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  1. big dog
    Wow. Two ROYs in one draft class. That must not happen very often. The Dodgers and the A's had 3 in a row, but none of them were from the same draft. -edit, the Dodgers actually had 4 in a row (Sax, Valenzuela, Howe, Sutcliffe), drafted in '78, undrafted FA, '79, and '74. The A's had Weiss, McGwire, Canseco, drafted in '85, '84, and '82.
  2. big dog
    Yeah, I get it. I was just drawing a distinction between a BP hitter and a great hitter.
  3. big dog
    Somebody who crushes balls in BP, making the fans ooh and aah. Unfortunately, that term means that BP is the highest plateau they usually reach. Nobody talked about Thome as a BP hitter.
  4. big dog
    I'm not sure what I think SHOULD happen, but I'm 100% convinced that Santana and Arcia WILL happen. And right now I have no problem with that. I do have a problem with all the at-bats Quentin is getting right now. I don't see him as the answer to any problem we have.
  5. big dog
    I think the writer means he is still a rookie by having one fewer at-bat than the minimum last year, so he's technically a prospect even though he was in the majors for quite a while. I don't think that is a commentary on his ability.
  6. big dog
    Great article- lots of good memories. The Harrellson call, which is what I heard living here in Illinois, was totally awesome. It no longer exists on YouTube- I guess he complained, or someone did. You can get the Twins TV call and radio call, but not Hawk's. If I recall correctly, the sequence was 1. sound of ball being obliterated by Thome's bat 2. Hawk saying "dadgummit" (might have been "ballgame" but I think it was the former) 3. Long sequence of crowd cheering, not a single comment from the Hawkaroo. Easily my favorite Chicago White Sox Moment Of All Time. Craig Kusick's nickname was Mongo. Obviously.
  7. big dog
    Yeah, I'll bet the Sux wish they had Escobar back instead of a couple of dreadful months of Liriano (12 games, ERA+ of 79). Now they're considering the Ghost of Jimmy Rollins. I'll take EscoBear. Let's hope he is who he looked like at the end of the season.
  8. big dog
    They all have the same floor we do- homeless tweaker meth-heads. Hopefully that's no more realistic for them than it is for us. Well, for me anyway. I don't know what other people have going on. Good luck to us all.
  9. big dog
    I would rather have Polanco on the team than Nunez, and if Buxton shows he's ready I'd rather have Polanco than D Santana.
  10. big dog
    So instead of another thread where we continually debate whether the glass is half-full or half-empty, here's one debating whether the glass is badly cracked or completely shattered. Knock yourselves out. For those who are planning to tell me "if you don't like it start your own thread", I would but lately they all seem to end up in the same place anyway, It's kind of like listening to Reusse except without the hilarious cackling. Extending Kurt Suzuki, Jason Bartlett, I suppose Mauer and Ortiz and the bullpen can only be a few posts away. If anyone out there has a baseball glove, lives in northern Illinois, and wants to play catch, I'm available. Have a great day.
  11. big dog
    Somebody must be making quite a good living doing Tommy John surgeries in the Fort Myers area. I hope a lot of these guys make a full recovery.
  12. big dog
    ?? Yeah, I would say that's true, if he's better than he looked last year. Not automatically. Ryan saying they think they can fix him suggests he needs to show some upside.
  13. big dog
    Triple like.
  14. big dog
    If healthy, they'll be good. But they are old, and at least a few key pieces are going to miss significant parts of the season with injuries. That's what I said last year, and it's even more likely to be true this year.
  15. big dog
    The part I liked best, out of a great set of questions and answers, was pitching inside. Nothing wrong with making a batter move their feet once in a while, and bad things are a lot more likely to happen if you don't do that. Can't wait to see him in the Bigs!
  16. big dog
    Congratulations on your son! Wonderful times ahead. (Sleep much?) I think he has the chance to see some exciting baseball, even if he's stil a couple years away from understanding when the hit-and-run makes the most sense.
  17. big dog
    Yeah, I watched Harmon play a lot of baseball. I don't care what he weighed, he (and many others) were a lot slower than Sano.
  18. big dog
    Based on overall athleticism, I would rather have Sano in the outfield than Kyle Schwarber, and Joe Maddon seemed to think Schwarber was worth the risk. Schwarber had played 36 minor-league games in the outfield in 2014, none there in 2015 until he was called up by the Cubs. Two-thirds of his appearances, including all of his playoff games, were in the outfield. I didn't get any positional stats from Indiana, but I believe he was their full-time catcher. I think Sano will be a much better outfielder than what I've seen from Schwarber. Sure, he'd be better at third, but I don't think this is as crazy as some make it sound.
  19. big dog
    Realistic expectations? No. Not very many players ever get to Sale's level. You shouldn't expect the top 6 players every year to get there.
  20. big dog
    Man, without the invention of Tommy John surgery...yikes.
  21. big dog
    Let's remember being selected isn't the same thing as being kept. Some selected guys are sent back, or the team works out a trade to keep them so they can send them down for a while. So if we lose someone today, it might only end up being a loan.
  22. big dog
    How many baseball players have BEEN over 250 pounds (not counting pitchers and first basemen)? I bet there haven't been very many third basemen who played more than 100 games while over 250 pounds either, so this stat argues he shouldn't be there either.
  23. big dog
    That's fair, but it's also fair to note that the team that snapped him up traded to get their old infielder back and is now looking to trade Danny away. He's definitely better than he was with the Twins, but his new nickname ought to be "Suitcase". And great article, by the way. Fascinating stuff.
  24. big dog
    Don't teams video at-bats whether or not games are televised?
  25. big dog
    Wait, Aaron Hicks is one of the most well-rounded players in the majors? Did they actually ever watch him hit against a right-handed pitcher???
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