|
11-13-2019, 09:51 AM | #4096 |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
Casino cash: $1380308
|
I’ve got little issue in a vacuum with bringing Gordon back if it’s a one-year deal.
He IS a good role model in the clubhouse for young players to look up, someone to respect and emulate. He adds some things that pure stats can’t quantify. But he needs to be used reasonably. Khalil Lee needs to be able to get a look late. Nick Heath probably deserves a look. Brett Phillips, Bubba Starling and Ryan O’Hearn shouldn’t lose ABs because of his presence. They shouldn’t sign another placeholder veteran if they bring Gordon back.
__________________
"You gotta love livin', cause dying is a pain in the ass." ---- Sinatra |
Posts: 21,167
|
11-13-2019, 09:59 AM | #4097 |
"You like to drink?"
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: "I like to drink."
Casino cash: $2876869
|
Narrator: The Royals would go on to sign Hunter Pence
__________________
Chiefs 2016 Opponents: Home: JAX, TEN, NO, TB, NYJ. Away: HOU, IND, ATL, CAR, PIT Chiefs 2017 Opponents: Home: BUF, MIA, PHI, WSH, AFC North. Away: NE, NYJ, NYG, DAL, AFC South |
Posts: 42,939
|
11-13-2019, 10:06 AM | #4098 | |
World's Best Boss
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Bronco Country
Casino cash: $5654654
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 18,353
|
11-13-2019, 11:43 AM | #4099 |
Wasted away again...
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: in Margaritaville
Casino cash: $7040000
|
My wife: "Oh, I like him!"
Said the same thing about Chris Getz, Paulo Orlando, every other likable guy that provided no real value to the team and were eventually released.
__________________
If you shed a tear for me, please make it a tear of joy. -Joe Tracy (Nzoner) . . |
Posts: 51,184
|
11-13-2019, 12:33 PM | #4100 |
Herm is the worst...horrible
Join Date: Sep 2000
Casino cash: $4358850
|
While I know this is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, where Pence is concerned, I'm not sure he's going to be playing any more baseball outside of playing for the Rangers. He lives in the area and I think he's finished if it's not playing for the local team.
__________________
|
Posts: 2,014
|
11-13-2019, 12:45 PM | #4101 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: San Antonio Tx.
Casino cash: $3634454
|
Wonder if MLB can strip them of their 2017 title?
Not that matters much
__________________
Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning: Matt once made a very nice play in Seattle where he spun away from a pass rusher and hit Bowe off his back foot for a first down. One of the best plays Matt has ever made. |
Posts: 66,914
|
11-13-2019, 04:01 PM | #4102 |
Black Bob's daddy
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: under the sun
Casino cash: $1680400
|
Cal Eldred appears to be staying on as pitching coach. I don't know much about him, but most around here seem to think he's awful. But he's apparently close with Matheny, so he's staying. What an all star staff we're building.
|
Posts: 5,189
|
11-13-2019, 05:49 PM | #4103 |
...
Join Date: Nov 2001
Casino cash: $1622500
|
If Bubba and Brett Phillips can't hit over .200 you can't run them out for 162. There's no way Dayton's going to go for that. If it's not Gordon there's almost surely going to be another veteran outfielder. Someone who can be a safety net if we have three outfielders with a .500 OPS.
Same thing is true with Nicky Lopez. If he can't hit they're going to put Whit at 2nd so you can't put him in LF. |
Posts: 55,021
|
11-14-2019, 08:05 AM | #4104 |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
Casino cash: $1380308
|
You know, in light of this Astros scandal, I can’t help but think back to the 2015 ALDS and how terrible Ryan Madson was against the Astros.
Makes me think maybe something was up even then. If you’re a FB-CH guy, stealing signs can crush you. Because a changeup in the zone is just a slow two-seamer when you know it’s coming. I always kind of thought that was why he struggled against the Jays, too.
__________________
"You gotta love livin', cause dying is a pain in the ass." ---- Sinatra |
Posts: 21,167
|
1 0 |
11-14-2019, 08:34 AM | #4105 | |
MVP
Join Date: Feb 2013
Casino cash: $1201116
|
Quote:
|
|
Posts: 17,409
|
11-14-2019, 08:54 AM | #4106 |
Hockey Town
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Casino cash: $2237050
|
I personally don't care to much about this, teams have been stealing signs forever, it is what it is.
|
Posts: 111,161
|
11-14-2019, 08:55 AM | #4107 | |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Kansas City
Casino cash: $1380308
|
Quote:
Yeah. I can’t find full game clips, either. I want to. The Jays were accused of stealing signs in home games a lot during that era (guy in CF, etc.) Would explain some of why Madson got destroyed by them at home and also why Cueto was so anxious about signs he ended up tipping the signs himself with the approach he switched to.
__________________
"You gotta love livin', cause dying is a pain in the ass." ---- Sinatra |
|
Posts: 21,167
|
11-14-2019, 09:24 AM | #4108 |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: San Antonio Tx.
Casino cash: $3634454
|
Beltran named as one of the guys involved now.
__________________
Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning: Matt once made a very nice play in Seattle where he spun away from a pass rusher and hit Bowe off his back foot for a first down. One of the best plays Matt has ever made. |
Posts: 66,914
|
11-14-2019, 09:29 AM | #4109 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Columbia, Mo
Casino cash: $2629099
|
Quote:
Having a dude sit up there with a high-powered camera while setting up a video monitor in the tunnel to relay signs is a step WELL beyond a runner at 2b altering his lead for an offspeed pitch. It's super shitty, IMO.
__________________
"If there's a god, he's laughing at us.....and our football team..." "When you look at something through rose colored glasses, all the red flags just look like flags." |
|
Posts: 60,822
|
3 0 |
11-14-2019, 09:31 AM | #4110 | |
In Search of a Life
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: San Antonio Tx.
Casino cash: $3634454
|
Quote:
Not sure how I feel when technology is involved like here with the cameras and the smart watch a from a few years ago. But then in football you have guys studying replays and pictures on the sidelines trying to figure out the opposing defense. Every sport has its own culture of what is acceptable.
__________________
Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning: Matt once made a very nice play in Seattle where he spun away from a pass rusher and hit Bowe off his back foot for a first down. One of the best plays Matt has ever made. |
|
Posts: 66,914
|
|
|