02-12-2009, 07:12 PM
<!--quoteo(post=17666:date=Feb 12 2009, 05:07 PM:name=ruby23)-->QUOTE (ruby23 @ Feb 12 2009, 05:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=17664:date=Feb 12 2009, 05:01 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Feb 12 2009, 05:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->BTW Ruby, I <i>watched</i> most of that Mets-Cards game last summer.
Pujols, 0-for-5, 3 K's, came up empty in the clutch (9th inning, man on 3rd).
So, Pujols cannot hit a baseball, plain <i>as the eye can see</i>. Right?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What point are you trying to make?
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That you can't base your judgements on "watching" a player, because unless you watch him for 162 games, you'll only get a vague idea. Even if you watch him 100 games, eyes glued to the TV with no distractions for 3 straight hours, you won't get the full picture.
Example: When Z was rolling in Milwaukee against the Astros, I brought in my daughter to watch the final couple innings. After the no-hitter concluded, and in the days afterward, she thought he was the greatest pitcher in the world.
Kind of a shock when he got slaughtered in the <i>very next game</i>.
Did you watch 162 Yankee games last year, every inning? AND 162 Reds games, every pitch, every inning?
If not, then I don't trust your opinion about Abreu vs. Dunn. Because the guys who DID do that, say Dunn was better last year.
Pujols, 0-for-5, 3 K's, came up empty in the clutch (9th inning, man on 3rd).
So, Pujols cannot hit a baseball, plain <i>as the eye can see</i>. Right?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What point are you trying to make?
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That you can't base your judgements on "watching" a player, because unless you watch him for 162 games, you'll only get a vague idea. Even if you watch him 100 games, eyes glued to the TV with no distractions for 3 straight hours, you won't get the full picture.
Example: When Z was rolling in Milwaukee against the Astros, I brought in my daughter to watch the final couple innings. After the no-hitter concluded, and in the days afterward, she thought he was the greatest pitcher in the world.
Kind of a shock when he got slaughtered in the <i>very next game</i>.
Did you watch 162 Yankee games last year, every inning? AND 162 Reds games, every pitch, every inning?
If not, then I don't trust your opinion about Abreu vs. Dunn. Because the guys who DID do that, say Dunn was better last year.
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