03-09-2009, 06:08 AM
<!--quoteo(post=22506:date=Mar 9 2009, 12:45 AM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Mar 9 2009, 12:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=22504:date=Mar 8 2009, 11:37 PM:name=KBwsb)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KBwsb @ Mar 8 2009, 11:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=22495:date=Mar 8 2009, 11:59 PM:name=Runnys)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Runnys @ Mar 8 2009, 11:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=22460:date=Mar 8 2009, 04:21 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Mar 8 2009, 04:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Marshall's just dominating. 4 innings, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K today, and a 1.00 ERA on the spring. That came against the Rangers' A lineup.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I saw that and although I am excited, it doesn't mean shit once April 6th rolls around.
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Yeah, I don't get Lou's thing about going all-out in camp to try to win a job. What does it prove? Ballplayers fluctuate wildly over the course of a season. Imagine Alf: one week he hits. 500, with 4 homers. A month later he goes 1-26 with 14 strike-outs.
If he had done either of them, as a rookie in camp, what would it have proven?
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It's competition, it's the same way in every NFL camp. In baseball it's about half and half. I'm all for it. Obviously if you're Soriano, Lee, Ramirez, Soto, Dempster, Zambrano, Harden, and Lilly you don't have to worry about it, but at just about every other position there should be. It keeps the intensity level up and on a team like this, it's even more important to see who can perform under pressure.
How else should they have handled the #5 spot? They're seeing who wants it the most and who is best suited for the role. There was no clear choice coming into camp. Lou keeps saying how Marshall came into camp in better shape than ever and more determined than ever. Would he have done that if he had been handed the job?
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I simply think that there would be healthy competition <i>anyway</i>. Marshall and the other guys have a month and a half before the season starts to show what they've got. You're gonna see who's the man for the job anyway, without Lou openly proclaiming that it's a huge dogfight, and whoever "lays it <b>all</b> out on the line" in March is his kinda guy.
To me, it seems a little counter-productive to insist on maximum effort in meaningless games.
OTOH, it seems as if our regulars are really dawdling, and kind of need a kick in the pants.
And Lou can be counted on to supply the toe. I like that about him. A lot. Makes me tend to overlook some of his other curious ways of doing things.
I saw that and although I am excited, it doesn't mean shit once April 6th rolls around.
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Yeah, I don't get Lou's thing about going all-out in camp to try to win a job. What does it prove? Ballplayers fluctuate wildly over the course of a season. Imagine Alf: one week he hits. 500, with 4 homers. A month later he goes 1-26 with 14 strike-outs.
If he had done either of them, as a rookie in camp, what would it have proven?
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It's competition, it's the same way in every NFL camp. In baseball it's about half and half. I'm all for it. Obviously if you're Soriano, Lee, Ramirez, Soto, Dempster, Zambrano, Harden, and Lilly you don't have to worry about it, but at just about every other position there should be. It keeps the intensity level up and on a team like this, it's even more important to see who can perform under pressure.
How else should they have handled the #5 spot? They're seeing who wants it the most and who is best suited for the role. There was no clear choice coming into camp. Lou keeps saying how Marshall came into camp in better shape than ever and more determined than ever. Would he have done that if he had been handed the job?
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I simply think that there would be healthy competition <i>anyway</i>. Marshall and the other guys have a month and a half before the season starts to show what they've got. You're gonna see who's the man for the job anyway, without Lou openly proclaiming that it's a huge dogfight, and whoever "lays it <b>all</b> out on the line" in March is his kinda guy.
To me, it seems a little counter-productive to insist on maximum effort in meaningless games.
OTOH, it seems as if our regulars are really dawdling, and kind of need a kick in the pants.
And Lou can be counted on to supply the toe. I like that about him. A lot. Makes me tend to overlook some of his other curious ways of doing things.
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