Running 2011 Baseball Thread, Vol. I: Dedicated to spnited

Those numbers haven't been Wells's norm in a long time.

 

Mike Napoli never hit a Mathis-ian .215 in a season. He entered this season with a career average of .251. Not great, but not awful from a catcher, if only he were allowed to play catcher.

And betting on Vernon Wells to return to form, at 33, after several down years, is almost as bad an idea as trading for him in the first place. But nobody would do that. Except Super Genius Scioscia.

 

Big game tonight. Can't wait! Play ball!

 

You're no fun.

 

I only undershot a little bit.
In 2010 -- Napoli, .238 (lowest since rookie year), 26 and 68. Wells .273, 31, 88, which was better than '09 and similar to '08. If Wells had duplicated what he did in '10 and Napoli had duplicated what he did in '10, you wouldn't be bagging on Scioscia.

But BYH would be bagging on Scioscia if Wells hit .350 with 60 homers and 140 RBIs, so the numbers are really meaningless.
Admittely, I owe BYH a Diet Pepsi. Need to know how to get it to him.

 

After that thriller between Troy and Florida International, it had better be a damn good one.

 

But I would, b/c Napoli duplicating his 2010--or any year prior--still would have been better than what the Angels got from Mathis and the band of merry third-string catchers. How many games did the Angels blow b/c their catchers hit .192/.252/.302 with 10 homers and a K/BB ratio of more than 3:1? Was it 10? Or at least enough to make the final week of the season interesting instead of playing out the string?

I'm not even that giddy about Napoli having the year of his life offensively. I'm giddy b/c he's been a positive difference-maker behind the plate, which was supposedly the area in which he was so deficient that the Super Genius would rather have Jeff Mathis throwing to first when someone is stealing second.

And Vernon Wells is DONE. Completely finished as a good major league player. Even his dead-cat bounce won't bring him close to what Napoli did this season.

Diet Pepsi sounds gooooood.

 

Who's not a fraud?

 

Night Ranger?

 

I didn't say he was a fraud. But he managed to parlay the worst year of his career into a giant-ass promotion that was undeserved, based on not only this year's results but also his job performance the last few years.

Never mind how he quit on the Red Sox, relying on Bill Walsh's line about being in one place too long, while Cashman keeps re-upping with the Yankees. I know who I'd rather have run my team, or take one over when it's at or near rock bottom, and it ain't Theo.