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    Re: So, Richie wanted to be a starter...Giants sign Klesko to compete at 1st

    Just think of all the money the Giants will save this year by getting Senior Citizens and AARP discounts on everything for their players!!


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    Re: So, Richie wanted to be a starter...Giants sign Klesko to compete at 1st

    Quote Originally Posted by savafan View Post

    * C -- Benjie Molina, 31
    * 1B -- Rich Aurilia, 35
    * 1B -- Ryan Klesko, 36
    * 2B -- Ray Durham, 35
    * 3B -- Pedro Feliz, 31
    * SS -- Omar Vizquel, 40
    * LF -- Barry Bonds, 42
    * CF -- Dave Roberts, 35
    * RF -- Randy Winn, 33
    For you SABR guys out there, what's the Giants' Average Age over Replacement Player (AARP)?
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    Re: So, Richie wanted to be a starter...Giants sign Klesko to compete at 1st

    The Giants will absolutely lead the league in returning soup.
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    Re: So, Richie wanted to be a starter...Giants sign Klesko to compete at 1st

    Quote Originally Posted by Puffy View Post
    The Giants will absolutely lead the league in returning soup.
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    Re: So, Richie wanted to be a starter...Giants sign Klesko to compete at 1st

    Quote Originally Posted by RichRed View Post
    For you SABR guys out there, what's the Giants' Average Age over Replacement Player (AARP)?
    Not sure why baseball's club of historians would be particularly fit to compute that stat.

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    Re: So, Richie wanted to be a starter...Giants sign Klesko to compete at 1st

    Quote Originally Posted by Doc. Scott View Post
    Not sure why baseball's club of historians would be particularly fit to compute that stat.
    Just my attempt at a little humor. Evidently, very little. I'll try harder.
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    Re: So, Richie wanted to be a starter...Giants sign Klesko to compete at 1st

    Quote Originally Posted by RichRed View Post
    Just my attempt at a little humor. Evidently, very little. I'll try harder.
    No, no, I get it- it was my deadpan response due to a little pet peeve I have about the use of the Society for American Baseball Research acronym over the term "sabermetrics" (meaning all the new-age stats).

    Actually the AARP computation was quite witty.

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    Re: So, Richie wanted to be a starter...Giants sign Klesko to compete at 1st

    I personally think that Feliz will spend time in LF. Bonds would be lucky to start 100 games. Klesko at 1b, Rich at 3b and Feliz in LF the days Bonds is out. Just my thoughts.
    It's absolutely pathetic that people can't have an opinion from actually watching games and supplementing that with stats. If you voice an opinion that doesn't fit into a black/white box you will get completely misrepresented and basically called a tobacco chewing traditionalist...
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    Re: So, Richie wanted to be a starter...Giants sign Klesko to compete at 1st

    does Klesko actually make it to opening day? He might be finished.
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    Re: So, Richie wanted to be a starter...Giants sign Klesko to compete at 1st

    Quote Originally Posted by RichRed View Post
    For you SABR guys out there, what's the Giants' Average Age over Replacement Player (AARP)?
    Nice. Good one.
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    Re: So, Richie wanted to be a starter...Giants sign Klesko to compete at 1st

    http://www.baseballmusings.com/


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    In the meantime, the Giants roster continues to take shape. Bochy stumped hard for Klesko, a personal friend and golfing buddy who played in just six games last season because of left shoulder surgery.

    "He's fully endorsed by our manager, as a lot of our acquisitions have been, and that's why he's here," Giants general manager Brian Sabean said.

    Klesko will see time in left field and at first base, where he could work himself into a platoon with Rich Aurilia and make Sweeney expendable. (Klesko's deal would see him make up to $2 million more in performance bonuses based on plate appearances.) Bochy said he still considers Aurilia the primary first baseman, but "it's always going to stay competitive."

    Maybe if the Giants can't work out the language in Bonds' contract, Ryan can play left full time! Right now, the Giants staters look like this (2007 seasonal ages):

    * C -- Benjie Molina, 31
    * 1B -- Rich Aurilia, 35
    * 1B -- Ryan Klesko, 36
    * 2B -- Ray Durham, 35
    * 3B -- Pedro Feliz, 31
    * SS -- Omar Vizquel, 40
    * LF -- Barry Bonds, 42
    * CF -- Dave Roberts, 35
    * RF -- Randy Winn, 33

    Counting the 1B platoon as 35.5, that makes the average age of the starting lineup 35.3 years

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    Re: So, Richie wanted to be a starter...Giants sign Klesko to compete at 1st

    Have I ever mentioned I don't like Rich?
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    A little bit off topic, but do you guys think that Jesse Winker profiles more like Pete Rose or is he just the next Hal Morris??

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    Re: So, Richie wanted to be a starter...Giants sign Klesko to compete at 1st

    Quote Originally Posted by reds44 View Post
    Have I ever mentioned I don't like Rich?
    No, why?

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    Re: So, Richie wanted to be a starter...Giants sign Klesko to compete at 1st

    Where old players go to die.

    Sound like a good motto for SF?
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    Re: So, Richie wanted to be a starter...Giants sign Klesko to compete at 1st

    Quote Originally Posted by savafan View Post
    From Rotoworld:

    Klesko turned 35 in June, so he now fits the Giants' minimum age requirement.
    Zing!
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