08-30-2009, 05:11 PM
<!--quoteo(post=60757:date=Aug 30 2009, 01:25 PM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Aug 30 2009, 01:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=60734:date=Aug 30 2009, 12:45 AM:name=cherp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cherp @ Aug 30 2009, 12:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->5 back with only 32 to go...wouldn't surprise me if they just put Peavy on ice until next year. I don't see any reason to dicker with him anymore this year. He took a ball off his elbow in his last start in Charlotte and probably shouldn't throw the rest of the year.
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I'd agree that's the way to go, but KW made a pretty big gamble by trading away their fifth starter during a pennant race on the hopes that a hurt guy could come back at the end of the year and upgrade that spot considerably. It might be tough for him to admit defeat.
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I wouldn't use the phrase "admit defeat" although I undestand why you do. One characteristic of Williams that endears him to the fans is the fact that he is gung ho - 100% - until it is over. While logic says it is over, and probability also says it is over, mathematics doesn't. Anything is possible. This is much less a longshot than the Rockies getting back in it a few years ago.
I don't see them getting back in it - but I would hope that they don't quit yet. As I said, it wouldn't surprise me if they do that... Fans have the luxury of quitting at this point. GMs don't. For those guys, it shouldn't be over until it is fully over. Right now it is almost over.
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I'd agree that's the way to go, but KW made a pretty big gamble by trading away their fifth starter during a pennant race on the hopes that a hurt guy could come back at the end of the year and upgrade that spot considerably. It might be tough for him to admit defeat.
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I wouldn't use the phrase "admit defeat" although I undestand why you do. One characteristic of Williams that endears him to the fans is the fact that he is gung ho - 100% - until it is over. While logic says it is over, and probability also says it is over, mathematics doesn't. Anything is possible. This is much less a longshot than the Rockies getting back in it a few years ago.
I don't see them getting back in it - but I would hope that they don't quit yet. As I said, it wouldn't surprise me if they do that... Fans have the luxury of quitting at this point. GMs don't. For those guys, it shouldn't be over until it is fully over. Right now it is almost over.