Lay off the uppers, man.

Thanks for link. Some of those smaller sample sizes will be worth watching over time.

Girardi’s preference for CF has nothing to do with you claiming Melky Cabrera can’t even hope to hit anything approaching .280.

I’m not interested in debating with you, either, because, with all due respect, you generally don’t present arguments, you just make blanket statements.

The accusation of “obsession” on my part shows you strike out wildly and lack weapons to debate honestly.

For your comments to have integrity, you might have said:

“Well, I STILL don’t think Cabrera is even a .280 hitter – and I don’t expect him to finish up with even that.”

OR:

“I guess I underestimated him – I suppose .280 is probably about right.”

But have it your way – I guess, technically, you did “predict” he wouldn’t hit .385 for the season.

Hey man, great call

And I don’t rely on blind faith to make my arguments. That’s where you and I disagreed strongly on Melky.

But like I said, none of this hoopla is going to change our minds.

Let’s stick to the facts: you have gone out of your way to consistently make unqualified, dismissive statements about Melky Cabrera’s abilities.

You have never really backed any of those statements up, other than to state your opinion in absolutes: “cannot.” etc.

Unlike you, I have given sound arguments on why Cabrera is worth playing every day.

Your statements about Cabrera are never supported with any kind of theory on his plate mechanics, or even numbers. All you offer is your zeal that the guy stinks offensively and defensively.

THis is a baseball forum, and you argued so strenuously that Cabrera brings nothing to the table as an every day player. The discussion was between you and myself.

I am merely bringing light to what you actually WROTE, versus what you CLAIM you predicted.

And since you and I debated this before Melky even stepped into the batter’s box in April – I am reminding you of what you actually wrote.

IF you had not attempted to revise what you actually wrote, I wouldn’t have said anything in your direction.

That’s how it works on these forums – people debate and they hopefully offer some kind of support for their statements. You not only aren’t offering support, you are now revising what you originally predicted, and THAT is what prompted my response.

Whatever, dude. Not really interested in fighting with you about it anymore.

The one thing that I do recall during our debates back in ST is that I didn’t think Melky was an everyday player because he had plenty of chances to take a stranglehold of the job during the three years it was handed to him.

All I wanted was for Gardner to get his shot and he’s taking advantage of it.

I like what he brings to this team better than Melky and all the ranting and raving from you isn’t going to change that.

More importantly, Girardi feels that way too as long as Gardner finds a way to get on base at a .350 OBP+ clip.

And he’s the guy who makes out the lineups.

A lot of things are different today but a reminder of why those particular PEDs had such an aura of respectability may make some of the younger crowd realize where that attitude sprang from.

Of course you did.

Melky’s April/May numbers are beyond the scope of your understanding of what you figured he was capable of offensively.

You predicted he could not hit even .280 – which is actually a comfortable place for him to live.

“No – he cannot,” were your words to my statement that .280 isn’t a big deal for a bat like Cabrera’s – hardly a stretch.

He raised the bar so high, that you’re now retro-actively saying you never expected him to hit .327 – or .385?

That’s specious of you.

Your most honest statement, in fact, is that you have: “Never been a Melky fan.”

And if .280 is a reach – what do you think he’s consistently capable of? .250 maybe? Or is .233 more like it?

What was his average, any way, over his first 1500 ABs?

Obviously, it wasn’t .280, which you’ve already confirmed he “cannot” achieve.