Comments on: Today in the Journal News

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:33:19 +0000

john_halfz: you are exactly correct about Shelly and Ensberg and my guess is Cashman thinks so too.

By: Drive 4-5

Drive 4-5 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:30:42 +0000

I’m not comparing Duncan to Mattingly at all. All I’m saying is that there was little to predict that Mattingly was going to turn into Donnie Baseball. I’d take Shelley Duncan out of the equation entirely. But there’s no predicting what Duncan would do this year. Dwight Evans is another example of how at age 28 there was no predicting how good he was going to be in his 30′s.

And in my other obp example, I forgot to mention that with 2 men on and 2 outs, Neyer would take the higher obp guy over the higher rbi guy. My mistake. Actually,his mistakelol

By: OldYanksFan

OldYanksFan — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:29:58 +0000

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Thanks. Very nice of you.

By: 2708

2708 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:28:42 +0000

John,
I dont think it is Shelly’s inability to hit a curve ball, i think it hsi inability to hit anything but a fastball. Could he help the team? sure but it will be relying more on his ability to play first and take some pressure off of Abreu more than his offense. IMO

By: ThatWasMe

ThatWasMe — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:25:22 +0000

I just can’t wait until the first night Phil takes the mound in the 2008 season, he makes me feel like a young kid in an old man’s body.

By: John_Halfz

John_Halfz — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:21:46 +0000

Stop it, you two. Morgan Ensberg is a pile of trash from a trash heap full of trash. He struck out 238 times in 2006. Shelley was using 2006 to hone his 24 inch biceps just the way he needed to deliver what we’ve already witnessed the beginning of: a late-blooming career characterized by Ruthian HR rates and insane grit and enthusiasm.

By: John_Halfz

John_Halfz — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:18:07 +0000

Hey, hey, come on. Shelley Duncan’s infectious .325 OBP is an irreplaceable quality. His enthusiastic inability to hit a curveball will take this team places!

Once upon a time, there was a different sort of player. His name was Andy Stankiewicz. He was so fun to root for. But Yankees fans didn’t have a chance to root for him until he was 27, because it took an injury to Hall of Fame second ballot winner Mike Gallego for Andy to break in. By mid-May 1992, he was hitting .348 with a .430 OBP. He finished the year very respectably, and kids wanted his rookie card.

By the time 1995 rolled around, he was hitting .118 for the Astros. Didn’t make him any less likeable. Just meant he wasn’t cut out for life as an MLB regular.

Andy Stanky is Shelly Duncan if you substitute “speed” for “power.”

By: hmmm

hmmm — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:16:32 +0000

“Theyâ€™ll be telling us that weâ€™re not going to make the playoffs because the team will be bunch of robots without Shelleyâ€™s passion and forearm smashes.”

i predict lots of hilarious “future Hall of Famer Morgn Ensberg” jokes, ala Josh Phelps.

By: whozat

whozat — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:09:51 +0000

“man, i wonder what this place will be like if Duncan doesnâ€™t make the team.”

They’ll be telling us that we’re not going to make the playoffs because the team will be bunch of robots without Shelley’s passion and forearm smashes.

By: 2708

2708 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:07:29 +0000

What a great article. Phil Francise is going to be something very special. Shelly on the other hand, I think the jury is still out.