And their two top starters were? (Here's a hint: the two best starters at a top of a rotation that I've seen in all my years of watching baseball)Quote:
Originally Posted by blumj
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And their two top starters were? (Here's a hint: the two best starters at a top of a rotation that I've seen in all my years of watching baseball)Quote:
Originally Posted by blumj
McClain and Lolich?Quote:
Originally Posted by Falls City Beer
McClain and Lolich were pitching before my conscious awareness of baseball.Quote:
Originally Posted by Always Red
just kidding- Schilling and Johnson were incredible that year, especially in the series.
And Tony "Wo-is-me" was the SS;)
I take anything Marty says with a grain of salt, especially his opinions on ball players... more often than not, he allows personal opinion (usually dislike) outweigh fact (or lack thereof).
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Co...2p.hmedium.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by SteelSD
Somebody would like to stop by to say hi. Apparently, he doesn't think the "watch it roll on by" technique works in the world series. Don't know where he gets his information though.:D
You would have thought Mickey was fat, everyone else did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Falls City Beer
He was my favorite pitcher as a kid, 4 straight years of 300 IP, 6 of 270 plus, 52 complete games in 72 and 71.
The Tigers dumped McLain to the Senators for the left side of their infield and their number 2 starter... a great trade.
I had it on and it was completely claseless by Marty. Lance asked a question if they can afford to keep Clayton in the lineup over Edwin (didn't even mention Felipe) and Marty went off on Felipe. He then went on to say they can play Clayton over Edwin because he makes the routine play. Little does Marty know that Royce has made something like 15 errors already this year. He said Clayton is a headsy player, but I have counted at least 2 mental mistakes already by Royce. He said Edwin will end up being a 1st baseman.
Marty needs to realize Edwin has all the tools to be a great defensive 3rd baseman and just needs to work on his throwing mechanics.
I say stick Rich at SS. Between Phillips and Edwin's insane range at 3B and 2B you can somewhat mask Rich's lack of range at SS.
Brooks Robinson and Roberto Alomar in their prime couldn't mask that.Quote:
I say stick Rich at SS. Between Phillips and Edwin's insane range at 3B and 2B you can somewhat mask Rich's lack of range at SS.
Clayton has 14 errors in 415 total chances and a fielding percentagte of .966Quote:
Originally Posted by reds44
EE has 15 errors in 155 total chances and a fielding percentage of .944.
I know, I know, but EE has that "insane range."
Right now Clayton is better defensively, I am not debating that.Quote:
Originally Posted by jimbo
The offense isn't even close though. I hope you don't think Royce is a better player then Edwin.
Dunn is a terrible defender, should we start Denorfia over him?
No.
Dunn may be less than average (maybe), but he is by no means "terrible".Quote:
Originally Posted by reds44
The two situations are not comparable at all. Left field is a offensive position. SS has become more of a balance of the two, but I still considere SS a defensive position, especially since they are considered the leaders of the infield. I'll take the defense at SS, especially when you aren't really lacking offense from other positions.Quote:
Originally Posted by reds44
Edwin plays 3rd base.Quote:
Originally Posted by SeeinRed
Royce Clayton is not as good as the media thinks. Bad range, poor arm, and even if you don't include the errors, just watch him miss balls under his glove and off of them. Everyone thinks of players as when they were best. Like Aurilia, Clayton, and Griffey just from our team.
I never trust the media's analysis of a player, only what they find out from others. I love Marty as a PBP guy on radio, but I think he would be a terrible manager. Just watching the game for 30 years doesn't mean you understand it. As someone else mentioned, their wife watches a lot of "Grey's Anatomy" doesn't mean she should be operating on people.