This is the third guest post from my buddy James Miller, and just the fourth in the brief history of Sliding Into Home. Hopefully there are many more as time goes on.Today, he takes a look at some of the slow starts from around the league.We're just about 1/3 of the way through the 2009 season and I couldn't help but notice some of the surprisingly awful numbers certain players are putting up.Let's start with Angels second basemen Howie Kendick; he's been a .300 plus hitter at every level of the minor leagues, hit .322 in 2007 in the majors and holds a .294 career batting average in the big leagues. Not to mention he has a .468 batting average against the Yankees over 79 at bats. This season he is hitting .231 with a .281 on base percentage so recently (June 13th) he was optioned to Salt Lake of the Pacific Coast League (AAA) to retool himself.Let's now shift to the National League briefly. Former Yankee, Alfonso Soriano, usually lives around the .275-.290 ran...
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