Friday Thoughts....

by Tom Dakers on Aug 15, 2008 1:14 PM EDT in Fun Comment 6 comments

I was going to write something about Cito this morning but this on Mockingbird said everything I wanted to, with less typing for me.

We are rolling into Boston at just the wrong time, they scored 37 runs in a three game series against Texas but then we'll throw better pitchers up against them than Francisco, Mendoza and Hunter. Let's see them got 37 against Doc, AJ and Marcum. On the other hand, let's not see that.

Speaking of the Red Sox, Jonathan Papelbon isn't unhappy Manny is gone. Papelbon isn't one of the great interviews of all time.....

A piece on MLB.com on 2008 first round draft picks mentioned David Cooper:

As the first first-rounder to sign, Cooper has taken advantage of the extra playing time. He's been twice promoted and the Cal product is now in the Class A Advanced Florida State League. Combined, he's hit an impressive .336 in 52 games with a .923 OPS, driving in 44 runs in 211 at-bats.

Russ Adams seems to have found himself at the plate at Triple A batting .395 with 3 homeruns and 10 RBI in his last ten games. I guess it won't mean anything for him but I'd like to see someone else at third other than Scoot while Rolen is on the DL.

I guess you all heard that the White Sox hit four homeruns. I'm not sure what the big deal is, we've hit five this month. What? They hit four in a row! Oh ok.

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I agree on Adams

I don’t want to see him play 3rd base everyday again, but let’s bring him up and have him split playing time – when a righty is pitching, Adams at 2nd and Inglett at 3rd – with a lefty, Scoot at 3rd and Eckstein or Inglett at 2nd. Adams isn’t anything special but he can hit righties and gets on base pretty well and will add some speed which is nice. Even when he doesn’t start, he’ll give you some speed off the bench which could be nice for when Stairs or Barajas walks and you want a pinch-runner faster than Wilkerson – and he Scoot, or Inglett can all play outfield if they have to.

"Let us go forth awhile, and get better air in our lungs. Let us leave our closed rooms... The game of ball is glorious." - Walt Whitman

by hugo on Aug 15, 2008 1:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

last ten games?

can we determine how well he’s doing by just 10 games? what are his season numbers? i seem to recall that we gave him plenty of time to showcase his skills and he was subpar… but i guess he can’t be much worse than scoot

anyways i’m off… won’t be able to catch the next few games because I’m going camping with a few friends for the weekend… i’m hoping that when i return, we shall be in third place within the division…. 2.5 back of NY, possible no?

by hopelessjaysfan on Aug 15, 2008 4:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ten games is a good streak

and we have seen him a few times, and he hasn’t hit that badly. They just didn’t like his D at short. He couldn’t hit worse at 3B than Scoot against right handers at very least. But yeah, I think it will take sniper fire on our dugout for him to get a call up. Is too bad, no way he’s worse than Scoot.

by Tom Dakers on Aug 15, 2008 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs