11-19-2009, 06:53 PM
<!--quoteo(post=69650:date=Nov 19 2009, 04:47 PM:name=Scarey)-->QUOTE (Scarey @ Nov 19 2009, 04:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=69647:date=Nov 19 2009, 06:36 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Nov 19 2009, 06:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->And nobody is saying tools are bad. Whoever said that?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You have. Not directly saying "tools are bad" but you have referred to some players as "toolsy" in a negative way. I believe when the Cubs were going through the process of landing Hak-ju Lee, much was made about his being a 5 tool talent. I believe you said something to the effect of "Oh great, another toolsy guy that won't pan out." I think you in fact invented the word toolsy and have used it negatively on several players.
Who knows if Lee will pan out or not, but the point is you had written him off already because somebody mentioned 5 tool.
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I should copyright that word.
That line of thinking is directly related to Corey and Felix -- two five-tool athletes who both happened to be free swingers without any sense of the strike zone and enormous holes in their swings. It seems like we were ignoring perhaps the most important "tool" that a batter should have. I'm hoping that has changed under Wilken. But when I hear "5-tool player" I immediately think of Corey and Felix.
Now...if we can draft 5-tool players that can lay off sliders three feet outside the strikezone, then that's awesome. I'm all in favor.
You have. Not directly saying "tools are bad" but you have referred to some players as "toolsy" in a negative way. I believe when the Cubs were going through the process of landing Hak-ju Lee, much was made about his being a 5 tool talent. I believe you said something to the effect of "Oh great, another toolsy guy that won't pan out." I think you in fact invented the word toolsy and have used it negatively on several players.
Who knows if Lee will pan out or not, but the point is you had written him off already because somebody mentioned 5 tool.
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I should copyright that word.
That line of thinking is directly related to Corey and Felix -- two five-tool athletes who both happened to be free swingers without any sense of the strike zone and enormous holes in their swings. It seems like we were ignoring perhaps the most important "tool" that a batter should have. I'm hoping that has changed under Wilken. But when I hear "5-tool player" I immediately think of Corey and Felix.
Now...if we can draft 5-tool players that can lay off sliders three feet outside the strikezone, then that's awesome. I'm all in favor.