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04-17-2010, 07:26 PM
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Scouting by um looking at a player's uh frame
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bro...bref=obnetwork
Interesting discussion with Chris Buckley quote. Best quote is from Buck Showalter about Derrick Lee. |
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04-17-2010, 07:40 PM
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Re: Scouting by um looking at a player's uh frame
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04-17-2010, 07:41 PM
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Hisssssssss
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Re: Scouting by um looking at a player's uh frame
On a related note, are we going start seeing stories of kids getting bum implants to impress the scouts?
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04-17-2010, 07:58 PM
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Re: Scouting by um looking at a player's uh frame
Could bring a new meaning to a prospect being "on the bubble."
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04-17-2010, 08:51 PM
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Re: Scouting by um looking at a player's uh frame
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04-17-2010, 08:52 PM
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Re: Scouting by um looking at a player's uh frame
Scouts in the 40's and 50's were known to recommend a player because he had a solid, square jaw. And to be honest, it does seem that most really good players have them.
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04-17-2010, 08:53 PM
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Re: Scouting by um looking at a player's uh frame
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04-17-2010, 10:55 PM
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Et tu, Brutus?
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Re: Scouting by um looking at a player's uh frame
I'll never hear "small strikezone" in the same way again.
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