More Thoughts on Fielding
by Graham MacAree on May 22, 2008 12:57 PM PDT
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PrintWell, you all know Jeff, Matthew and I all think that fielding is the most underrated aspect of baseball today. But why take our word for it? Let's talk about the importance of good glovework with a friend of mine.
This is Stephen Strasburg. He's pretty awesome, I hear.
Do people really call you that?
I'll be sure to refer to you as such in the future. So, you're a pretty damn good pitcher. How important do you think fielding is when you're on the hill?
Really? Have you never appreciated anything one of your defenders has done?
Don't you think guys who get less strikeouts might find a good defence behind them useful? Carlos Silva, for example, struck out 7.4% of the batters he faced in 2007.
No. Seven-point-four.
Uh-oh. What's wrong?
OK.
It's a strikeout bonanza!
Talking about the Mariners pitching staff. Hey, since you don't seem to mind what your fielders do behind you, how about coming to Seattle? You'd look awesome in teal! And I think we have #37 free too.
Stephen? Still there? I was asking if you wanted to play for the Mariners.
There you have it, ladies and gentlemen. Stephen 'Awesome' Strasburg doesn't care about his defence.
But I think he probably would if his K% ever dropped below like 80.
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Super. Army. Soldiers.
I reject your reality and substitute my own!
Also, I'm always down for some online Grand Theft Auto IV or Rock Band. Gamertag: Phildopip
by Phil Hatzenbuehler on May 22, 2008 1:57 PM PDT up reply actions
*Tino/Bret Boone/Orlando Hudson debate
by JoeyJoJoJuniorShabadoo on May 22, 2008 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions
It's going to suck when we DO get SARS in next year's draft.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Meh.
This team has already given me Lupus, Vasculitis, Huntington’s, Grave’s, Hashimoto’s, AIDS, Sarcoidosis, and some yet-to-be identified auto-immune disorder.
damn, you have multiple AMDs?
get a marrow transplant son.
It's likely terminal.
Kick Washburn in the nuts for me after I die, would you?
Do we have to wait that long?
I like midgets more than I should.
We can put Robert in a wig and use him as a Trojan-16-year-old
by Graham MacAree on May 22, 2008 1:37 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
This is where Coach becomes useful.
I like midgets more than I should.
Coach has actually been seen in public?
by JoeyJoJoJuniorShabadoo on May 22, 2008 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
He met Red.
There is picture evidence of at least that appearance.
I like midgets more than I should.
Coach's file photo was not flattering
and he Corcobomed Wlad’s inbox with friend requests.
by JI on May 22, 2008 3:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Classic!
I forgot about the video proof.
I like midgets more than I should.
It was held at Safeco, and his parents were there.
I think they chained him up in the basement after the Red encounter.
I like midgets more than I should.
Oi vey.
What were you thinking, Coach?
Oh well. For a long time I thought that Coach was some awesome fake-identity Jeff was using to smite us.
Nope. Coach is the real deal.
Except he doesn’t coach anything, and his name isn’t Owens.
I like midgets more than I should.
If Coach is real
why does he keep coming back for more abuse from us? You’d think by now we would have permanently destroyed his psyche.
He thinks we're cool and wants to be friends with us
by Graham MacAree on May 22, 2008 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
We are cool.
But he’s not our friend, budday!
I like midgets more than I should.
He crashed it
...even though he was invited.
i’m not quite sure how the story goes.
by JI on May 22, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm just saying
a flattering wig, some heals, a bit of lipstick and you could look like Dave Foley on KITH.
by JI on May 22, 2008 3:33 PM PDT up reply actions
Washburn likes southern girls.
Go with Lynchburg Lemonade.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Do your own damn dirty work
it’s not like they’re going to prosecute someone who’s dying anyway
by seattlebruin on May 22, 2008 3:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Is his K% seriously over 80?
How un-freakin-believable is that?
I like midgets more than I should.
No, that was hyperbole.
It’s 40%ish IIRC
by Graham MacAree on May 22, 2008 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
I can't the the link to work,
But the front page of the Seattle Times has a great picture of Reed losing his glove.
I like midgets more than I should.
That's the one!
I still haven’t had the time to figure out how to post pictures on the new SBN.
Thanks for picking up my slack.
I like midgets more than I should.
Instructions
Click the last button on the right in the post comment box, insert URL.
The more you know
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie
I tried that before and failed. I'll have to try again.
I like midgets more than I should.
Great photo
and yet I’d still love to see Reed get significant playing time in left this year.
by JoeyJoJoJuniorShabadoo on May 22, 2008 2:04 PM PDT up reply actions
That took an awesome play by Reed to even get there
If anything, it’s a testament to the fact that he’s a really good fielder rather than a poor one, even if he didn’t manage to reel it in.
by Graham MacAree on May 22, 2008 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
I think what he has is range
I haven’t seen it in a corner OF in a while.
by Edgar for Pres on May 22, 2008 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Not for the M's, that's for sure.
I like midgets more than I should.
Isn't this the 2nd time this has happen to him?
Wasn’t there another time he would of caught the ball if his glove didn’t fall off?
Coach Owens = No Fun Zone
by Scruffy Lefty on May 22, 2008 2:54 PM PDT up reply actions
Was Reed Punching something..
Pop goes the buttsy on the left hand side!!
by PhilKenSebben on May 22, 2008 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
was he at least close to catching it?
Pop goes the buttsy on the left hand side!!
by PhilKenSebben on May 22, 2008 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
He caught it, over the wall
And then he hit the wall hard enough for his glove to fall off while on the other side.
by Graham MacAree on May 22, 2008 3:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Close or not
it was a remarkable feat just to the wall in time.
I see this happen occasionally. My glove has a strap, so I can tighten it on my wrist to prevent this.
Do I have some uber-special model?
I like midgets more than I should.
Great post Graham! Reminded me of The Dugout, which I sorely miss. Hope to see more of these. Free Stephen Awesome Strasburg!
Free Barry Bonds
Weird
Wouldn’t let me put in a subject for that comment.
Free Barry Bonds
Very strange.
I think you broke it. It doesn’t want to let me post now.
I like midgets more than I should.
I think we're in the Strasburg race to win it!
I think our “sweep” of the Tigers pushes them further out from contention.
Even if they suck it is still entertaining
Pop goes the buttsy on the left hand side!!
by PhilKenSebben on May 22, 2008 3:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Before I read the rest, I'd like to point out the incredible irony here
I’ll be sure to refer to you as such in the future. So, you’re a pretty damn good pitcher. How important do you think fielding is when you’re on the hill?
Really? Have you never appreciated anything one of your defenders has done?
In that Stephen Strasburg made his first Sportscenter appearance the other night… giving a long fly ball on which his center fielder made a great catch for a Top 10 play.
You mean that whole thing might have been tongue in cheek?
by Graham MacAree on May 22, 2008 3:39 PM PDT up reply actions
Yes, Graham, I know
I just found it amusing and ironic that a pitcher who struck out 23(right?) batters in a game ends up on Sportscenter for a great catch by his teammate.
You need more tea, I think. Either that or less Mariners.
by seattlebruin on May 22, 2008 3:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I ran out of tea today
And the stores are closed because it’s past 10. This country is so retarded sometimes.
by Graham MacAree on May 22, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Yikes
I’ll tread carefully the rest of the day. No Bring Back Griffey! posts for me today.
by seattlebruin on May 22, 2008 3:46 PM PDT up reply actions
he's already on SC?
doomed are our chances of drafting him
I don't. Abnormal goals are more fun.
Just ask Washburn.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
Tapping 16 year old ass is not fun in my book.
He needs to uprgade his goals.
I like midgets more than I should.
Can't knock it before you try it
I fucking hate you Mariners
This Washburn/pedophilia meme has erupted
See what you did, Dave?
by Jeff Sullivan on May 22, 2008 8:50 PM PDT up reply actions
Cameron's site keeps the morons at bay
don’t draw his ire.
by JI on May 22, 2008 9:23 PM PDT up reply actions
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