hitting coach, has said: “It bugged me at first.” And as much as Cox loves his players, he loves his coaches even [...]

By: Chipper's toe-tap winds up kicking Braves in the rear | Mark Bradley

Chipper's toe-tap winds up kicking Braves in the rear | Mark Bradley — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:45:56 +0000

[...] to Dallas to work with Rudy Jaramillo, the hitting coach of the Texas Rangers, raised eyebrows and raised Terry Pendleton’s hackles. But how about this? Chipper Jones helps a former Brave with his toe-tap and the former Brave winds [...]

By: E amos

E amos — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:27:47 +0000

T.P is a hell of a man as well as batting coach keep him

By: The Cubs fire their hitting coach. Should the Braves? | Mark Bradley

The Cubs fire their hitting coach. Should the Braves? | Mark Bradley — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:39:03 +0000

[...] space sought to address the Pendleton issue 10 days ago, but the matter, if you judge by comments on the ol’ blog, hasn’t been put [...]

By: DMac

DMac — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:28:30 +0000

Terry Pendleton is a nice guy. Bobby Cox is a nice guy. The problem is that neither one is very good at what he does. Results speak louder than sentiment.

By: All-Trade Friday: Should the Braves trade Jeff Francoeur | Mark Bradley

All-Trade Friday: Should the Braves trade Jeff Francoeur | Mark Bradley — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:21:34 +0000

[...] thrilled when Francoeur went to Texas to work with Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo. Said Terry Pendleton, the Braves’ hitting coach: “I asked Jeff, ‘Why didn’t you come to me?’ Obviously [...]

By: slow roller

slow roller — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:05:30 +0000

TP is Mr. Negative. “Sometimes a guy needs to step up!?” Them are firing words. That sentence means I can’t coach the guy. Francouer can’t stand him. TP is Chipper Jones batting coach, not? TP is Brian McCann’s batting coach, not?

Bradley, give me one recent quote where someone says, “Terry Pendleton is the best batting coach I’ve ever worked with.” Then I will forever shut-up about TP and why most player’s on the Braves can’t stand the guy.

By: Boo Boo

Boo Boo — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:48:39 +0000

Francoeur hit well his first couple of years swinging at everything. He always seemed to make contact then because he was keeping his eye on the ball and watching the bat find the ball. Now, he is more selective, like someone coached him to “take a walk if they are giving it”. Who wants a power hitter walking? The other team. Someone ruined Francoeur’s free-swinging style, so now he’s in the class with Brad Komminsk, and even the late stages of Dale Murphy’s and Andruw Jones – can’t hit anything other than a fastball down the middle. Guess what? The other teams know that and that’s all they throw Francoeur these days (other than the occasion fastball down the middle when he’s expecting a curve away, in the dirt). He takes those.

The kid Schafer looked like he needed someone to trick him into taking steroids again. He made me long for fat Andruw out in centerfield again. At least Andruw dove and caught balls, and always had a way of keeping balls from going over his head. Forget being able to hit, Schafer was terrible as a centerfielder.