World Series Game 7 Game Thread
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Rangers strike first
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 7:14 PM CDT reply actions
Berkman does what he does best
get on base
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 7:22 PM CDT reply actions
Freese is a beast
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 7:27 PM CDT reply actions
hah
they’re showing the guy who won the million dollars beating the Astros in a video game
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 7:33 PM CDT reply actions
Bill Hall was the guy he had to beat
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions
The guy crams his research so that he can find out that Bill Hall is the only hitter on the Astros who can cause him problems.
ya not speedy Bourn or Hunter Pence. I have a feeling Carlos Lee’s rating was down from his 2010 season.
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions
OOPS - I typed up the same story
and missed all these posts on the same topic
We need a life.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Oct 28, 2011 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions
no worries
just glad your here honestly
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 7:45 PM CDT up reply actions
That hurts me to the quick
A Commercial for a baseball TV Gameshowed how a high school music teacher won $1,000,000 for being the first person to pitch a perfect game on the machine once the season started.
He studied up, practiced , reviewed statistics etc for two weeks.
Then the killer . . .
He said that he figured his best chance to win was to have the pitcher Roy Halladay pitch against our mighty Houston Astros . It took three games tfor him to throw a perfect game against the Astros.The only batter he feared was was Bill Hall!
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by Joe in Birmingham on Oct 28, 2011 7:41 PM CDT reply actions
thinking about it now Bill Hall probably had a good rating from his 2010 season.
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Hall is definetely overrated on 2k11.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 7:54 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
The choice of Halladay isn’t bad, though not creative. Lincecum or Lee might be better though.
Picking the best team against the worst team, on the surface, seems like a good idea. But it seems to me that you want to select a “bad team” with the lowest batting average, or even lowest OBP, since that bears most directly on a perfect game possibility. The Astros are a relatively good batting average team (top quarter of the NL), which means they are more likely to get a hit than the Padres, Giants, or Pirates, which are the teams with worst BA or OBP.
I think he went with match-ups. I think part of it was playing within a franchise season. So you couldn’t just pick the Phils verse the twins, it had to be an actual game in a new season.
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 8:18 PM CDT up reply actions
He did but that was the best match-up of a new season.
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Worst part about that.
There was another guy that pitched a perfect game the day 2k11 came out, but because 2k changed when the competition started this year he didn’t win the cash.
Thanks for thread Timmy! I had been hoping that there would be one. Freese repping Corpus!
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by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 7:52 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I really just wanted to use the picture of David Eckstein.
I found it interesting that no one was talking about how David Eckstein threw out the first pitch and the Cardinals had a scrappy win.
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I hate that guy with all my heart! Although I do feel bad for him and his family. I think alot of 'em have diabetes or cancer, or both. Cant remember.
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wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
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by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 7:58 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I think he’s cuddle and cute
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 8:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Especially when he gets set in the box and starts wagging the bat.
My dad loves him though. I dont
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by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 8:05 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
is he a Cardinals fan?
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 8:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Hes a "fair weather" fan. He likes guys like Eckstein, altuve, perdoia aaaand etc.
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wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
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by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 8:12 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Is he short?
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions
5'7....Sadly Ecksteins height.
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by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 8:19 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
lol
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Bill Hall is trending on twitter.
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 8:14 PM CDT reply actions
BTW I hate Tim McCarver
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by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 8:19 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I’ve started a drinking game on twitter. Every time McCarver says something stupid you drink.
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Thats alot of drinking
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wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
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by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 8:30 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
thats a drink, he thought there were 2 strikes
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 8:33 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
He said Furcal is too short to swing for the fences. Pedroia swings for the fence every swing he takes!
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
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And he is successful swinging for the fences
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 8:38 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Intangibles reach a peak in the World Series, it seems. McCarver talked about Furcal’s intangibles. During the first game of the WS, McCarver had an orgasm over Michael Young’s intangibles. Early on in the post season, there were a bunch of articles comparing Michael Young to Derek Jeter and saying he should get into the Hall of Fame based on his intangibles. I notice that talk has died off since Young has had a brutal last few WS games on defense. I saw an article a couple of days ago where some baseball guy said that you need “money ballplayers and not moneyball players” when you’re in the World Series.
what’s that last statement supposed to mean?
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 8:32 PM CDT up reply actions
He equated moneyball players with hitters trying to take a walk, and money ballplayers as hitters who are clutch and aren’t afraid to swing away in the big arena. He gave Kirby Puckett as an example of a money ballplayer but not a moneyball player. It was all pretty stupid and reflected a lack of understanding of “moneyball.”
OBP isn’t even a moneyball player but if it were Berkman is having a pretty good World Series.
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Bud Norris just about made me facepalm
Freese has a good glove. He catches the pop ups that matter #Game7
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 8:43 PM CDT reply actions
Bud seems to talk alot for sure...
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by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 8:51 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Washington will be second guessed for not starting Holland. If you start Holland you’re not going to be second guessed.
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions
don’t like the blown call there by the ump on a third strike. Should still be a 1 run game.
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions
and now Napoli get’s that same pitch called for a strike on him….
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 9:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Carpenter had a good world series.
by conroestro on Oct 28, 2011 9:24 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
that he did
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I haven’t really seen alot of Dotel until this series but I didn’t realize he could still rush it up there 95.
by conroestro on Oct 28, 2011 9:31 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I'm kind of pissed about this game
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 9:34 PM CDT reply actions
Were you rooting for the Rangers.
by conroestro on Oct 28, 2011 9:35 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
yes
but I don’t mind the Rangers losing if the umpiring is clean. It seems that this World Series all the calls went against Rangers. And there are some glaring ones in this game.
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I guess there’s only one but it’s a big one. That third strike for Feldman would of meant this game was still a 1 run game. Instead the ump decided to call it a strike in the next Napoli at bat. Garbage like that pisses me off.
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions
I was indifferent. Tough to root for the Cardinals, but also feel the need to boycott the AL west.
by conroestro on Oct 28, 2011 9:41 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Agreed. Caught the outside corner.
by conroestro on Oct 28, 2011 9:45 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
If a Cardinal was up to bat it would of been one.
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 9:46 PM CDT up reply actions
The Puma couldn’t make it happened.
by conroestro on Oct 28, 2011 9:46 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I didn’t realize that, but 41the walks this world series by the Rangers. Ouch.
by conroestro on Oct 28, 2011 9:48 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
half of those are intentional….
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions
The Astros claimed a catcher off waivers, Craig Tatum, from Orioles
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111028&content_id=25825724&vkey=news_hou&c_id=hou
I hope he isn’t as bad as Towles, and I hope Castro doesn’t go out with an injury,
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
looks like another defensive catcher, which is awesome cause they’re thinking of carrying three offensively challenged catchers for the 2012 season.
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 9:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Hopefully he’s better than Corporan.
by conroestro on Oct 28, 2011 10:05 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
WOAH WOAH WOAH!!?? Corporan was a career 1000. hitter when he was claimed!
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 10:19 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
OH BOY!!!``
Looks like hes absolute trash actually. Hes not even a defensive catcher really. I hope Wade gets his ass kicked to the curb.
by YohannDookeyblue on Oct 29, 2011 12:30 AM CDT up reply actions
#curbstomped
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Oct 29, 2011 12:53 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I was watching some video on him and his batting style looks like yun. betancourt sorta.
Anyways, he prbly wont amount to anything much more than depth.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Oct 29, 2011 12:55 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Nickname
Well, at least an interesting nickname. Camden Chat calls him “Tater Tot.”
Doesn’t seem like Orioles’ fans are broken up over losing him; from the same source:
Craig “Tater Tot” Tatum was claimed by the Astros, so he’ll be (not) mashing taters for another team next year.
I do like the name of Camden Chat’s news posts: “Bird Droppings.”
I personally hate the Rangers with a passion, ever since ustaposee and Patrickharrell went on lonestarball.
Plus I have too much respect for the ’Cards franchise and I hate some of the players on the Rangers (Cruz, Beltre, Feliz, Andrus, C.J. Wilson and a cpl others). Cards have a cpl players I dont like AT ALL. I dont like the Ranger fans either(the fakes and diehards).
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 10:01 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Yadier Molina and Chris Carpenter are absolute jerks.
They might have 2 rings after tonight, but they’re still jerks.
Carp, Y. Molina, Holliday and Gerald Laird(I think him)
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 10:14 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Lone star ball were in kill on site mode for people trolling after last nights game.
by conroestro on Oct 28, 2011 10:07 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
haha
I must of missed something.
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I checked Lone Star Ball this morning and they said they were going to ban everybody they thought to be a troll. And I noticed on the SBN membership monitor that they had a lengthy banned and warned list attributed to Lone Star Ball.
maaan like I said, great meltdowns.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 10:51 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Texas fans such as Cowboys, Longhorns, Rangers and Maverick fans have greaaat meltdowns. Yall should check em out.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 10:16 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Does Gonzalez have anything else in his repertoire besides a curve.
by conroestro on Oct 28, 2011 10:14 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
lol idk but hes from Robstown Tejas, by Corpus also.
CC has 3 players in the world series this year.
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wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
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by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 10:18 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
There you go. Cc getting some World Series love huh.
by conroestro on Oct 28, 2011 10:19 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Ya! Its pretty cool actually. But the only other player from CC is Cliff Pennington.
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by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 10:21 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
One more atbat for the Rangers to make something happen.
by conroestro on Oct 28, 2011 10:20 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Hey, the Astros can still be the first Texas team to win a World Series :P
j/k, j/k
by mike_o on Oct 28, 2011 10:22 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
That’s the silver lining I’m taking from this one.
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by Timothy De Block on Oct 28, 2011 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I still believe were getting #1. This happens for a reason brotha!
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am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 10:28 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Considering the talent
the Rangers already have in the majors, and the fact that they have about 7 (+/-2) guys in the minors that should hit the BA top 100 prospect list and are steadily replenishing them… it is highly unlikely.
by Crzycjunx76 on Oct 28, 2011 11:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Arent most of the top prospects pitchers?
"This is a simple game, you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the the ball, you got it?!"
I JUST GOT THE CHILLS FOR BERKMAN FREESE AND PUJOLS!!!
Great stuff.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 10:23 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Arthur Rhodes, Octavio Dotel, for some reason theriot. unbelievable
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wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 10:25 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
CARDS WS CHAMPIONS!
"This is a simple game, you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the the ball, you got it?!"
Just think if the Cardinals had Wainwright this year.
by conroestro on Oct 28, 2011 10:37 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Yeah
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
I was thinking about that a cpl days ago.
Im scared now…
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
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by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 10:43 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Bud Selig is pathetic.
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 10:44 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Maybe the next Commissioner will be talk and pronounce words correctly
"This is a simple game, you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the the ball, you got it?!"
HAHAHAHA!
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
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by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 11:56 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I have the chills for Berkman....
If i were Arnold Rothstein id pay Ryan Braun all the money he
wants to stop going on homer streaks against the poor Astros....
am i the only one?
by ccislanders on Oct 28, 2011 10:50 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Take his car keys too!
"This is a simple game, you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the the ball, you got it?!"
Woo Hoo
Astros rule Texas. Suck it Rangers.
by Mighty Blue Star on Oct 28, 2011 11:11 PM CDT reply actions
Hey. The Rangers weren't the ones who lost 106 games
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
Yeah we lost 106 games
And still have the same number of World Series rings =p
by Dawakat on Oct 29, 2011 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Happy as can be for Berkman!!!`
You could really make the argument that we deserved the MVP award as well. .400 BA / ALWAYS on base. He really stepped up and Im so proud of him. Berkman you rule!
HOF awaits!!!!
by YohannDookeyblue on Oct 29, 2011 12:34 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I hope he gets the HOF
I am just afraid for some reason he will not go in as an Astro despite Houston being the longest tenure.
I’m happy for the outcome of the World Series. Maybe the way that the Rangers blew this World Series will put them in a downward spiral. I can hope.
ITS GONNA HAPPEN
"This is a simple game, you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the the ball, you got it?!"
could happen
There’s something like laying it all on the line that takes off the edge the next year
I think the Yankees and maybe the Phillies and Braves may suffer the same malaise (and or lack of cockines or confidence)
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by Joe in Birmingham on Oct 29, 2011 11:34 AM CDT up reply actions
Too much talent.
On their MLB roster…. and even after our trades this season they have about double the talent in their minors that we have in ours.
If you gave me the choice of three packages to take over a team pick a staff from top to bottom and have full control within a set budget…
a) Nolan Ryan/Andrew Friedman
b) Jon Daniels
c) Alex Anthopoulos
I would take option “b” every day of the week…
How drained to the Rangers have to feel right now?
6243 AB’s
1595.1 IP
188 regular and post season games…
All for nothing.
I am a bigger football fan than baseball but I personally believe that MLB has the most mentally emotionally draining affect on its players. So many games played and so many individual moments throughout the season during which one player can make a difference in the fate of his entire team… and even putting forth all your effort you can make a few miscues at the end that can render all your team has accomplished meaningless.
From Steve Campbell. Dammit
Among the potential ramifications from that particular order of business are the Astros receiving a compensatory draft pick and/or third baseman Jimmy Paredes moving from third base to shortstop.
I really think Paredes would be a bad defensive shortstop
Granted, he can’t be much worse than Angel Sanchez.
http://www.crawfishboxes.com
I think he would be a good shortstop. I also think he has the potential to be a great defensive third baseman. He is the prospect I have been most impressed with since being called up. Next year will be very interesting to see if he can handle the adjustments that pitchers will make facing him.
by wdh001 on Oct 29, 2011 7:52 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
He struggles quite a bit with his footwork around the bag
"This is a simple game, you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the the ball, you got it?!"
Now the question becomes will there be compensation?
There will likely be a new CBA in place very shortly… and if hard slotting becomes part of the draft then it has been suggested that draft pick compensation could be on the way out. Personally I hope not but it is a possibility.
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