Good News

by short on Dec 8, 2008 2:56 PM PST Comment 37 comments

I know lots of people think he was a whiney slacker, but we're stuck with him and he did, after all, have a cyst in his pitching shoulder! It's not like he didn't have good reason for his low Innings-Pitched last season.

M's can hope to get a half-season out of the guy and maybe flip him for some prospects at the deadline.

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Don't worry, I don't think this is a place

that perceives Bedard as a “whiny slacker.”

That is encouraging news, though, as I remember some saying soon after his injury that Bedard may not pitch until well into 2009.

by redwolf75 on Dec 8, 2008 3:30 PM PST reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, I'm pretty sure there's no Bedard hatred here

and I’m hoping for more than a half season. Probably won’t get it, but still – a healthy Bedard is a good thing to have.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Dec 8, 2008 3:32 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

The opposite of it, actually.

The authors defended him quite a bit from accusations that he was being a baby, and from people making character judgments on a guy based on his willingness to do something stupid like pitch hurt.

I think we’re thought of as anti-Bedard because we were anti-Bedard Trade. A lot of people have problems separating the two.

by Teej on Dec 8, 2008 3:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Who's hit a triple off him? They could probally give us a definitive answer.

Jeff's guide to not looking stupid:
+/- is an absolutely terrible stat, so don't use it, and don't give up on young players before they turn 24.
54!

by joof on Dec 8, 2008 10:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

If anything we're the most rational when it comes to anything.

by Fin on Dec 8, 2008 11:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Carlos Beltran sliding into Felix?

by BrianL on Dec 9, 2008 7:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Someone came in wearing a Beltran jersey.

I did not greet him in the Macy’s approved we love all customers way.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Dec 9, 2008 11:02 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I would have taken him out at the knees just to make a point.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Dec 9, 2008 11:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

He was large and I am small.

by NOLAmarinergirl on Dec 9, 2008 11:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

That's why you go for the knees.

by acblue on Dec 9, 2008 11:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Over enthusiastic clerks/waiters scare the balls out of me.

by JI on Dec 9, 2008 12:18 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

You rang?

by JI on Dec 9, 2008 12:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Exactly

I love Bedard, but it’s like getting a nice new car for your birthday, then finding out that your parents used most of your college savings for it. Sure, it’s a great car, but when it breaks down within the first few months, and you think that you could have had your college savings this whole time…you tend to get a little annoyed.

by Karma Police on Dec 8, 2008 5:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs