05-04-2009, 03:39 PM
<!--quoteo(post=35374:date=May 4 2009, 02:38 PM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ May 4 2009, 02:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=35370:date=May 4 2009, 01:33 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ May 4 2009, 01:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=35363:date=May 4 2009, 02:17 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ May 4 2009, 02:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=35334:date=May 4 2009, 12:01 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ May 4 2009, 12:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=35332:date=May 4 2009, 12:57 PM:name=veryzer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (veryzer @ May 4 2009, 12:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->miles did not replace derosa. derosa was traded to make room for fontenot. miles was signed as a backup.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
DeRosa and Fontenot were on the same team in 2008. One didn't have to leave to make room for the other.
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Really? Fontenot got a whopping 284 plate appearances last year. He already has 92 now. The Cubs wanted him to get the chance to play just about everyday, and he wouldn't have with DeRosa here. I don't know how you're not getting that. DeRosa would've been the starting 2B, just like last year.
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If Lou managed the team properly, Fontenot could be the starting 2B when a RHP was on the mound. DeRosa could start at 2B with a LHP on the mound.
DeRosa could also:
- Start in RF when Bradley is out (which appears as if that will be quite often)
- Start at 3B when Ramirez is out
- Start at 2B if Fontenot ever gets hurt
- Start at 1B when Lee needs a break or gets hurt
It could have worked just fine with the makeup of our roster.
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But you can't handle a team like that. You can't say, "Hey DeRo, we're going to make Fontenot the starting second baseman against righties, but we know Bradley's going to be out a lot because he's always hurt, so you'll get lots of playing time in RF as well."
He was our starting 2b on a 97 win team. They weren't going to officially platoon him with Fontenot, and you can't <i>assume</i> Bradley is going to be out all that time, even if history would indicate it's likely. It sounds like a fine scenario to us in the fantasy world, but that's not how you manage a team.
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Bingo.
DeRosa and Fontenot were on the same team in 2008. One didn't have to leave to make room for the other.
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Really? Fontenot got a whopping 284 plate appearances last year. He already has 92 now. The Cubs wanted him to get the chance to play just about everyday, and he wouldn't have with DeRosa here. I don't know how you're not getting that. DeRosa would've been the starting 2B, just like last year.
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If Lou managed the team properly, Fontenot could be the starting 2B when a RHP was on the mound. DeRosa could start at 2B with a LHP on the mound.
DeRosa could also:
- Start in RF when Bradley is out (which appears as if that will be quite often)
- Start at 3B when Ramirez is out
- Start at 2B if Fontenot ever gets hurt
- Start at 1B when Lee needs a break or gets hurt
It could have worked just fine with the makeup of our roster.
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But you can't handle a team like that. You can't say, "Hey DeRo, we're going to make Fontenot the starting second baseman against righties, but we know Bradley's going to be out a lot because he's always hurt, so you'll get lots of playing time in RF as well."
He was our starting 2b on a 97 win team. They weren't going to officially platoon him with Fontenot, and you can't <i>assume</i> Bradley is going to be out all that time, even if history would indicate it's likely. It sounds like a fine scenario to us in the fantasy world, but that's not how you manage a team.
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Bingo.
The thing you need to remember is that all Cardinals fans and all White Sox fans are very bad people. It's a fact that has been scientifically proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Being a Cubs fan is the only path to rightousness and piousness. Cardinal and White Sox fans exist to be the dark, diabolical forces that oppose us. They are the yin to our yang, the Joker to our Batman, the demon to our angel, the insurgence to our freedom, the oil to our water, the club to our baby seal. Their happiness occurs only in direct conflict with everything that is pure and good in this world.
-Dirk
-Dirk