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jpx7 · March 7th, 2008, 04:38 PM

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Dusty may be the worst manager in the history of history.....Someday someone is gonna take his toothpick and shove it up his ass sideways.

Baker is to managing what Joe Morgan is to the broadcast booth, as Geraldo Rivera is to journalism, or as Zapp Brannigan is to interstellar warfare.

Snowman · March 7th, 2008, 09:13 PM

Let's see... the Baker method.

Never play anyone under 33 playing time if you can help it.

Try to never pull a starter with fewer than 140 pitches thrown.

Make sure no one slow walks... ever. They just clog the bases.

Make sure to give at least 1200 PAs a year to players who will hit .220 with single digits in homers and walks. If half of that can go to Official Worst Hitter of All-Time Neifi Perez, all the better.

Snowman · March 14th, 2008, 03:26 AM

So, the Phils got Lohse last year when we needed him much worse, and didn't have to give up all that much for him. I was not happy.

Then we gave Glav $8 million for a year this year when Lohse was a free agent. Now the Cards are going to sign him for a song, and he'll outpitch Glav this season.

What part of giving mediocre contracts to league average starters does our front office not understand? Seems like we always overpay for someone when there are cheaper, near-identical (or even better) options available.

pfiggy · March 14th, 2008, 09:36 AM

We have a high propensity to suck giving out contracts, offering arbitration, and evidently drafting starting pitchers now.

renny · March 17th, 2008, 07:51 AM

The Official Site of The Atlanta Braves: News: Francoeur hit in face by pitch

Very scary and I wasn't aware that he already had a metal plate under his cheekbone, from a previous hit to his face.

pfiggy · March 17th, 2008, 09:31 AM

Scary ah'm shur, but nothing compared to that pfirst hit he took, that 'un nearly ended his budding career. What's a pfew teeth anyhow.

renny · March 17th, 2008, 10:09 AM

What's a pfew teeth anyhow.

Oh shur, easy for you to say - but what about Elsie or Bessie - you think it's easy for them chew that cud without teeth?

pfiggy · March 17th, 2008, 11:33 AM

Here's a little refresher excerpt on that injury in 2004, renny.

"He can still feel it when it storms. The occasional tingling in the right side of his face whenever the thunder rolls through Atlanta. That’s where the 95 mph fastball smashed into his cheekbone as he was squaring around to bunt in what should have been his final at-bat for the Class-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans.

Jeff Francoeur won’t forget that day. It was July 7, 2004—the day he had finally been called up to the Double-A Mississippi Braves, whom he would join the next day.

He’d had it all figured out. He would spend the rest of 2004 proving himself in Double A, make a great showing at Spring Training in March and then begin the 2005 regular season as the starting right fielder of the big-league club, the Atlanta Braves.

Instead, Francoeur landed in a hospital bed, wondering if he’d ever see out of his right eye again. The ball had broken both his orbital bone and his cheekbone and had endangered the clarity of his vision. As if sliders weren’t hard enough for him to see with perfect vision, Francoeur knew they’d be impossible if his sight was compromised."

Don't pforget Bossie, Agnes, Gertrude, Millicent, Florence, Barbara, Aprile, crap ah can't name all the gurls, there's so many. The bull and I know them all well, wait, that doesn't sound right........Big Pizzle knows them intimately, ah just milk 'em.

renny · March 17th, 2008, 02:30 PM

Don't pforget Bossie, Agnes, Gertrude, Millicent, Florence, Barbara, Aprile, crap ah can't name all the gurls, there's so many.

Where'd ya find such hideous names for yore cows?

Snowman · March 17th, 2008, 02:54 PM

IIRC, he also had a staph infection set in the fall after first occurrence, and was put on IV antibiotics to make sure he didn't lose his eye.

pfiggy · March 17th, 2008, 03:09 PM

One of the main reasons to avoid hospitals at all costs......

rniki10 · March 19th, 2008, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Snowman

IIRC, he also had a staph infection set in the fall after first occurrence, and was put on IV antibiotics to make sure he didn't lose his eye.

The staph infection came after the 2005 season I believe after he suffered a violent sneeze.

jpx7 · March 19th, 2008, 07:46 PM

I sort of wish I hadn't taken Jay Bruce now; I forgot the Reds signed Patterson.

Snowman · March 19th, 2008, 07:53 PM

Hell, Corey will fit right in with the Reds now, what with Baker vowing to get those base-cloggers Dunn and Votto to stop walking.

jpx7 · March 19th, 2008, 08:35 PM

"Hell, Corey will fit right in with the Reds now"

That is why I am worried about my Bruce pick.

March 7th, 2008, 09:13 PM	#182 (permalink)
Snowman Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: North Topsail Beach, NC Posts: 1,335	Let's see... the Baker method. Never play anyone under 33 playing time if you can help it. Try to never pull a starter with fewer than 140 pitches thrown. Make sure no one slow walks... ever. They just clog the bases. Make sure to give at least 1200 PAs a year to players who will hit .220 with single digits in homers and walks. If half of that can go to Official Worst Hitter of All-Time Neifi Perez, all the better. __________________ That corpse you planted last year in your garden, Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year? Or has the sudden frost disturbed its bed? If it wasn't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college.

March 14th, 2008, 03:26 AM	#183 (permalink)
Snowman Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: North Topsail Beach, NC Posts: 1,335	So, the Phils got Lohse last year when we needed him much worse, and didn't have to give up all that much for him. I was not happy. Then we gave Glav $8 million for a year this year when Lohse was a free agent. Now the Cards are going to sign him for a song, and he'll outpitch Glav this season. What part of giving mediocre contracts to league average starters does our front office not understand? Seems like we always overpay for someone when there are cheaper, near-identical (or even better) options available. __________________ That corpse you planted last year in your garden, Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year? Or has the sudden frost disturbed its bed? If it wasn't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college.

March 17th, 2008, 07:51 AM	#185 (permalink)
renny Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: along side the veteran presents `) Posts: 2,038	The Official Site of The Atlanta Braves: News: Francoeur hit in face by pitch Very scary and I wasn't aware that he already had a metal plate under his cheekbone, from a previous hit to his face. __________________ "We'll be back next year. We always are, aren't we?" -P Greg Maddux

March 17th, 2008, 10:09 AM	#187 (permalink)
renny Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: along side the veteran presents `) Posts: 2,038	What's a pfew teeth anyhow. Oh shur, easy for you to say - but what about Elsie or Bessie - you think it's easy for them chew that cud without teeth? __________________ "We'll be back next year. We always are, aren't we?" -P Greg Maddux

March 17th, 2008, 11:33 AM	#188 (permalink)
pfiggy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Location: Location: Posts: 3,716	Here's a little refresher excerpt on that injury in 2004, renny. "He can still feel it when it storms. The occasional tingling in the right side of his face whenever the thunder rolls through Atlanta. That’s where the 95 mph fastball smashed into his cheekbone as he was squaring around to bunt in what should have been his final at-bat for the Class-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans. Jeff Francoeur won’t forget that day. It was July 7, 2004—the day he had finally been called up to the Double-A Mississippi Braves, whom he would join the next day. He’d had it all figured out. He would spend the rest of 2004 proving himself in Double A, make a great showing at Spring Training in March and then begin the 2005 regular season as the starting right fielder of the big-league club, the Atlanta Braves. Instead, Francoeur landed in a hospital bed, wondering if he’d ever see out of his right eye again. The ball had broken both his orbital bone and his cheekbone and had endangered the clarity of his vision. As if sliders weren’t hard enough for him to see with perfect vision, Francoeur knew they’d be impossible if his sight was compromised." Don't pforget Bossie, Agnes, Gertrude, Millicent, Florence, Barbara, Aprile, crap ah can't name all the gurls, there's so many. The bull and I know them all well, wait, that doesn't sound right........Big Pizzle knows them intimately, ah just milk 'em. Last edited by pfiggy; March 17th, 2008 at 11:39 AM.

March 14th, 2008, 09:36 AM	#184 (permalink)
pfiggy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Location: Location: Posts: 3,716	We have a high propensity to suck giving out contracts, offering arbitration, and evidently drafting starting pitchers now.

March 17th, 2008, 09:31 AM	#186 (permalink)
pfiggy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Location: Location: Posts: 3,716	Scary ah'm shur, but nothing compared to that pfirst hit he took, that 'un nearly ended his budding career. What's a pfew teeth anyhow.

March 17th, 2008, 02:30 PM	#189 (permalink)
renny Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: along side the veteran presents `) Posts: 2,038	Don't pforget Bossie, Agnes, Gertrude, Millicent, Florence, Barbara, Aprile, crap ah can't name all the gurls, there's so many. Where'd ya find such hideous names for yore cows? __________________ "We'll be back next year. We always are, aren't we?" -P Greg Maddux Last edited by renny; March 17th, 2008 at 02:32 PM.

March 17th, 2008, 02:54 PM	#190 (permalink)
Snowman Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: North Topsail Beach, NC Posts: 1,335	IIRC, he also had a staph infection set in the fall after first occurrence, and was put on IV antibiotics to make sure he didn't lose his eye. __________________ That corpse you planted last year in your garden, Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year? Or has the sudden frost disturbed its bed? If it wasn't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college.

March 17th, 2008, 03:09 PM	#191 (permalink)
pfiggy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Location: Location: Posts: 3,716	One of the main reasons to avoid hospitals at all costs......

March 19th, 2008, 07:46 PM	#193 (permalink)
jpx7 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 568	I sort of wish I hadn't taken Jay Bruce now; I forgot the Reds signed Patterson.

March 19th, 2008, 07:53 PM	#194 (permalink)
Snowman Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: North Topsail Beach, NC Posts: 1,335	Hell, Corey will fit right in with the Reds now, what with Baker vowing to get those base-cloggers Dunn and Votto to stop walking. __________________ That corpse you planted last year in your garden, Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year? Or has the sudden frost disturbed its bed? If it wasn't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college.

March 19th, 2008, 08:35 PM	#195 (permalink)
jpx7 Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 568	"Hell, Corey will fit right in with the Reds now" That is why I am worried about my Bruce pick.