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  1. ashbury
    Move whichever second baseman that day to the second spot. Problem solved. Sincerely, R. Clyde Gardenhire
  2. ashbury
    Lengthy article on him today in the local fishwrap. Not sure it contains any nuggets deeper than he uses his changeup for his out pitch. And that he was a big-time prospect as a 4-year-old.
  3. ashbury
    There is variation of course, but there appears to be a form of "internal hazing" of new scorers that quickly puts them in line with prior art, or they are squeezed out.
  4. ashbury
    Two walks from the Florimonster. We have an OBP machine setting things up for the top of the order.
  5. ashbury
    Quite the joker, aren't you.
  6. ashbury
    One of the things you might not be able to find out is how he does in high leverage situations.
  7. ashbury
    Downright adequate, even? Not a liability, perhaps?
  8. ashbury
    Late to the party. C'mon Perk.
  9. ashbury
    Given their respective ages, it made sense to me to start Florimon to begin the season. This is a season of sorting out what we've got. Giving the 26-year-old candidate the chance to produce or get off the throne is one step in that process. I'd say it's too soon to change to Escobar, but at whatever point that change does occur, it means writing Florimon off completely.
  10. ashbury
    To win that game, a different tactical choice might have worked out better. In a long season, though, it's a goal to have everyone contribute. The manager has to balance these, and it's way too easy to second-guess by focusing on only one aspect.
  11. ashbury
    I'm not entirely against that logic, but the manager also has to play the long game. He can't treat every situation like it's the World Series; he needs also to learn who he can rely on in a long season and who he can't, and with luck also develop a young player by throwing him into the fire and (hopefully) have some success to build on. Gardy probably confirmed a suspicion, at a pretty high cost, and without anything to build on, in this instance. But to have a successful season the entire 25-man roster has to contribute, and especially in the early season you have to manage on that assumption, and let the outcome dictate what happens next. In other words, weighing the potential upside versus the very obvious downside, it doesn't seem like a boneheaded move to me.
  12. ashbury
    I hope nobody else posts, because this one was a good one to end on. Oops.
  13. ashbury
    My boss offered to make 'em *all* zeroes for me.
  14. ashbury
    I'm sorry, my brother, but I'm holding you responsible for this latest turn of events.
  15. ashbury
    Crud. Is that an OK word, Mods? Double crud.
  16. ashbury
    Looks like show-and-tell day in the gifted-and-talented classroom to me, with a gifted-and-talented-and-understated moderator who knows when to shut up and let the kids say some darned things.
  17. ashbury
    That would be close to a major league record, I would think.
  18. ashbury
    Don't put a hex on things, my brother.
  19. ashbury
    You left out fire and brimstone coming down from the skies, rivers and seas boiling, forty years of darkness, earthquakes, volcanoes, the dead rising from the grave, human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together, and finally, mass hysteria.
  20. ashbury
    No worries, he's just the #9 hitter.
  21. ashbury
    Durrr. Thanks. I guess I had wiped the two K's out of my mind already.
  22. ashbury
    Good baserunning to Mornie to get to third? I'm just "watching" by the Yahoo play-by-play and he scampered over from first on a single to "shallow center". Of course Dozier makes it moot with his triple...
  23. ashbury
    Oof, there really is something to be said for a pitcher who can strike out a couple of guys in a row.
  24. ashbury
    I'm still right here, brother.
  25. ashbury
    W00t!
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