But of course his shooting woes and reluctance to draw fouls limits just
how open his teammates get since defenses just sag off.
Not exact matches
Or perhaps they would remember their wonder at
how easy and inevitable it seemed — that having
opened the season in Cincinnati by hitting the tying home run, No. 714, with his first swing of the year, it was obviously appropriate that the man who has been called Supe (for Superman) by his
teammates was going to duplicate the feat in Atlanta with his first swing of that game.
If you really wanted to see whether or not someone's good at creating
open looks for
teammates you might look at
how well their
teammates shoot off their passes, not
how much of an offense is run through one player.
But given
how much work it takes to stop Smith from scoring, there's will always be
open teammates when the ball's in his hands.