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1. Squash Posted: April 09, 2012 at 06:15 PM (#4101667)The four acts are:
1. He taps his mouth, to remind himself to control his portions. He then taps his heart, to show his dedication to his diet.
2. He looks up, to make sure donuts are not raining from the sky
3. He claps his hands to congratulate himself for another day without binge eating
4. He motions around his belt to remind himself of the pants sizes he wants to lose
You guys are taking a totally normal diet routine and perverting it to something else!
Then we can start talking about Dan O'Dowd and his constantly shifting strategies again. First they decide to increase the average age of the lineup by 12 years in the off-season, then they decide to get younger!
Are the Rockies worse than the Astros or Cubs? If so there are going to be some high win totals this year.
Jim Tracy did a really nice job with the team in 2009. He went out of his way to put the kids in the lineup, then was patient with them through their struggles. And of course, the Rockies got a surprise playoff berth out of it.
Since then, he has acted as if that season was all a horrible mistake.
The NL is going to be bad this year. The Pirates are the Pirates again and the Padres don't look to do much in the West. In the East, there's the Mets and the Braves who are a lot worse than anyone expects right now - they could go back and forth with the Mets for 4/5. That's a lot of big losers right there, and there aren't really any elite teams either - everyone has a lot of question marks. I'd sell high on the Phillies - that lineup without Howard and Utley, my goodness. The Cardinals still look solid, and I think the Nats are in a good position to surprise. But really, this could be 2007 all over again in the NL (The Rockies won the pennant!? And there's not anyone obviously all that much better!?)
I guess it doesn't really matter in a discussion of how bad they are (just perception) but I thought everyone in the universe except for Lassus expected the Mets to be absolutely dreadful.
In the East, there's the Mets and the Braves who are a lot worse than anyone expects right now - they could go back and forth with the Mets for 4/5.
I guess it doesn't really matter in a discussion of how bad they are (just perception) but I thought everyone in the universe except for Lassus expected the Mets to be absolutely dreadful.
Exactly. I expect to be holding court like the Don and accepting apologies and tribute in August or so.
To be fair, their only acquisition was Jamie Moyer.
To be fairer, they also picked up Marco Scutaro, Ramon Hernandez, and Casey Blake. (Blake got cut, but still.)
1. Jamie Moyer
2. Omar Vizquel
3. Jim Thome
4. Jason Giambi
5. Raul Ibanez
6. Geoff Blum
7. Bartolo Colon
8. Derek Lowe
9. Todd Helton
10. Ichiro!
11. Miguel Cairo
12. John McDonald
And Jeremy Guthrie. Here's the scorecard:
Moyer: Age 49
Cuddyer: Age 33
Scutaro: Age 36
Hernandez: Age 35
Blake: Age 38
Guthrie: Age 33
So they added six past-prime journeymen in a single off-season. That's one heck of a rebuild.
Also they traded their 28-year-old closer and promoted a 37-year-old to that position.
I think we can all agree that Phillies will be better this year after jettisoning Ibanez and his immature rookie antics in favor of Thome's calming veteran clubhouse presence.
Prior to this season Cuddyer played for one team for eleven seasons and Guthrie pitched for two teams in eight years. You have an odd definition of journeyman.
1 : a worker who has learned a trade and works for another person usually by the day
2 : an experienced reliable worker, athlete, or performer especially as distinguished from one who is brilliant or colorful
It has nothing to do with making a lot of journeys.
Maybe it's just me, I always thought the term 'journeyman' when used in sports referenced someone who was on a plethora of teams. And yes, I am fully aware that is not the true definition of 'journeyman'.
This list is missing Chipper Jones, who should make his season debut today or tomorrow. He slots in between Giambi and Ibanez.
Also, I had no idea Rafael Betancourt was 37! I would have guessed that he was in his late 20s.
So the "true" definition is one you consider "odd"? That's... odd.
Scooter is probably the best of the bunch.
I think since players with journeymen-like abilities have a tendency to be journeying men, that, to most fans, it's come to mean someone who has both traits.
I don't think you'd see either much-traveled Gary Sheffield (too good) or run-of-the-mill Brandon Inge (too stationary) typically described as journeymen.
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