From: RJA on 1 Mar 2010 10:41 Here's the other hot topic with the Reds. Dickerson's comments that he deserves a shot at the CF job and Baker's usual silly rationalizations. http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2010/02/27/dickerson-v-baker/
From: Zuke on 1 Mar 2010 15:36 On Mon, 1 Mar 2010, RJA wrote: > Here's the other hot topic with the Reds. Dickerson's comments that > he deserves a shot at the CF job and Baker's usual silly > rationalizations. > > http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2010/02/27/dickerson-v-baker/ Dickerson is the idiot here. Just shut up and play. Does he really think that Stubbs is a lock to start in Center?
From: John Kasupski on 1 Mar 2010 16:13 On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:36:58 -0500, Zuke <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >On Mon, 1 Mar 2010, RJA wrote: > >> Here's the other hot topic with the Reds. Dickerson's comments that >> he deserves a shot at the CF job and Baker's usual silly >> rationalizations. >> >> http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2010/02/27/dickerson-v-baker/ > > >Dickerson is the idiot here. Just shut up and play. > >Does he really think that Stubbs is a lock to start in >Center? If that's any sample of Dickerson's attitude then Stubbs probably is! Dickerson ran his mouth to C. Trent in an interview, that's a no-no, you don't take a beef to the press especially when you haven't even talked to your manager about it yet. As for Dusty's "silly rationalizations" (RJA!), he mentioned Dickerson's injury history. There's nothing silly about that. Dickerson missed the last 10 games of the 2008 season with an injured achilles tendon, and missed time in 2009 because of a head injury (3 games), then a shoulder injury (14 games), then an ankle injury (34 games). I'm pretty sure he had injury problems when he was in the minors as well. This is Chris Dickerson, not Eric Davis. If he can't stay on the field, somebody else is gonna take his job. Wally Pipp was a good player too. JK
From: RJA on 2 Mar 2010 09:31 On Mar 1, 4:13 pm, John Kasupski <w2...(a)spamfilter.verizon.net> wrote: > On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:36:58 -0500, Zuke <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >On Mon, 1 Mar 2010, RJA wrote: > > >> Here's the other hot topic with the Reds. Dickerson's comments that > >> he deserves a shot at the CF job and Baker's usual silly > >> rationalizations. > > >>http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2010/02/27/dickerson-v-baker/ > > >Dickerson is the idiot here. Just shut up and play. > > >Does he really think that Stubbs is a lock to start in > >Center? > > If that's any sample of Dickerson's attitude then Stubbs probably is! > > Dickerson ran his mouth to C. Trent in an interview, that's a no-no, you don't > take a beef to the press especially when you haven't even talked to your manager > about it yet. > > As for Dusty's "silly rationalizations" (RJA!), he mentioned Dickerson's injury > history. There's nothing silly about that. Dickerson missed the last 10 games of > the 2008 season with an injured achilles tendon, and missed time in 2009 because > of a head injury (3 games), then a shoulder injury (14 games), then an ankle > injury (34 games). I'm pretty sure he had injury problems when he was in the > minors as well. This is Chris Dickerson, not Eric Davis. If he can't stay on the > field, somebody else is gonna take his job. Wally Pipp was a good player too. By silly rationalizations I mean the talk about who hit more home runs being a factor in who plays. If you look at what this team got out of their 1 and 2 hitters in terms of reaching base (bottom of the league), a smart manager would value a guy with a lifetime .383, at least while he's not on the DL.
From: tom dunne on 2 Mar 2010 12:02
On Mar 2, 9:31 am, RJA <agentvau...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Mar 1, 4:13 pm, John Kasupski <w2...(a)spamfilter.verizon.net> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 1 Mar 2010 15:36:58 -0500, Zuke <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > >On Mon, 1 Mar 2010, RJA wrote: > > > >> Here's the other hot topic with the Reds. Dickerson's comments that > > >> he deserves a shot at the CF job and Baker's usual silly > > >> rationalizations. > > > >>http://cincinnati.com/blogs/reds/2010/02/27/dickerson-v-baker/ > > > >Dickerson is the idiot here. Just shut up and play. > > > >Does he really think that Stubbs is a lock to start in > > >Center? > > > If that's any sample of Dickerson's attitude then Stubbs probably is! > > > Dickerson ran his mouth to C. Trent in an interview, that's a no-no, you don't > > take a beef to the press especially when you haven't even talked to your manager > > about it yet. > > > As for Dusty's "silly rationalizations" (RJA!), he mentioned Dickerson's injury > > history. There's nothing silly about that. Dickerson missed the last 10 games of > > the 2008 season with an injured achilles tendon, and missed time in 2009 because > > of a head injury (3 games), then a shoulder injury (14 games), then an ankle > > injury (34 games). I'm pretty sure he had injury problems when he was in the > > minors as well. This is Chris Dickerson, not Eric Davis. If he can't stay on the > > field, somebody else is gonna take his job. Wally Pipp was a good player too. > > By silly rationalizations I mean the talk about who hit more home runs > being a factor in who plays. If you look at what this team got out of > their 1 and 2 hitters in terms of reaching base (bottom of the > league), a smart manager would value a guy with a lifetime .383, at > least while he's not on the DL. If you saw the article I linked to the other day, Dusty's rationale for batting Phillips at cleanup is because of his speed, so he can threaten to steal ahead of Rolen. Using homers as a factor with your leadoff hitter is just as appropriate :) In truth, I think Dusty makes his decisions largely as a combination of what's traditionally done and whatever his intuition says on the matter. He really doesn't care about numbers (for good or ill), and it's only when reporters ask him about his decisions that he attempts to rationalize with stats. That's why we hear about leadoff homers and cleanup steals, because those sorts of concrete answers get reporters off his back, even when they don't make good baseball sense. |