Jeromy Burnitz and Moises Alou would have gotten along

[ctcf]

"Burnitz would have fit in with the cast of 'Jackass.' As a practical joke, he would empty out bottles of shampoo in the showers on road trips after the last game of the series and pee in them."

http://deadspin.com/5871419/jeromy-burnitz-used-to-fill-clubhouse-shampoo-bottles-with-his-own-urine

[El Duderino]

jeromy burnitz... one of the all-time hendry signings.

[BCVM22]

jeromy burnitz... one of the all-time hendry signings.

 

He certainly wasn't great, but was he really that awful? .258/.322/.435/.757 BA/OBP/SLG/OPS, 24 HRs, 87 RBI and played a decent right field for 1 year/$4.5 million.

[Clem Fandango]

He guaranteed that he was going to hit 30 home runs and he didn't! [expletive] HIM

[TruffleShuffle]

wasn't he the guy that hendry liked because he had a lot of rbi with 2 outs or some [expletive] like that?

[wade]

wasn't he the guy that hendry liked because he had a lot of rbi with 2 outs or some [expletive] like that?

 

Not sure the exact stat, but you're right, I remember Hendry referencing some random split that made Jeromy attractive. That, and he hit left-handed.

[SouthSideRyan]

HR or RBI among players with 120 or more Ks Edited December 28, 2011 by SouthSideRyan

[fromthestretch]

jeromy burnitz... one of the all-time hendry signings.

 

He certainly wasn't great, but was he really that awful? .258/.322/.435/.757 BA/OBP/SLG/OPS, 24 HRs, 87 RBI and played a decent right field for 1 year/$4.5 million.

 

According to B-R, Burnitz had a -0.9 WAR for the Cubs that year.

 

So to answer your question, yeah...he was pretty bad.

[JimSorgi]

jeromy burnitz... one of the all-time hendry signings.

 

He certainly wasn't great, but was he really that awful? .258/.322/.435/.757 BA/OBP/SLG/OPS, 24 HRs, 87 RBI and played a decent right field for 1 year/$4.5 million.

 

According to B-R, Burnitz had a -0.9 WAR for the Cubs that year.

 

So to answer your question, yeah...he was pretty bad.

Fangraphs had him at a 1.9 WAR. I have no clue if one site is better than the other.

[Rob]

wasn't he the guy that hendry liked because he had a lot of rbi with 2 outs or some [expletive] like that?

 

I seem to recall something about slugging percentage in the 7th inning or later.

[wade]

"People just dismiss Burnitz - 'He strikes out a lot. He can't do this, he can't do that.' If you look at it objectively, he was sixth in the game in slugging percentage of people who struck out more than 120 times. He hit .307 with men on base. He hits left-handers well. He hit .287 with men in scoring position. To me, he's not striking out at the wrong times. The analysis is being done."

--Cubs GM Jim Hendry, on new right fielder Jeromy Burnitz, who ranked sixth in the game in the new SPPWSOMT120x statistic (Arlington Heights Daily Herald)

 

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4674

[SouthSideRyan]

Epic.

[SouthSideRyan]

Also from that link:

 

"He's a guy who's gotten better. I remember my old general manager Al Campanis telling me that a player doesn't reach his peak until he's somewhere between 32 or 36 [years old] and beyond, and it depends on how his legs are and his desire and if he keeps his weight down and his waistline down. I don't see D-Lee having any problem with that."

[Careless]

"It's kind of ridiculous that you get a 10-game suspension for steroids and a six-game suspension for milk."

--Dodgers pitcher Brad Penny, after he offered $500 to a batboy to drink a gallon of milk in an hour without throwing up. The batboy was suspended for six games by the Marlins

"The only thing that keeps this organization from being recognized as one of the finest in baseball is wins and losses at the major-league level."

--Devil Rays GM Chuck LaMar

"If I'm going to get chased around the shower, it's going to be by my wife."

--Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, on how he won't shower in the clubhouse with Johan Santana and Carlos Silva around

"He led off for four years in Colorado, so he knows how to do it. I'm just searching for runs."

--Baker, on Neifi Perez hitting leadoff

"I'm from Alabama, and they have a different alphabet."

--allegedly what Orioles pitcher Eric DuBose told police when instructed to recite the alphabet after being pulled over for erratic driving

Edited December 29, 2011 by Careless

[jersey cubs fan]

"People just dismiss Burnitz - 'He strikes out a lot. He can't do this, he can't do that.' If you look at it objectively, he was sixth in the game in slugging percentage of people who struck out more than 120 times. He hit .307 with men on base. He hits left-handers well. He hit .287 with men in scoring position. To me, he's not striking out at the wrong times. The analysis is being done."

--Cubs GM Jim Hendry, on new right fielder Jeromy Burnitz, who ranked sixth in the game in the new SPPWSOMT120x statistic (Arlington Heights Daily Herald)

 

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4674

 

This is what happens when a media relations guy becomes your "stats analyst".