08-14-2010, 05:51 PM
<!--quoteo(post=110995:date=Aug 14 2010, 03:09 PM:name=Destined)-->QUOTE (Destined @ Aug 14 2010, 03:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=110989:date=Aug 14 2010, 11:35 AM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ Aug 14 2010, 11:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=110983:date=Aug 14 2010, 01:07 PM:name=Destined)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Destined @ Aug 14 2010, 01:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=110981:date=Aug 14 2010, 11:02 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Aug 14 2010, 11:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=110979:date=Aug 14 2010, 01:00 PM:name=Destined)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Destined @ Aug 14 2010, 01:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=110978:date=Aug 14 2010, 10:59 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Aug 14 2010, 10:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Someone remind me how many more years are left on Soriano's contract after this one.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Four. The US will win the next World Cup, and Soriano will still be patrolling left field.
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He'll be a really expensive pinch-hitter by year four unless we dump him on an AL team before then.
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Money aside, in a couple years I'm sure a team like the A's or Blue Jays could use him to sell tickets and I think he would succeed as a mid-tier DH.
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Sell tickets? That's actually funny. How will he sell tickets?
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Frank Thomas was well past his prime and he was still considered a big bat to put in their lineups. <b>What's the difference?
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Frank Thomas career OBP (only the single most important statistic)- .419
Soriano's career OBP (and yes, it's actually below league-average)- .326
One guy gets on base less than the typical, run-of-the-mill ballplayer. The other guy gets on base more than Stan Musial, Wade Boggs, Joe DiMaggio, Rickey Henderson...those type of guys.
Kind of a difference.
(yeah, I'm being a dick, but a nearly 100 point difference in OBP is worth something, I think.)
Four. The US will win the next World Cup, and Soriano will still be patrolling left field.
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He'll be a really expensive pinch-hitter by year four unless we dump him on an AL team before then.
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Money aside, in a couple years I'm sure a team like the A's or Blue Jays could use him to sell tickets and I think he would succeed as a mid-tier DH.
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Sell tickets? That's actually funny. How will he sell tickets?
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Frank Thomas was well past his prime and he was still considered a big bat to put in their lineups. <b>What's the difference?
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Frank Thomas career OBP (only the single most important statistic)- .419
Soriano's career OBP (and yes, it's actually below league-average)- .326
One guy gets on base less than the typical, run-of-the-mill ballplayer. The other guy gets on base more than Stan Musial, Wade Boggs, Joe DiMaggio, Rickey Henderson...those type of guys.
Kind of a difference.
(yeah, I'm being a dick, but a nearly 100 point difference in OBP is worth something, I think.)
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