Fixing The Right Side of the Infield
How big of a problem is it? Pretty big. Our 2nd basemen have scored 14 runs this year, last in the NL. Our first basemen have driven in 23 runs, tied for 11th in the NL. And let’s not even talk about that thing, what’s it called…..er…….a *home ran*? Or something like that? Combined this season, our 1st and 2nd basemen have 3 total home runs. Toss our SS’s in and that number swells to 4……
Anyway, Bochy and Sabean have pretty much reached the bottom of the well in terms of available players in the organization who could produce better than the current shoddy lot. Any rock they haven’t checked under is either too young and not ready or they’re just AAA filler, something every organization needs.
Sabean will probably turn to the available waiver wire list next. I don’t know what that looks like and don’t really want to know. He DID find Burrell and Ross there a couple of years ago.
He could go the trade route. My main man on the scene in Houston, WilcoJoe, brought up Jed Lowrie and Carlos Lee as a possible blockbuster solution. Either or both would be fantastic additions–Lowrie can play pretty much the entire infield and Lee, besides being a 1b, can also play left field. He’s in the final year of a mega deal and we’d have to pay the remainder of the 18 million he’s owed this year. Lowrie isn’t a free agent till 2015.
Both of these guys are better options than every infielder on our roster except Sandoval. What would you have to give up? WillcoJoe threw out Brown OR Panic and Belt or Kieshnick. I suggested Belt and Surkamp (if his arm is healthy). Feel free to toss out your own ideas of what a deal like that would take but remember, you have to give up something good to get something good……..
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If he really did say “fuck you” and it’s clear, he should be fined big time. Zero excuse.
rewind it, it was clear as day. And that dude was still wiping his snot rocket off him as he left the mound. Getting pulled from the game mid-snot rocket clearly rattled him. That entire moment, from the *interrupted snot rocket-fuck you” to getting pulled, to flicking the half-left snot rocket to the ground as he crossed the mound was nothing more or less than….fucking……gold……baby……….
I have ZERO problem with Bum muttering *fuck you* under his breath as he was getting pulled. He’s a competitor, he didn’t look at Bochy and yell “FUCK YOU!”, he fucking muttered it. He’s a gamer, I liked it……..
You have me thoroughly intrigued with this “Fuck You” session. I must and shall rewind my DVR. Be back shortly with my thoughts…
It’s a slam dunk, he said “fuck you”
Now let’s remember. Bum’s a farmer. He said “Fuck ewe”
Theriot is stating his case to be the everyday second baseman when Pablo returns. Let’s be honest, Arias is who he is(n’t). Too bad we didn’t keep my buddy Jeff Keppinger. I know he’s currently on the DL thanks to a freak injury, but that didn’t preclude Joe Maddon from batting him cleanup. 😀
Theriot is taking advantage of the same shit Crawford got in the 2-hole. In fact, Theriot was SENT to the 2-hole to get him some pitches to hit. Arias would probably hit the same shit.
But really, some of the consideration has to be not *who the 2 hole hitter* is but *who can hit in the 8 hole*. Lots of guys can hit fastballs when they know they’re coming. Not that many guys can hit shit they don’t know is coming. And that’s the reason why I think Craw should be in the 2 hole when he’s playing…….
Craw in the 2-hole? Flav, you must be drinking more than I. He has NO Whitey business hitting second. None. Nada. Zero. Zip. Zilch.
I agree, Dennis on the 2-hole but must I remind you?-No one drinks more than thou
Nothing to do with baseball, my friends, but something that just stuck in my craw and I had share.
Lads…goodnight
Or not. But Google “The sea was angry my friend…”
Ted, no need to remind. But I do appreciate the affirmation.
There’s being drunk, and then there’s being Affirmed (by Exclusive Native out of Won’t Tell You).
As most of you know, Affirmed was the last horse (1978) to win the Triple Crown. And I can’t stand that fucker. I was, and remain to this day the biggest Alydar fan on the face of the Earth. I was just 11 going on 12-years-old at the time, but that’s when Mom’s (God rest her soul) really got me going on the ponies.
It was a whirlwind. And I identify myself so with the son of Raise a Native.
Good night. Ted, you fill in the rest.
Very well, Sir Dennis. As you wish.
Klondike Papa, as I think we all know, parlayed on a philly named She’s A Hooker owned by the reknowned philanthropist Big Julie Westcott. It was a longshot. Heck, it was a genuine mudderfucker. But unreasonable heads collided and fortune struck not once, but never. And after that win, or loss, depending primarily on your personal philosophy, Klondike Papa had to meet William Tell’s mudder. Heck, this horse’s faddah was a mudder. And we all know the legend of…Feetlebaum!
Goodnight, gentlemen (question mark)