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[frostwyrm]

 

Sort of both. My point was that Theriot may have been 2 for 13 or whatever, but some of his at-bats, if I remember correctly, were nice battles. But whatever - I think his 150-something at bats were a much better indicator of what he can do than those 13 the year before.

 

I have been impressed with Theriot, but that's just me.

 

There is an inherent danger involved in drawing statistical inferences from limited sample sizes. Case in point...... Cedeno's performace in 2005. I'd imagine you were equally impressed by that limited sample size, too, eh?

 

.300/.356/.375 in 89 PA

 

.328/.412/.522 in 159 PA

 

I sincerely hope nobody was equally impressed by those two lines.

 

With a better manager Cedeno would've had at least 250 PA in 2005 and we would have gone into 2006 with a much better picture of Cedeno's ability level. Instead we got to watch Neifi save the day.