02-07-2009, 07:08 PM
<!--quoteo(post=16661:date=Feb 7 2009, 03:57 PM:name=bz)-->QUOTE (bz @ Feb 7 2009, 03:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->To add a different perspective, if this were the NBA you could totally add a Robert Horry or Steve Kerr and assume that a good percentage of the time they can make that last shot. You can pay a guy to be clutch here. You know what you're getting.
You can do the same thing with the NFL and add a Vinatieri or Elam--both paid to be clutch.
But baseball doesn't work that way, and it's a bad bad bad philosophy for a GM to take.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm not talking about like secondary players though, I'm talking about talented players such as Milton Bradley, that also have the attitude we should be looking for. Adam Dunn and Milton Bradley might look even to people for example as options for the outfield, but I think OUR team should be 100 times more interested in Bradley than Dunn because of his attitude and likelihood to do well in October where we've failed miserably for 100 years.
You can do the same thing with the NFL and add a Vinatieri or Elam--both paid to be clutch.
But baseball doesn't work that way, and it's a bad bad bad philosophy for a GM to take.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm not talking about like secondary players though, I'm talking about talented players such as Milton Bradley, that also have the attitude we should be looking for. Adam Dunn and Milton Bradley might look even to people for example as options for the outfield, but I think OUR team should be 100 times more interested in Bradley than Dunn because of his attitude and likelihood to do well in October where we've failed miserably for 100 years.
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