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No. 14, Encarnacion/Sojo - The Baseball Thread continues

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Angola!, Jul 29, 2008.

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  1. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    It would make no sense.

    Outfield would go from plodding to awful.... Blue-collar ethic would be infected by Manny-apathy.

    As much as the Red Sox are dumb to let him go, the Marlins would be more stupid to trade to get him.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Jul 31, 2008
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  2. spnited

    spnited Active Member

    And Gordon's five walks produced exactly ZERO runs.
    OPB tonight = 1.000. Runs produced = 0.
    A total waste.
     
    spnited, Jul 31, 2008
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  3. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    Gotta disagree on Manny pollluting the team. Manny-apathy would probably take a two- (or maybe a three-!) month break as he tries to prove himself worthy of a four-year deal.

    The defense would be laughably bad, though. No doubt about that.
     
    BYH, Jul 31, 2008
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  4. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    The X-factor is how much of his utter fearlessness/lack of awareness of pressure at the plate would reach to other players.

    He'd be an intimidator. And the Marlins have no hitters who do that.

    And, he's my daughter's favorite player, bar none..... so I would be more intrigued by such a trade than against it, though I'm sure the negatives far outweigh the positives.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Jul 31, 2008
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  5. Oz

    Oz Well-Known Member

    Hey, I don't so much as glance at SportsJournalists.com while at work, so I'm always like eight hours behind by the time I get home. It's like I'm in the Alaska/Hawaii time zone.

    :-[
     
    Oz, Jul 31, 2008
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  6. three_bags_full

    three_bags_full Well-Known Member

    There's a big difference, Gutter. Dickens is a moron. You're not.
     
    three_bags_full, Jul 31, 2008
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  7. Dickens Cider

    Dickens Cider New Member

    Wow. I'm honored.
     
    Dickens Cider, Jul 31, 2008
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  8. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    you and me both.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Jul 31, 2008
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  9. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    You made a stupid wise-ass comment and got called on it.

    Don't be a wuss and backtrack now.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Jul 31, 2008
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  10. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    Ouch. That's one on me. Good thing I didn't put it in print.
     
    goalmouth, Jul 31, 2008
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  11. Simon_Cowbell

    Simon_Cowbell Active Member

    Earlier this year, Augie Ojeda had a game with six RBI and zero runs scored.

    The Jeter line is commonplace compared with that.
     
    Simon_Cowbell, Jul 31, 2008
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  12. casty33

    casty33 Active Member

    If I may reiterate a point ... the Marlins are an offensive machine. They do a lot of things poorly, and their pitching is so-so, but taking into consideration the shortcomings of the Phillies and the Mets, I can see the Marlins winning the division due to their bats. And adding Manny to that lineup can hardly hurt enough defensively to kill them.
     
    casty33, Jul 31, 2008
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