Baseball Thread 5 - #5 George Brett Has a Story to Tell

Well played. Exceedingly well played.

 

Well, it's good to see the Royals' annual shitfest at Fenway is well underway. If they come within three runs of winning any of these four games, I'll be shocked.

 

Chase Utley hits an inside the park homer for the Phils. Banged off the part of the center field wall at Citizen's Bank Park that angles out (right of the 409-foot marker) and rolled halfway to the right field line before the right fielder chased it down. Reds center fielder Willie Taveras looked like a fat kid chasing a wind-blown beach ball. Utley scored without a throw to the plate.

 

Sanchez would be a good fit for the White Sox. He would work well in the 2 hole which would help Podsednik be even more productive and allow Ozzie to drop Alexei down in the order where he belongs. As a bonus, Chris Getz's bat would no longer be in the lineup.

 

Getz comes up with more big hits than the average .240 hitter, though. That being said, Sanchez would, indeed, be a good fit. But I'd be tempted to leave Ramirez No. 2 and put Sanchez down in the order to finally have someone there who can run AND make contact.

 

There will not be a second term.

 

Freddie Sanchez has 10 stolen bases in his career and has been caught stealing 7 times.

Freddie Sanchez also has a club foot.

Running is not his strong suit.

 

Compared to the Jim Thomes and Paul Konerkos of the world, he's Usain Bolt. The contact thing is more important, though. Too many guys on the Sox who can't put the ball in play.

 

Whee! Always happy to be wrong. Nice to see some piss and vinegar. And viva los Mexicutioner.

 

I'm still convinced that Joakim Soria is the best closer in baseball. He made the Red Sox his bitch tonight.

 

Let me say up front that I absolutely understand the irony in this post because I just gave poindexter a hard time about obsessive behavior on another thread, but I had to point this out. I admit it. It is a sickness.

Nate McLouth is batting .294 with five home runs, 16 RBI, 21 runs scored and three steals in 119 at-bats since he was traded to the Braves despite missing some time with a sore hamstring. Over 595 at-bats, that would be a pace for 105 runs, 25 HR, 80 RBI and 15 steals.

I can't imagine any other contenders that would wanted to bid for his relatively cheap services if the Pirates had waited. :

Again, it's not that they unload veterans to try to build. The Pirates did the same thing in the late '80s and that was a huge part of their run of NL East championships from 1990-92. It's their inability to maximize the value they get in return that helps to keep that team in a perpetual cycle of losing.