El Dusto at it - Corey Patterson wins Reds CF/leadoff job!

[David]

I know what it's like to go back and forth. I went back and forth. It's a tough thing. You reach your goal and go backwards, reach it again and go backwards.

 

Here are Dusty's "back and forth years"

 

1968: 6 games/5 AB (19 yrs.)

1969: 3 games/7 AB (20 yrs.)

1970: 13 games/24 AB (21 yrs.)

1971: 29 games/62 AB (22 yrs.)

 

From 1972 on, here was a regular in Atlanta.

 

That doesn't seem that out of the ordinary to me, as he at least got a fair number of AB each time he was up. But I guess this is Dusty's justification and we should just do a one of these: :shock:

 

Huh?

 

He's supposedly saying that he bounced around when he first started out. Based on the number of games that he played in when he first started out, and the number of ABs he received, it doesn't look like he was bounced around.

 

Furthermore, compared to his treatment of young players on the Cubs who did nothing but sit on the bench, his comparison isn't accurate.

 

From my take, he's saying that the way he was was played early in his career = his treatment of rookies now. I don't believe that's accurate.

 

I have a flow chart if necessary. :)

 

You think that those numbers = a fair amount of ABs?

[SouthSideRyan]

The only way Corey Patterson isn't the Reds's starting CF is if Norris Hopper gets the job instead.

 

I'd say the only way CPatt isn't the starting CF is if Dusty gets fired before opening day. Hopper probably starts against LHP, but I don't see Patterson not starting in CF for Dusty. One of the reports about Bruce being sent down mentioned that Dusty pressured Krivsky to sign CPatt. Once he hit so well in spring, there's no way Dusty isn't going to start him.

 

My point was Dusty's likely 2nd in line is even worse than the 1st.

[daske17]

You think that those numbers = a fair amount of ABs?

 

An average of 2 ABs per game is far better than some of the young players he managed. I'm not saying that it's a direct apples to apples comparison, but the underlying theory of "I was screwed around with when I was young and I don't want to do that to others" is a little off the mark.

[Tracer Bullet]

The only way Corey Patterson isn't the Reds's starting CF is if Norris Hopper gets the job instead.

 

I'd say the only way CPatt isn't the starting CF is if Dusty gets fired before opening day. Hopper probably starts against LHP, but I don't see Patterson not starting in CF for Dusty. One of the reports about Bruce being sent down mentioned that Dusty pressured Krivsky to sign CPatt. Once he hit so well in spring, there's no way Dusty isn't going to start him.

 

My point was Dusty's likely 2nd in line is even worse than the 1st.

 

I agree - I was just expounding on my earlier point about CPatt's lock on the CF job (at least to start).