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JohnU
Aristocratic Hoosier
... for teams not in the playoffs.
Starting with accountability. Now it's up to Walt to make the right moves. We can't blame Dusty for "favoring veterans" now -- IF the damned front office would start promoting guys from the system instead of signing this year's version of Cairo, Cabrera, Valdez, Izturis, or Rentawreck.
We got Jason Donald for free in the Stubbs trade. Then we signed Hannahan, who sucked. Was Donald worse? I give up. Was Henry Rodriguez or Brodie Greene worse than Izturis? I give up.
We need to stop renting these Latin lovers and bring up our players.
We need to get somebody who can teach people how to hit instead of having wet dreams about getting Giancarlo Stanton for half the national treasury. If you think that works, may I forward you to Anaheim.
IF Choo wants to go ... adios! And let's see if maybe we have a decent hitter in the system who just might become the next Stanton. A real hitting philosophy can turn GIDP into gapper doubles.
Instead of pissing around deciding if Bronson has another 200 innings, what the hell did we sign Robert Stephenson to do? Polish the pines?
St. Louis brings its young pitchers to the majors and teaches them to pitch at the highest level. The Reds go out and sign Manny Parra or Armando Gallaraga. We sign the hardest thrower in baseball since Big Unit and the guy pitches 60 innings a year.
There is plenty wrong with Walt's philosophy if he lets that sort of business become part of the everyday game. There is nothing wrong with bringing up young players who can learn at the top level.
If it wasn't working, the best we could do to fix it was squander another season ... and the window doesn't stay open very long.
Starting with accountability. Now it's up to Walt to make the right moves. We can't blame Dusty for "favoring veterans" now -- IF the damned front office would start promoting guys from the system instead of signing this year's version of Cairo, Cabrera, Valdez, Izturis, or Rentawreck.
We got Jason Donald for free in the Stubbs trade. Then we signed Hannahan, who sucked. Was Donald worse? I give up. Was Henry Rodriguez or Brodie Greene worse than Izturis? I give up.
We need to stop renting these Latin lovers and bring up our players.
We need to get somebody who can teach people how to hit instead of having wet dreams about getting Giancarlo Stanton for half the national treasury. If you think that works, may I forward you to Anaheim.
IF Choo wants to go ... adios! And let's see if maybe we have a decent hitter in the system who just might become the next Stanton. A real hitting philosophy can turn GIDP into gapper doubles.
Instead of pissing around deciding if Bronson has another 200 innings, what the hell did we sign Robert Stephenson to do? Polish the pines?
St. Louis brings its young pitchers to the majors and teaches them to pitch at the highest level. The Reds go out and sign Manny Parra or Armando Gallaraga. We sign the hardest thrower in baseball since Big Unit and the guy pitches 60 innings a year.
There is plenty wrong with Walt's philosophy if he lets that sort of business become part of the everyday game. There is nothing wrong with bringing up young players who can learn at the top level.
If it wasn't working, the best we could do to fix it was squander another season ... and the window doesn't stay open very long.