Comments on: Happy birthday, Phil Franchise

By: Ayatollah Assahola

Ayatollah Assahola — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:09:40 +0000

And here we are four years later: Hughes has done nothing to show he’s anything better than a fifth starter on a bad team and you’re still clinging to the infantile “Phil Franchise” moniker.

By: bodhisattva - Destiny Wears Pinstripes

bodhisattva - Destiny Wears Pinstripes — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:35:08 +0000

Wow, Melky out, Swisher in.

Guess you got ahold of the lineup card, Patrick.

By: bodhisattva - Destiny Wears Pinstripes

bodhisattva - Destiny Wears Pinstripes — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:03:40 +0000

Patrick
June 24th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
bod,
Gardner isn’t one of our own players? He got yanked out when he played poorly and Melky was hitting well. Why can’t we do the exact opposite? Melky has been terrible for the last month and Gardner has been fantastic. Gardner deserves to start in CF right now, not Melky.
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Your either/or proposition is your big flaw here.

I never suggested Gardner shouldn’t play – I pointed out that BOTH players were on the bases last night and no one could get them home.

You’ve proposed a lineup that drops Melky out of it; that makes zero sense.

Gardner and Melky, you’ll note, are both in the lineup.

We need young legs on the bases and in our outfield.

Swisher will be the one coming off the bench tonight.

By: Wave Your Hat

Wave Your Hat — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:59:47 +0000

Patrick, thanks.

Since people seem to think that we both believe Nick is a future Hall of Famer no matter what we say, we might as well use stats that show Nick in the best light.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:56:42 +0000

Wave,

Baseball reference uses 3.1 PA per game, the proper way to do it is 3.1 PA per team game. So for example, Mauer isn’t qualified yet. He has 207 plate appearances, his team has played 72 games. That’s only 2.875 PA per team game.

By: Doreen

Doreen — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:55:12 +0000

There are some things that no one will ever change their mind on no matter what happens, even if they see things with their own eyes, they’ll come up with a different spin.

Swisher? Really great personality. Decent player who makes a lot of mistakes and who is not the smoothest outfielder I’ve ever seen. Better suited to not playing every day. I agree with SJ44 – what they heck is HE doing swinging at a first pitch when his strength is making a pitcher work?

Melky? I’ve always liked him. Is he a superstar? No. But he’s certainly not the scrub some people make him out to be.

ARod? Give him two weeks (which I guess brings you up to the ASB), with his scheduled rest, and see what happens. If he’s still looking weak at the plate and can’t get to routing grounders in the field, let him have the further surgery. Let him heal and rehab and hope for the best for next season. However, I don’t know what you do about replacing him this year.

Posada? the whole situation feels schizophrenic to me. When he was gone last season, all I read was, “we lost our most intense player” in one form or another. All of a sudden this season he’s a scapegoat for this slump? All of a sudden he can’t call games?

Losing brings out the worst in everyone.

By: Wave Your Hat

Wave Your Hat — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:51:11 +0000

DB, you have to take the bitter with the sweet. I thought you and I were cool?

By: DB

DB — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:49:52 +0000

How about you guys take out the first two weeks of April and June and see where Swisher ranks. Those stats are overblown due to his crazy hot streaks. I’ll give you the last two weeks of April

By: Wave Your Hat

Wave Your Hat — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:46:57 +0000

Baseball reference uses 3.1 PA per game.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:44:20 +0000

Hardball times. Perhaps they have different qualifications for listing a batter as “qualified”.