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Sunday, July 06, 2008
Of course, this was on Doug Melvin’s mind as he continued to balance the merits and demerits of renting the services of one Carsten Charles Sabathia for the final 74 or so games of the season.
Matt LaPorta might not be the latter-day concept of David Green, mostly because the Brewers’ farm system has become that good. But it’s fair to say LaPorta is up there. LaPorta is ahead of Ryan Braun’s minor-league pace, which is saying something.
LaPorta could become the next Willie Mays. He also could become the next Willie Mays Hayes, Wesley Snipes’ erratic character in the baseball movie they filmed in what is now a parking lot out back. Jeff Francoeur was just sent to Double-A ball by the Atlanta Braves. Mike Piazza was drafted in the 62nd round by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Point is, you never know.
And then there’s this…
On a wholly different topic, Brewers manager / philosopher Ned Yost said Saturday: “It’s baseball. It’s different every day. It’s the beauty of the game. Nothing that was today will be like tomorrow. That’s why it’s so much fun. It’s not like going to a concert.”
Yes, Ned Christagoof is right! Saw The Feelies cover Wire’s “Outdoor Miner” (mining same stop/start cascading geetar smeglasound) the other day…then found out they had also played it the night before!
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Posted: July 06, 2008 at 11:49 AM | 9 comment(s)
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1. Frisco Cali Posted: July 06, 2008 at 01:15 PM (#2845327)Why did I stop reading after this statement?
He had to compare him to Mays. Otherwise his extremely hilarious reference to Willie Mays Hayes would not have made sense. And without that very witty comparison between the great Giants ballplayer and the fictional Indians player, the whole piece would have fallen apart. The logic of the argument demanded it.
Matt LaPorta's black and changes actors from movie to movie? This seems like a very poorly conceived comparison.
Well, he could have comped him to Willie Mays Aikens instead. :-)
(Might not be a bad comp actually. And I had no memory of the Angels connection.)
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