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He was 1 for 3 with a sacrifice. It's hard to rail on him for making an out when he was ordered to sacrifice. I too would expect Hairston to outdo a 333 OBP throughout the year, but Eaton was on today, I'm ecstatic that Neifi managed a hit. There's no excuse for Macias over Dubois. But why extrapolate one game into 162? There's so many more variables to consider in 1 real game as opposed to 161 imaginary ones, and Dusty pulled the right string with Perez over Hairston. Despite the nearly 2 pages of anti-Perez posts Perez was one of our more successful hitters today. That's just the facts...Those who hated on Perez for this game got shown up. Oh yeah, I forgot cuz Dusty didn't do it, I bet Hairston would have gone 4 for 4 with 4 grand slams. Jesus Christ. Playing Neifi was the wrong thing to do, regardless of whether or not he got one measly hit. Yippee. It seems that with this logic if Neifi had gone 4 for 4 with 4 grand slams you would still make the same statement. That, my friend, makes you a Buster on this occasion. Try being logical for a change rather than emotional. You stat freaks just don't seem to get it...there are variables to take into account that you have no idea of. You think in every situation you go with a .275 hitter over the .270 hitter - nobody who coaches in baseball agrees with that. What's funny is that you take a huge generalization, a .275 average, and you apply to every single individual case and assume that you know with 100% authority when you will be right and when you will be wrong, which of course you do not. Yet in real life, when dealing with people and ideas, I bet you try to avoid making generalizations to allow for these individual cases which you so arrogantly ignore in baseball. I would suggest learning how to apply the scientific method, logic, and the process of generalizations in all phases of your life. It will improve it. Sorry, but, take those 2 pages of this thread out, playing Perez was the right move today. Na-nanny-boo boo stick your head in poo-poo. I don't care if Neifi went 12 for 12 and hit an 8 run homer, putting him in over Hairston was stupid. I really dont see how you can defend this.

He was 1 for 3 with a sacrifice. It's hard to rail on him for making an out when he was ordered to sacrifice. I too would expect Hairston to outdo a 333 OBP throughout the year, but Eaton was on today, I'm ecstatic that Neifi managed a hit. There's no excuse for Macias over Dubois. But why extrapolate one game into 162? There's so many more variables to consider in 1 real game as opposed to 161 imaginary ones, and Dusty pulled the right string with Perez over Hairston. Despite the nearly 2 pages of anti-Perez posts Perez was one of our more successful hitters today. That's just the facts...Those who hated on Perez for this game got shown up. Oh yeah, I forgot cuz Dusty didn't do it, I bet Hairston would have gone 4 for 4 with 4 grand slams. Jesus Christ. Playing Neifi was the wrong thing to do, regardless of whether or not he got one measly hit. Yippee. Cause you said so :roll: Because the stats bare it out. You think playing Neifi was a good idea?

He was 1 for 3 with a sacrifice. It's hard to rail on him for making an out when he was ordered to sacrifice. I too would expect Hairston to outdo a 333 OBP throughout the year, but Eaton was on today, I'm ecstatic that Neifi managed a hit. There's no excuse for Macias over Dubois. But why extrapolate one game into 162? There's so many more variables to consider in 1 real game as opposed to 161 imaginary ones, and Dusty pulled the right string with Perez over Hairston. Despite the nearly 2 pages of anti-Perez posts Perez was one of our more successful hitters today. That's just the facts...Those who hated on Perez for this game got shown up. Oh yeah, I forgot cuz Dusty didn't do it, I bet Hairston would have gone 4 for 4 with 4 grand slams. Jesus Christ. Playing Neifi was the wrong thing to do, regardless of whether or not he got one measly hit. Yippee.

When we need to pinch hit with two outs, should we just assume that it will be Macias everytime? I dont understand why when we get two outs, we just forfeit.

It's Hairston people. H-A-I-R-S-T-O-N Sorry, I just wish people would stop spelling it wrong. :D There's a difference between spelling every little word correctly, and getting someones name right.

I bet Neifi wins the game today. It just seems like something that would happen.

He looked very good. Considering he was brought into a game with the Royals already trailing 7-1, it appears they are going to ease him in with mop up duty. I'm pretty sure at this point he's as good as gone. I wouldn't be so sure. There's 157 games to go and he has to stay on the roster for all of them. While he looked good tonight, he may not the next time he's used. Yeah, but they don't give a crap if he pitches effectively for them because their team sucks. Derrick Turnbow sucked as a Rule V pick. Miguel Asencio was bad for the Royals in '02 but they didn't care because they thought he had potential. Johan Santana winning the Cy Young gives even more incentive for crappy teams to hang onto high-ceiling players for their Rule V year. I said it when the draft went down, Sisco would be gone. Thank God we have Rohlicek and Randolph, though. yeah, that didnt work out so well.

Wow, Petrick ahead of Pinto?

dude, someone needs to slap you silly. Would you guys be so bananas about him if he hit .210/.375, 200Ks and only had 30 homers this year. Dunn is so all-or-nothing I wouldn't be surprised if he does terrible and doesn't even reach the Mendoza line. He could hit .270 and 50 dingers - I dunno. He's an enigma at this point. An enigma wrapped in shroud caught in a riddle stuck in fog surrounded by uncertainty. And he is worse than Carlos Lee in LF. And that is bad.... You wouldnt want someone that would hit 30 HRs and have a .375obp?

I may have to adopt David Wright. I knew he was going to be good, but last year he really impressed me, and so far he looks tremendous. Watching the game today, he is 1-1 with 3 walks, and the last one loaded the bases. And hes cute.

4 or 5 games then

If he doesnt, I will be mad dissapointed.

Not to nitpick one little part of your well thought-out post, but I disagree with this idea. Just because Dusty was a good baseball player does not make him a good manager. There are countless examples where one does not translate to the other, in all sports (Magic Johnson is one example). Further, I think baseball is one sport where fans can have an understanding of "strategery" that is greater than or equal to the manager. I agree that the only situations that we are not privy to are the day in day out health issues of the players (and that includes things like guys having a bad hangover or the runs or something like that). In Dusty's case, there have been too many instances of glaringly poor managing to constantly hide behind the excuse that he has more information than we do. I would venture to say that there are a few folks around here that could do a better job managing a game than Dusty. Well thanks for the compliment. I think at least Dusty has a ton of experience on his side, definitely more than me and I'd guess more than most. He could misuse that info, like your point about Magic, that is somewhat true.... I will make this statement: there are a ton of people who think they could manager better than Dusty who actually can't. Most of them post on message boards. I think Zambo or Rusch are a guaranteed K in that situation. I think the opposing pitcher bears down and makes them look stupid. I think half of pitcher's hits come from the opposing pitcher not taking them seriously. I think anyone who advises using Rusch over Macias in a hitting situation needs to back away from the calculator. The point isnt that Zambrano or Rusch or Ghandi should have been sent up there, the point is, Macias and Neifi are so GOD AWFUL, that somehow, two fat pitchers have better situational lifetime averages than they do. Arguing otherwise is just being obtuse.

A warm body. Seriously, you have to be asleep at the wheel to bat Neifi Perez in that situation. He was signed as a defensive backup. You're telling me that we traded Sosa for a player who isn't even going to be the FIRST PLAYER OFF THE BENCH. Kill me if every game is like this this year.

I was wondering the same thing, were you not around last season? Or the season before that? The reason im pissed is because i was hoping things.had.changed.

This should be a sticky that only bad manager moves go in. There should be one for discussion only, and one for listings. Of course, ZZ may go crazy and leave, but we'll take the good with the good.

Did you hear what Kruk said last night about Dunn? It was a seemingly innocuous chat about Dunn's power, and of course, his K's, when all of a sudden Kruk says "hit .250 with 200 k's, well i hit .350 with 100 k's and I DID MY JOB" it was something to that effect, man he is a fat bastard.

Terrrmmellllll got an RBI today btw

Not only are we going to get him back, but we'll also be getting 125K or whatever, an extra year without having to put him on the 40 man, and he'll have major league experience. AND HIS FAT A WILL BE IN SHAPE.

DAMMIT WHY AM I AT WORK Dunn was supposed to go to Texas to play football, so i should hate him, but he didnt, and now he plays with kent, so i love him.

Getting a little wild, 2 walks and a hit batsman.

Team Name: Suckiest Bunch of Sucks that Ever Sucked Catcher Mike Matheny 66 First Base Doug Mientkiewicz 55 Second Base Jose Castillo 55 Third Base Alex Gonzalez 50 Shortstop Cristian Guzman 65 Left Field Brian Jordan 38 Center Field Endy Chavez 60 Right Field Raul Mondesi 16 Pitcher 1 Shawn Estes 124 Pitcher 2 Eric Milton 50 Total 579

Yes, score. Doing this now.

I got an oscillating fan. I like to turn it on, and ask it questions that a fan would say no to. "do you keep my hair in place?" "do you keep my doc-u-ments in order?" sometimes i like to throw it a curveball "do you make a nice spring time breeze? AHA! YOURE A LIAR FAN!"

Yeah, as soon as the Dotel trade happens, Street will be the guy to pickup. Cheap saves in fantasy baseball are awesome.