01-29-2009, 02:16 PM
<!--quoteo(post=14664:date=Jan 29 2009, 11:38 AM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Jan 29 2009, 11:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=14648:date=Jan 29 2009, 10:13 AM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ Jan 29 2009, 10:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=14646:date=Jan 29 2009, 10:02 AM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jan 29 2009, 10:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=14642:date=Jan 29 2009, 09:58 AM:name=FlyAtTheThigh)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (FlyAtTheThigh @ Jan 29 2009, 09:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I don't understand why we wanted to get more left-handed. Especially if it's that desire that was the factor that caused Derosa to be traded.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Every year, Hendry obsesses about something. This year, it's "handedness." Somehow he's convinced that we lost the series to the Dodgers because we didn't have any LH hitters.
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i think lou is convinced of that. i think hendry is giving lou what he wants.
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Hendry builds team the way the manager wants it to be built, he did it with Baker and he's doing it now. He got rid of the guys Lou didn't like (Marquis, Cedeno, and Pie) and added the left handed bats he's wanted since he got here. I don't see it really making a difference in the grand scheme of things, but this team is built the way Lou wants it, not necessarily the way we think it should be built.
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Good analysis, Rube.
I honestly have been thinking the exact same thing. No,<i> I'm</i> not thrilled that Jim bends over backwards to give each skipper precisely what he desires. But I bet the manager <i>loves</i> it.
And Lou's gonna play who he wants to play, that's a certainty. So Jim decided to grant him his wishes, which included cleaning house of non-Lou guys.
In some ways, it makes a lot of sense.
I just hope it works.
Every year, Hendry obsesses about something. This year, it's "handedness." Somehow he's convinced that we lost the series to the Dodgers because we didn't have any LH hitters.
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i think lou is convinced of that. i think hendry is giving lou what he wants.
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Hendry builds team the way the manager wants it to be built, he did it with Baker and he's doing it now. He got rid of the guys Lou didn't like (Marquis, Cedeno, and Pie) and added the left handed bats he's wanted since he got here. I don't see it really making a difference in the grand scheme of things, but this team is built the way Lou wants it, not necessarily the way we think it should be built.
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Good analysis, Rube.
I honestly have been thinking the exact same thing. No,<i> I'm</i> not thrilled that Jim bends over backwards to give each skipper precisely what he desires. But I bet the manager <i>loves</i> it.
And Lou's gonna play who he wants to play, that's a certainty. So Jim decided to grant him his wishes, which included cleaning house of non-Lou guys.
In some ways, it makes a lot of sense.
I just hope it works.
There's nothing better than to realize that the good things about youth don't end with youth itself. It's a matter of realizing that life can be renewed every day you get out of bed without baggage. It's tough to get there, but it's better than the dark thoughts. -Lance