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He hits the best pitchers well. We'll just let the numbers speak for themselves: .462 with two home runs and seven RBI in 15 at-bats vs. Tim Lincecum. .455 with two homers, five ribbies, and one triple vs. Roy Oswalt. He's hit .538 with five batted in and two doubles against Johan Santana.
In 12 AB's against Cole Hamels, Braun is .333 with two home runs and three RBI. Against Kyle Lohse, he hits .417 with two doubles and three RBI in the same number of at-bats as against Hamels. Ryan is .500 with a double and a .583 OBP versus Edinson Volquez. He is .555 with an RBI off of Tim Hudson.
He is 3-9 with one double, one triple, and two RBI against Matt Cain. Braun has three home runs in 19 at-bats against Aaron Harang. He has a .462 average with two home runs against Ted Lilly and two long balls off of Josh Beckett in only three at-bats.
Braun can catch fire on any given day. Ryan Braun was hitting .222 with one home run and five RBI on April 19. He went 5-5 with two home runs and 4 RBI that day in Philadelphia to spark his hitting that hasn't died off since.
He has had absolutely incredible days at the plate on April 25 in Houston, May 6 in Cincinnati, June 7 at Atlanta, June 11 vs. Colorado, June 15 in Cleveland, June 20 at Detroit, and June 30 vs. the Mets. What did each of those performances have in common (besides the obvious facts that he was on fire for the entire game)?
The previous game, Braun had no more than one hit.
Only in his third Big League season, Ryan Braun has established himself as one of the premier hitters in Major League Baseball.
In the National League alone, he is the second-best hitter behind The Machine, Albert Pujols.
Ryan Braun will be a force on the Major League level for years to come, even more dominant than now.
Just as he has engulfed the city of Milwaukee, soon the rest of the nation will not be able to take their eyes off of Braun and he will rise to be an elite superstar.
It is what he deserves.
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