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Saturday, October 11, 2008
and shorten the 3-Dot Lounge down to 2 while you’re at it!
Ignore those over-the-top groundskeepers (notably David Mellor in Boston) who destroy the pure aesthetic of grass fields by cutting patterns or cutesy designs into the outfield. The Giants’ unblemished sea of green is among the gems of Peter Magowan’s legacy; don’t mess with it . . . You really have to wonder about the Dodgers’ eye for pitchers if Chan Ho Park is anywhere near the staff, especially now ... Fox made its postseason debut with Game 1 of the NLCS, and one of the “Ford Keys to the Game” was - no kidding - “Beating (Cole) Hamels would be ‘hot.’ ” Then Tim McCarver chimed in: “A real hip term.” Is it even possible to be that out of touch? ... Then again, it’s a relief to be temporarily free of TBS, with the miscast Tony Gwynn (can’t go on the air with that voice), the digitally superimposed “9” near first base (as if 9 feet is some sort of magic number for a runner’s lead), and the relentless plugs for Frank Caliendo’s TV show (so oppressively intrusive, he ceases to be funny).
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Posted: October 11, 2008 at 04:37 AM | 20 comment(s)
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1. akrasian Posted: October 11, 2008 at 04:57 AM (#2977511)Wow. So Park has been an important part of the Dodgers' pitching staff all season, has one ineffective game, and this idiot questions the Dodgers' eye for pitchers? Shouldn't it be a requirement for a sportswriter that they actually watch more than one game?
It's not uncommon for poor starters to become decent or better relievers. It's also not uncommon for players suffering from injuries to pitch better when they're healthy. So yes, if you actually pay attention to the player, you should pay more attention to what he's actually been doing all season than for one outing.
Essentially you're arguing that we need to look at a larger sample of performance; I'm arguing the same thing, just on a larger scale.
Essentially you're arguing that we need to look at a larger sample of performance; I'm arguing the same thing, just on a larger scale.
Even if that's so - there are zero major league teams that won't try to ride a guy having a good season in relief. Jenkins is clueless if he thinks that there are any teams that wouldn't have been willing to trust Chan Ho today after he had risen from NRI in Spring Training to one of the more valuable bull pen guys all season long.
Sheesh. Chan Ho was brought in - after pitching well all season - in the middle innings, hoping he would be able to go multiple innings (which he has numerous times). It's not like the Dodgers were trusting him as a closer today. (incidentally, their closer is off the roster with an injury) He was a middle reliever/long man today - a guy who had been above average all season - and he wasn't perfect today, so the Dodgers' pitching evaluation abilities are to be blasted? That is the height of cluelessness. I'm not sure why you are bothering to defend Jenkins in this situation. It's not like he has a leg to stand on.
It's like Jenkins' employer saying, "We're not going to need you to come in 5 days a week every week throughout the year. Instead, you're going to take six weeks of unpaid leave. I don't want to hear you whine about it."
As much as it sucks for us regular Joes, rich people have as much a right to money in this country as everyone else.
Tell the owners to shut up and feel lucky they're in the game at all.
You can say this to anyone... janitors, secretaries, baseball owners. It just feels right because the owners are rich.
Except that Chan Ho was used as a reliever in the main this year, while he was principally a starter before this year. That's a role change.
... but ...
Manny's homer is a "joke" but Cole Hamels' single is "authoritative". Gotcha.
Ding, ding, ding, ding! We have a winner!
Great. More pitching changes.
With their luck, they'd make it the last 147 instead of the first 147.
upping rosters to 27 would work.
Great. More pitching changes.
Since there are 24 base/out combinations, nine innings and lefty/righty, each team should have at least 432 pitchers (plus more, to allow for injuries) to cover every possible eventuality. ("Here comes the Cardinals second-and-third, one out, 1-0 count, second inning specialist!")
Tony LaRussa has wet dreams about this scenario...
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