A-Gon's Broken Knees Won't Be in the 2 Hole?
Teh Fay reports that Dusty has evolved from automatically batting his shortstop second. Instead he's going to automatically bat his left fielder second. He's considering Hairston, Hopper, or Dickerson for that slot.
"I’d prefer someone with speed," Baker said. "Someone who can get on base if Taveras is having trouble getting on. Double leadoff man. We’re still working on Taveras on-base percentage. We’re looking for a guy who take some pitches to let (Taveras) run, someone who can double steal where they can’t throw the trail runner out. They’re going to go for the trail runner."
They are?
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I know everyone likes making fun of Dusty and his speed talk
But I do like Cherry or C Dick in the two hole………the Red’s 2 hole. I am laughing at my own jokes right now!
Seriously though high OBP is required, but speed doesn’t hurt. The double steal is the most under-utilized play in baseball, because few people can pull it off. I am looking forward to watching our team steal some bases this year. Whether they get on base enough to win games is another matter.
by Dave from Louisville on Feb 22, 2009 7:34 PM EST reply actions
making fun of the last name "dickerson"
is not cool.
"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.
by justin007000 on Feb 22, 2009 8:35 PM EST up reply actions
What did the rednceck say to the other redneck when asked for relationship advice?
I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot uderage girls were FBI agents.....
Uh oh
Someone who can get on base if Taveras is having trouble getting on.
He’s already conceding that if Taveras is having trouble getting on, that instead of, you know, not batting him leadoff, he’s going to rely on the 2nd hitter instead. Dial down that optimism, ladies and gents, we’ve got a long season ahead.
"I like to think more in terms of him his in-scoring position percentage." - Dusty Baker (2009) regarding Corey Patterson's relationship with his daughter
He's aware of the importance of on-base percentage!
…but it’s still not important enough not to bat a low-OBP guy leadoff.
He wants his hitters to take pitches!
…if only to allow the runner who usually won’t be there to steal.
Dickerson might get a shot at the top of the lineup!
…or Hopper, either way really.
He wants to call a lot of steals!
…double steals!
There's action across the street. It's Snowman! Take him!
by Man Mountain on Feb 22, 2009 7:53 PM EST up reply actions 9 recs
The toppings contain potassium benzoate
….That’s bad.
by Brendanukkah on Feb 22, 2009 8:00 PM EST up reply actions
There's your problem
Somebody set this thing to evil!
I miss the old days of the internet when men were men, hot girls were middle aged men, and hot uderage girls were FBI agents.....
eh
I’ll believe it when I see it.
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baby steps guys
he wants T-Virus and #2 to get on base. and Gonzo isnt predestined to be #2. those are the important things to take from this.
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by Charlie Scrabbles on Feb 22, 2009 8:14 PM EST reply actions
Absolutes in life?
The Dusty has me confused…
SS won’t bat 2nd?
Before The Dusty, I knew there were two absolutes in life: death & taxes.
Since The Dusty, I knew there were now four absolutes in life..
1. Death
2. Taxes
3. CF bats leadoff
4. SS bats 2nd
Now he’s not going to bat SS 2nd? I almost feel as if my world’s been turned upside down…
by Highlifeman21 on Feb 23, 2009 8:05 AM EST up reply actions
Yet still 50% larger than your previous world
by Brendanukkah on Feb 23, 2009 10:10 AM EST up reply actions
If the SS doesn't bat 2nd, then #4 is not true
But #3 is still true, thus bringing his world from 2 certainties in a pre-Dusty paradigm to 3 certainties when Dusty explains the universe. An increase from 2 certainties to 3 certainties is 50%.
by Brendanukkah on Feb 23, 2009 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
I think what your overlooking is the VRCS
Value over relative certainty size. Before you just start whipping out generalities about “life” or whatever, please do your due diligence.
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by The Crushinator on Feb 23, 2009 11:51 AM EST up reply actions
It's better than having two guys in the 2-hole
"How big IS your magic wand?"
by Slyde on Feb 23, 2009 12:12 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Maybe we can have them both go at the same time!
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by The Crushinator on Feb 23, 2009 11:52 AM EST up reply actions
This team's got a HUGE problem that nobody's addressed yet:
Who the hell is going to be our triple leadoff guy?
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by ben nevis on Feb 23, 2009 11:19 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Hairston is batting third
In case Taveras and Hopper have trouble getting on base, we need somebody fast in that spot
"I like to think more in terms of him his in-scoring position percentage." - Dusty Baker (2009) regarding Corey Patterson's relationship with his daughter
Re: "double lead off guy"
It seems probable that if a roll-playing game existed called Dungeons and Diamonds, Dusty wouldn’t bother being the manager of a real baseball team at all.
There's action across the street. It's Snowman! Take him!
Double. Leadoff. Man.
As aggravating as this is, I don’t know why it should come as any surprise.
You know that Dusty would take Rickey Hendersons if he could. And if he cant have nine he’ll take three or four. And if those three or four don’t really resemble Rickey Henderson, he’ll take the one or two that don’t resemble him the least. And then he’ll tell those guys that they remind him of Rickey Henderson and then those guys will play like Rickey Henderson because their likeable old school manager thinks they can. And he wants them to.
"When is marshmallow season?"
To be fair
I want them to play like Rickey Henderson too.
by Brendanukkah on Feb 23, 2009 1:27 PM EST up reply actions
Sure, we all do.
But none of us have the ability to will a player into playing like Rickey Henderson. Because none of us are the manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
And none of us know the Dodger Way.
"When is marshmallow season?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 23, 2009 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
More on TDW and how it applies to Jacque Jones:
"Jones is 33? That ain’t nothing," said Baker. "Al Campanis (former Dodger GM) told me you are in your prime from age 32 to 36. Then you stay there or go down from there depending upon body type, how you take care of yourself, injuries and desire to play."
Hat tip to Hal “nothing ventured nothing gained – or lost” McCoy.
"When is marshmallow season?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 24, 2009 12:35 AM EST up reply actions
well shit
If Al Campanis says it, it must be true. For instance:
Nightline anchorman Ted Koppel asked him why, at the time, there had been few black managers and no black general managers in Major League Baseball. Campanis’ reply was that blacks “may not have some of the necessities to be, let’s say, a field manager, or, perhaps, a general manager” for these positions.
"How big IS your magic wand?"
i need to know the context
was he speaking specifically about Dusty Baker?
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by chandrathan on Feb 24, 2009 8:41 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
If its racist and amusing,
it must be Red Reporter!
...because there's already someone posing as Jacob Brumfield
how long until they pull the plug on Agon?
I doubt highly he will have the range to play shortstop, and it isn’t like his bat will make up for it. Wasn’t there evidence that his defense wasn’t that great in 2006 before all of these injuries? I say let Janish play shortstop, and hope he avoid being an automatic out.
"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.
I think he played pretty sweet D right up until he came to the Reds.
Since then (2/3 of a season in 2007) he’s hit well but been less than stellar in the field.
He’s probably never going to be an elite defensive shortstop again but he’s our guy and hopefuly he’s still got that sneaky extra-base power.
Otherwise, he’s just our guy.
"When is marshmallow season?"
by Fat Vegas Alan on Feb 23, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions
i feel like that slyde demonstrated with a graph that he sucked in 2006.
I feel like someday Slyde will pull a Kucinich.
"Oedipus ruined a great sex life by asking too many questions!"- Dr. Stephen T. Colbert DFA.
by justin007000 on Feb 23, 2009 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
Perhaps we should refer to A-Gon as "Knee Bass"
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