Red Reposter: 2/25/2009

I just want to say Y

stupid job.

George Brett, Freddie Patek, Frank White, John Mayberry, Darrell Porter, Hal McRae, Amos Otis, Al Cowens.

Damn. I can name the entire lineup with ease. I had a lot of baseball cards in the mid seventies and a lot of free time!

And if that’s the case, WLW will likely be blacked out. Don’t quote me on that for sure, but I think to listen to the game online you need GDAudio.

But since I should know, I’m probably wrong.

Here are the players who no longer have options remaining: RHP Bronson Arroyo, RHP
Francisco Cordero, IF/OF Jeff Keppinger, RHP Mike Lincoln, RHP Nick Masset, 2B Brandon Phillips, LHP Arthur
Rhodes and RHP David Weathers.

As far as I can tell, Masset is the only one without a roster spot locked down. He’s also the one that I’d be least worried about losing.

I meant to go to bed early, but stayed up late listening to it. Welsh’s assessment of Krivsky was something new that I hadn’t considered. How Krivsky came from the scouting community and had relied on that network to help him with player evaluation, but when he became a GM, that network was no longer available to him. “I’ve never seen someone change as much as I did with Wayne.” Really interesting.

It was also good to hear how competitive Bronson is. That quality can often get overlooked, but when he’s on, he can be one of the best pitchers on staff.

Welsh dismisses the charges that Dusty had anything to do with breaking Kerry Wood and Mark Prior, but he did offer the caveat that Dusty will fall in love with pitchers and rely on them too heavily. He said he wore out Mike Lincoln, and also noted that Volquez “was awful down the stretch.” That one’s not so much a Dusty issue as just the Wagon not being used to a full major league season.

Also, the team can be good if Dusty uses all his players. He criticized his (non)use of Andy Phillips last season, something BubbaFan kept pointing out. I’d also throw in that he let Josh Fogg rot in a similar manner in the first third of the season when he could have gotten some chances as a long man out of the pen. So come on Dusty. Utilize your whole roster.

It did seem at times that Welsh was regurgitating conventional wisdom. Dusty is a player’s manager and will never throw a player under the bus? What about last year when he said he could win if he had his players? Sure, it didn’t single any one player out, but he essentially threw the whole team under the bus, with the exception of Patterson and Bako who were two of the worst performers. Dusty may be “hip” and “gets it,” but he’s not above reproach when it comes to dealing with players.

Seriously, if you haven’t listened to it yet, check it out.

i thought i was next in line, lol.