Wait a minute..............Jacoby Ellsbury - RedsZone.com - Cincinnati Reds Fans' Home for Baseball Discussion

hebroncougar · 09-13-2011, 10:03 PM

Has 27 HR? I saw this tonight, and my jaw hit the floor. I had no clue, where the heck have I been? After all the injuries he had last year, I'd say he's a prime candidate in a couple of years to be crying on 60 minutes about how he used steroids to come back from injuries, and he hit a bunch of HR's.

dougdirt · 09-13-2011, 11:32 PM

Wow. No one is safe these days are they? If anyone hits 20 HR's they are a steroid user aren't they?

Tom Servo · 09-14-2011, 05:18 AM

Tacoby Bellsbury

hebroncougar · 09-14-2011, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by dougdirt

Wow. No one is safe these days are they? If anyone hits 20 HR's they are a steroid user aren't they?

I'm not usually one to jump on the bandwagon, but this is darn near Finleyesque, very, very unexpected, and coming off of a long injury rehab.

Ghosts of 1990 · 09-14-2011, 09:19 AM

Red Sox effect...

Not much different than what Granderson has done to a lesser extent.

wolfboy · 09-14-2011, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by dougdirt

Wow. No one is safe these days are they? If anyone hits 20 HR's they are a steroid user aren't they?

What are you hiding Doug? You show up out of nowhere just shy of six years ago with knowledge of the minor leagues that's historically unprecedented on Redszone. I don't want to point fingers here, but where there's smoke there's always fire.

westofyou · 09-14-2011, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by dougdirt

Wow. No one is safe these days are they? If anyone hits 20 HR's they are a steroid user aren't they?

Pretty funny/sad eh?

Davey Johnson hit over 40 HR's in 1973, I'm thinking the juice too.

lollipopcurve · 09-14-2011, 09:43 AM

Scouts have been projecting 20+ HR power for Ellsbury for years.

mdccclxix · 09-14-2011, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by dougdirt

Wow. No one is safe these days are they? If anyone hits 20 HR's they are a steroid user aren't they?

I get this, but if no one asks questions, we end up where we were in 2006. Being vigilant is good, and the watch isn't really national per se - tainting the national conversation, it's just part of the conversation about baseball among fans. Hopefully some of the grumbling can keep players honest.

Always Red · 09-14-2011, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by westofyou

Davey Johnson hit over 40 HR's in 1973, I'm thinking the juice too.

Tobacco juice

westofyou · 09-14-2011, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Always Red

Tobacco juice

One of the reasons Johnson was on the Braves was that he wanted more power and put on muscle to achieve that. Earl Weaver said it made him slow in the field and bad on the DP which to him was unacceptable, even if the payback was some power.

Bumstead · 09-14-2011, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by westofyou

One of the reasons Johnson was on the Braves was that he wanted more power and put on muscle to achieve that. Earl Weaver said it made him slow in the field and bad on the DP which to him was unacceptable, even if the payback was some power.

Hopefully Janish never bulks up for power!

CTA513 · 09-14-2011, 02:52 PM

He gets it from Bautista.

hebroncougar · 09-14-2011, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by lollipopcurve

Scouts have been projecting 20+ HR power for Ellsbury for years.

I'm not buying that. He had 10 career minor league home runs in almost 1200 PA's. 20 career HR's in almost the same number of MLB PA's.

_Sir_Charles_ · 09-14-2011, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by hebroncougar

I'm not buying that. He had 10 career minor league home runs in almost 1200 PA's. 20 career HR's in almost the same number of MLB PA's.

Wasn't Stubbs in a similar situation? Power projection but very limited power displayed?

09-13-2011, 10:03 PM	#1
hebroncougar Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,017	Wait a minute..............Jacoby Ellsbury Has 27 HR? I saw this tonight, and my jaw hit the floor. I had no clue, where the heck have I been? After all the injuries he had last year, I'd say he's a prime candidate in a couple of years to be crying on 60 minutes about how he used steroids to come back from injuries, and he hit a bunch of HR's.

09-13-2011, 11:32 PM	#2
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09-14-2011, 05:18 AM	#3
Tom Servo thirsty and miserable Join Date: May 2006 Location: NJ/NY Posts: 5,400	Re: Wait a minute..............Jacoby Ellsbury Tacoby Bellsbury __________________ "Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."

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lollipopcurve Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Shelburne Falls, MA Posts: 9,480	Re: Wait a minute..............Jacoby Ellsbury Scouts have been projecting 20+ HR power for Ellsbury for years. __________________ "Baseball is a very, very complex business. It's more of a people business than most businesses." - Bob Castellini

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