01-22-2010, 10:46 AM
<!--quoteo(post=76936:date=Jan 22 2010, 12:43 AM:name=BT)-->QUOTE (BT @ Jan 22 2010, 12:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Scarey, this is a pretty terrible argument. I could tear each of these apart<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The problem here BT is you took most of my comments and ran with the word rookie when we've been saying the word unproven the WHOLE time!
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->the Yankees had 200 million assigned to the other 22 guys on the team<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That doesn't take away from the fact that they relied on unproven players
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Zobrist was in his FOURTH year in the majors<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
2008 was his <i>third</i> year and in his first two he had a whopping 280 ABs with an OPS under 600. Unproven
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Dewitt STARTED in 2008<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So he started. The Dodgers still relied on him early in the season and then kept him on the bench after acquiring Blake.
The problem here BT is you took most of my comments and ran with the word rookie when we've been saying the word unproven the WHOLE time!
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->the Yankees had 200 million assigned to the other 22 guys on the team<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That doesn't take away from the fact that they relied on unproven players
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Zobrist was in his FOURTH year in the majors<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
2008 was his <i>third</i> year and in his first two he had a whopping 280 ABs with an OPS under 600. Unproven
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->Dewitt STARTED in 2008<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
So he started. The Dodgers still relied on him early in the season and then kept him on the bench after acquiring Blake.