Bloomquist, Dunn, and the Royals
by The Ancient Mariner on Jan 15, 2009 9:57 AM PST
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Joe Posnanski posted a great column a few days ago (thanks to Ryan Divish for the link) on the Royals' signing of Willie Bloomquist, and their non-signing (so far, anyway) of Adam Dunn, and the significance of that for understanding Dayton Moore's philosophy of baseball. Posnanski notes that the two are almost complete opposites as ballplayers, and goes on to say, "I think that, in many ways, Dunn and Bloomquist represent opposing philosophies about baseball. . . . I believe every baseball fan, at his/her core, leans Dunn or Bloomquist." Now, I think he overstates his case somewhat -- in particular, I think he's wrong to say that those "who believe that on-base percentage and slugging are the most significant things . . . that what matters is what you do and not how you look doing it" also believe "that defense and speed are overrated"; that's not really true at all. Even with that caveat, however, I have to say that I think he's on to something here, as he often is. Go read his column and see if you agree.
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I lean "winning team no matter who's on it"
Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.
by pdb on Jan 15, 2009 2:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
"He has only six career homers, but, hey, one was a grand slam."
And one of them is an inside-the-parker.
I think Posnanski’s demarcation between walks+power and speed+defense is incorrect. The difference is between players who are demonstrably valuable and players who are demonstrably not, regardless of aesthetics.
I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.
by Llewdor on Jan 15, 2009 3:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Agreed, but
if you fix his definition of what it means to “lean Dunn,” he does have a point.
by The Ancient Mariner on Jan 15, 2009 3:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Only if his point is that Dayton Moore seriously sucks at evaluating talent.
And that he apparently gets a hard on for scrappy guys whose level of suck rivals his own.
by Vatinius on Jan 15, 2009 5:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
From reading his blog, Posnanski generally is in favor of enlightened baseball thinking, but you can tell
that he himself still hasn’t completely wrapped his brain around it. The concept is good though as long as you dont hold him to the demarcation exactly.
I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE!!! I DRINK IT UP!!
by abender20 on Jan 15, 2009 7:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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