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6 games back in 28 games is a lot.
Jeter, Rodriguez, Rivera, and?
Pudge
[EDIT] Both because he was just acquired and he is the furthest from his HoF performance level.
God, crap like this drives me nuts. We get it, short white dudes can't have talent. It's so wrong headed and stupid and cliched I cannot imagine writers haven't gotten sick of this by now. I know it's just a quote, but still, it's silly to keep repeating the fallacy.
I know Heyman's a NY writer so he's not to be expected to know this off the top of his head, but there haven't been any stories in the Boston media about how hard-working Pedroia is or any of that. He shows up at the same time as the rest of his teammates and puts in the same work they do. The only thing that gets reported is his amusing running of the mouth and his great season.
Because the 1988 Orioles were so capable with Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken. Fine, that's only two players. And the supporting players (esp. the Pitching) were some of the worst in the history of Baseball. But still, further proof HOFers don't mean squat without help.
Who was more gritty- Mel Ott or Hack Wilson?
Hell, George Grande Mal and Gary Lucas were yapping about 28-yr old Ryan Hanigan being a big part of the Cincy youth movement.
And even that might be too soon.
The 1966 Cubs team had 3 HOFers (plus Santo, who should be), plus a Hall of Fame manager in Durocher, and lost 103 games.
Because the 1988 Orioles were so capable with Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken. Fine, that's only two players. And the supporting players (esp. the Pitching) were some of the worst in the history of Baseball. But still, further proof HOFers don't mean squat without help.
Two years before I got to my DC high school, the basketball team had a future first round NBA pick and another future ACC starter. And won three games. And when the first guy transferred to another school the next year, he was replaced with a future Celtic who was featured in commercials with Bill Russell. And they still won only three games.
National League fan, I take it?
Perhaps there should be a Latino version of the Reggie Cleveland All-Stars. Then again, I'm not sure that version could field a whole squad. Nominees?
How about when the playoffs start and the Yankees are sitting at home watching it? Is that still too soon?
Nope. Yankee fan. His last name sounds Hispanic. Guess it could be Italian. Portuguese? According to Wikipedia:
Pedroia has recently endorsed a brand of salsa under the name of "Pedroia's" including: Black bean, mild, spicy, and 'muy caliente'.
Hmmmm...
161 ERA+, 10.8 K/9, blah, blah. Where is he when the Yankees need him now, huh? Slacker.
It seems that Pedroia is only hitting better for average and power, getting on base more, playing better defense and running the bases better. Other than that I'd give Cano the edge.
Neither of them ever made BA's top 100 prospects.
Best. Playoffs. Ever.
My wife and I met during October 1996... just when the Yankee championship run was starting and her learning what an ass I can be when anything good happens to them. Through moves, kids, job changes, and more, one constant as long as we've been together has been me cursing the Yankees well into October.
I sure hope we're still married on Opening Day 2009.
BA top 100 prospects, going back to 1992
Pedroia was 77th on the 2006 list; Cano was never on BA's top 100 list.
Of course, Cano is $30m+ richer right now
Job changes?
...here's Tom. This is his first day."
"I am really psyched to be here. Are you guys ready to rent some cawhs?"
I didn't know you worked at Avis.
I'm taking this as tacit endorsement of everything I said. Or a ringing condemnation. Haven't decided.
27. Greg Maddox Ford (Voxter) Posted: August 30, 2008 at 01:01 PM (#2922855)
Cano was unbelievably bad in April. Other than that, he's been the same dude he always was, with some minor noise in his numbers. To paraphrase Veronica Mars, these are the flukes.
YAY FOR VERONICA REFERENCE!
Since then, Cano's line has been .301/.333/.455/.788 OPS, with 24 doubles, 10 homers in 413 AB
Ironically, on May 1st, 2007, Pedroia's line was .172/.294/.224, and Kevin was a mental mess
From May 1st on, Pedroia's line was .333/.389/.467/.856 OPS, with 36 doubles, 8 homers in 516 AB
Pedroia won ROY (admittedly in a really weak rookie class), but Cano is crucified for NYY's problems. Not saying Cano's poor April didn't hurt the team, but give the guy a break
I'm gonna keep trotting those out until Kristen Bell & I are both old and craggy.
Well, if you asked Yankee fans, they would have told you that Cano = Hornsby and Pedroia = Patek.
Of course, the rest of us who could interpret MLEs knew that Pedroia was going to crush Cano and equally so, we were right. There isn't a phase of the game that Pedroia doesn't kick Cano's tail on.
According to , Pedroia's last name is indeed Portuguese. No idea if that's accurate, but seems plausible.
Well, if you asked kevin, he would have told you Pedroia > Hornsby and Cano = dogshit.
I confess, the only player who's surprised me more offensively this year has been Melvin Mora. But Pedroia does seem legit, despite not having the kind of hustling intensity a player of his size and ethnicity would seemingly require to make it in the bigs.
The biggest difference of course is that Pedroia apparently is developing as a hitter, while Cano has regressed. .301/.333/.455/.788 isn't bad but it ain't great, esp. compared to what he did in '06. I suggested oh about a year ago that Pedroia would eventually develop 20 HR type power (given his swing plane and swing speed), which was roundly ridiculed in these here parts by certain parties.
Why did Mora surprise you so much? Did you just think he was done? Hey he is 36, it wouldn't be a crazy idea by any means. But he isn't way out over his skis, like say Ryan Ludwick.
I assume this is a whoosh or something?
He had OPS+ of 91 and 98 the last two years, and was at:
.233 .301 .387 going into the All-Star Break.
Mora has been my favorite player for years, from the moment he popped out five kids, decided he needed to hit home runs, and belted 19 of 'em. I was one of the people chanting "Pay the man." I even enjoy his base-running. But I remembered saying to my dad, maybe he's a little older than 36...
... or something. I think last year, after Daniel Cabrera got mad and threw at the kid's head, the Baltimore media did try to apply an undersized caucasian template to Pedroia's career. You know, easier to go with assumptions than do actual reporting.
*ducks*
You got the second part right. On both counts.
I assume that you either advocating her to get plastic surgery or planning to kill her. I will alert her security people.
Have you seen Dame Helen Mirren lately? She could get lucky.
Really, he should be getting some MVP consideration.
What am I missing?
Never seen her threesome scene in Caligula, I take it?
But she's not really my cup of tea, even when she was younger and a little more firmed up.
She just needs some adhesive help, is all.
He was 21 at AAA and 20 at AA. Part of this is his August birthdate, but even if you bump up his age by a year, he was not old.
Only that levksi went off his meds without telling anyone, arky. I knew Pedroia would turn it around and kept telling everyone that then.
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