Or as Michael the Kay said…“It makes you wonder…why is he even on the team?” (Reynolds not Teixeira that is)
I was pleasantly surprised to find that Reynolds was not the worst player in Major League Baseball, not by a long shot. And that made me feel better. No, it didn’t change how poorly Reynolds has played thus far but, like it or not, seeing someone worse off than you makes you feel better. And there are some fans out there who have had to watch these guys who are as bad or worse than Mark Reynolds and his .1 WAR this season.
Mark Teixeira, 0.1 WAR - Teixeira is famous for his slow starts and this season has been no exception. His .217/.270/.380 slash line is wretched for any player, let alone a first baseman and only his excellent fielding puts him in positive WAR territory.
(As an aside, how big a disappointment has Teixeira been for the Yankees? Outisde of his first year with the team, he’s been very average in terms of production for his position and salary. (An .825 OPS since the start of the 2010 season.) Maybe Oriole fans should start cheering him when he comes to Baltimore. We don’t have to pay him $22.5 million for each of the next five seasons.)
...Other regulars who have been less valuable than Reynolds include Brennan Boesch, Justin Smoak, Eric Hosmer, Adam Lind, Brandon Phillips, Scott Rolen, Shino-Soo Choo, Rickie Weeks and Jose Bautista.
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1. MikeTorrez Posted: May 08, 2012 at 09:48 AM (#4126204)Is this true? I haven't watched much Chone as a Mariner but I can't reconcile the speedy, athletic Chone that played in Anaheim being unable to play even LF competently.
Can he not play the IF anymore either? He stole 40+ bases in 2010, what happened here? Injuries, lost speed, doesn't know the fundamentals of defense at any position?
Going from the sacred to the profane (or the sublime to the ridiculous) so quickly is jarring. But at least she's kinda cute.
i would guess that brandon phillips and rickie weeks are gonna pick it up. teixiera sure has faded, except for the HR, hasn't he? yankees pile up there guys with the too long contracts who look like NL bench guys
Please, someone tell me that I'm being trolled.
Is there a reason you wouldn't? Is there some controversy over her actual gender?
Some may categorize Nicki as hip-hop, not pop.
There is value in pop music. I haven't kept up with it these days but I've been accused of trolling when I've defended Lady Gaga and Justin Timberlake, so I doubt Tom is doing the same here.
I'm not disagreeing with there being value. And, in fact, I would generally defend the two names you mentioned. Kesha though? There's a big gap down to her.
Lind has been particularly bad this season, and I think the author is using 2012 numbers only.
Seconded. Among the general population, sure, these two could reasonably be described as attractive and marginally talented. But within the subgroup of professional female singers, um, not so much.
No, I'm not trolling at all. Ke$ha just oozes personality, and in an age with so many soulless, robotic singers, that's nice to hear. I forgot about Gaga, though, and she is, all in all, far more talented than Ke$ha.
I'm not the only person who thinks this. Ke$ha was asked to contribute to the excellent Bob Dylan compilation "Chimes of Freedom" (she does an anguished version of "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," and who knew Ke$ha could do anguish?) as well as by the Flaming Lips themselves for their own anthology (I haven't heard that one yet).
Linky.
My understanding is that she contacted Wayne Coyne and asked to do a song together, which is unbelievably cool. I can take or leave her for the most part, but that scores her big-time points in my book.
She doesn't qualify as "kinda cute"?
The only personality I see over the majority of people who write maybe half their own songs, is the "hey look at me, I'm kinda crazy!" which I guess does it for some people, and really isn't that unique anyway.
There is a VORP.
The Dave Matthews Band version of "Watchtower" is predictably heinous, however.
Her music is objectively terrible, to the extent any matter of artistic taste can be objective. But damned if I don't love her stuff. "Your Love is My Drug" is insanely catchy and even evocative at certain points.
I read this post three times and I still can't believe it is talking about Nicki Minaj.
Adam Lind is the latest incarnation of Richard Hidalgo
As for Nicki, she's certainly talented, but I don't like her solo stuff either. Maybe she needs different handlers?
Ahhh, thank you. My eyes glazed over at [14] but this explains it perfectly.
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