From: mr. gone on
In article <i2v3e2$u1q$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
janeanddano(a)yahoo.com says...
> > Good way to make a baseball decision eh? Speaking of idiots...
>
> Here's the context to go along with what was being talked about. Judge for
> yourselves...
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Itching to play
>
> It been a long road back for Portland shortstop Jose Iglesias ? mostly
> because of the running.
> Iglesias, who has been out since May 29 with an occult fracture of the right
> index finger, has progressed to batting practice and throwing, the latter of
> which has been the major issue because of where the fracture was located. He
> is expected to be playing in games by the end of this weekend, likely
> starting as the designated hitter in a rehab assignment with short-season
> Single A Lowell.
>
> And there?s no question that Iglesias is eager to return. It seems the
> native of Cuba been having a difficult time getting through his first major
> injury in the United States, starting with the roller coaster of having the
> X-rays come back negative, followed by a CT scan that found the fracture a
> week later.
>
> ?He?s obviously gone through periods of frustration, wanting to play, and
> being in the environment where it?s just there?s nothing really to do,??
> said Hazen. ?Basically, what he hates to do is he hates to run. All he had
> been able to do is to field ground balls with his glove hand, because [the
> fracture] was on his throwing hand. So he couldn?t swing, he couldn?t throw.
> So all he could do was field ground balls and flip it with his glove and
> run.
>
> ?He?s told us many times how much he hates running. So it?s probably been
> pretty frustrating.??
>
apparently, talent evaluation isn't the only thing the invertebrate
sludge stinks at.


From: Dano on
mr. gone wrote:
> In article <i2v3e2$u1q$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> janeanddano(a)yahoo.com says...
>>> Good way to make a baseball decision eh? Speaking of idiots...
>>
>> Here's the context to go along with what was being talked about.
>> Judge for yourselves...
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Itching to play
>>
>> It been a long road back for Portland shortstop Jose Iglesias ?
>> mostly because of the running.
>> Iglesias, who has been out since May 29 with an occult fracture of
>> the right index finger, has progressed to batting practice and
>> throwing, the latter of which has been the major issue because of
>> where the fracture was located. He is expected to be playing in
>> games by the end of this weekend, likely starting as the designated
>> hitter in a rehab assignment with short-season Single A Lowell.
>>
>> And there?s no question that Iglesias is eager to return. It seems
>> the native of Cuba been having a difficult time getting through his
>> first major injury in the United States, starting with the roller
>> coaster of having the X-rays come back negative, followed by a CT
>> scan that found the fracture a week later.
>>
>> ?He?s obviously gone through periods of frustration, wanting to
>> play, and being in the environment where it?s just there?s nothing
>> really to do,?? said Hazen. ?Basically, what he hates to do is he
>> hates to run. All he had been able to do is to field ground balls
>> with his glove hand, because [the fracture] was on his throwing
>> hand. So he couldn?t swing, he couldn?t throw. So all he could do
>> was field ground balls and flip it with his glove and run.
>>
>> ?He?s told us many times how much he hates running. So it?s probably
>> been pretty frustrating.??
>>
> apparently, talent evaluation isn't the only thing the invertebrate
> sludge stinks at.

What the hell happened to that post?


From: mr. gone on
In article <i2v61v$8m0$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
janeanddano(a)yahoo.com says...
>
> mr. gone wrote:
> > In article <i2v3e2$u1q$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> > janeanddano(a)yahoo.com says...
> >>> Good way to make a baseball decision eh? Speaking of idiots...
> >>
> >> Here's the context to go along with what was being talked about.
> >> Judge for yourselves...
> >>
> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> Itching to play
> >>
> >> It been a long road back for Portland shortstop Jose Iglesias ?
> >> mostly because of the running.
> >> Iglesias, who has been out since May 29 with an occult fracture of
> >> the right index finger, has progressed to batting practice and
> >> throwing, the latter of which has been the major issue because of
> >> where the fracture was located. He is expected to be playing in
> >> games by the end of this weekend, likely starting as the designated
> >> hitter in a rehab assignment with short-season Single A Lowell.
> >>
> >> And there?s no question that Iglesias is eager to return. It seems
> >> the native of Cuba been having a difficult time getting through his
> >> first major injury in the United States, starting with the roller
> >> coaster of having the X-rays come back negative, followed by a CT
> >> scan that found the fracture a week later.
> >>
> >> ?He?s obviously gone through periods of frustration, wanting to
> >> play, and being in the environment where it?s just there?s nothing
> >> really to do,?? said Hazen. ?Basically, what he hates to do is he
> >> hates to run. All he had been able to do is to field ground balls
> >> with his glove hand, because [the fracture] was on his throwing
> >> hand. So he couldn?t swing, he couldn?t throw. So all he could do
> >> was field ground balls and flip it with his glove and run.
> >>
> >> ?He?s told us many times how much he hates running. So it?s probably
> >> been pretty frustrating.??
> >>
> > apparently, talent evaluation isn't the only thing the invertebrate
> > sludge stinks at.
>
> What the hell happened to that post?

good question. looks like my newsreader turned the "'"s into "?". no
idea why...
From: mario in victoria on
mr. gone wrote:
> In article <i2v3e2$u1q$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> janeanddano(a)yahoo.com says...
>>> Good way to make a baseball decision eh? Speaking of idiots...
>> Here's the context to go along with what was being talked about. Judge for
>> yourselves...
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Itching to play
>>
>> It been a long road back for Portland shortstop Jose Iglesias ? mostly
>> because of the running.
>> Iglesias, who has been out since May 29 with an occult fracture of the right
>> index finger, has progressed to batting practice and throwing, the latter of
>> which has been the major issue because of where the fracture was located. He
>> is expected to be playing in games by the end of this weekend, likely
>> starting as the designated hitter in a rehab assignment with short-season
>> Single A Lowell.
>>
>> And there?s no question that Iglesias is eager to return. It seems the
>> native of Cuba been having a difficult time getting through his first major
>> injury in the United States, starting with the roller coaster of having the
>> X-rays come back negative, followed by a CT scan that found the fracture a
>> week later.
>>
>> ?He?s obviously gone through periods of frustration, wanting to play, and
>> being in the environment where it?s just there?s nothing really to do,??
>> said Hazen. ?Basically, what he hates to do is he hates to run. All he had
>> been able to do is to field ground balls with his glove hand, because [the
>> fracture] was on his throwing hand. So he couldn?t swing, he couldn?t throw.
>> So all he could do was field ground balls and flip it with his glove and
>> run.
>>
>> ?He?s told us many times how much he hates running. So it?s probably been
>> pretty frustrating.??
>>
> apparently, talent evaluation isn't the only thing the invertebrate
> sludge stinks at.
>
>

Yeah, but Donnie Sadler LOVED to run. The jury's out on Hillenbrand, though.

mario in victoria
--
sarge amuses self
From: 366 on
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:27:23 -0400, "Ray OHara"
<raymond-ohara(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>
><366(a)366.com> wrote in message
>news:0vv556tfdfq3sitf16f3reoq5dfvolddlf(a)4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:58:22 -0700 (PDT), The Venerable Sarge
>> <srgntbilko(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Portland shortstop Jose Iglesias - " He's told us many times how much
>>>he hates running." - just what we like to hear from our top prospects.
>>>Trade this idiot.
>> So if you hate running why do you become a baseball player?
>> If you don't want to run become a golfer.
>>
>
>Baseballers usually only need to sprint.
>I think he objects to those long morning 5 mile runs.
>
Except you have to be able to run to beat it to second base before
you're thrown out.

Or you have to be able to run to catch that ball before the runner
gets a double instead of a single.

That sprint wll insure the opponent gets a double instead of a single.