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Who? Carroll or Fox? Fox. He has a bit of a reputation of being a jerk and some people think he's uncoachable because of it. Actually I have been to spring training the last 8 years and I have to say outside of Juan Pierre, he is by far the most friendly and humble person and first one to sign autographs every single day Others that seemed like very nice people are Dempster, Wood, Jacque Jones, Marshall, Dusty Baker Biggest pr*ck ive seen since ive been going is matt murton Haha I always knew Matt Murton was a douche Who else? I like hearing what players are a-holes

What did he say?

Wait, there's no trade to be made right now? None of us are talking about getting some great third baseman. We're talking about somebody who can actually play third base for a major league team. Don't act like that's so hard to find. As for me saying I wouldn't give up prospects for a win move... I never said that. I said I wouldn't do it for a rental player like Holliday Who's going to trade with you, and who's the target that's good enough to be worth parting with worthwhile prospects for? I don't really want to part with Casey Coleman or Tony Thomas because our underachieving offense hasn't started to pick up for the loss of Ramirez(who's probably back actually playing third base for a major league team after the all-star break), especially when they are very likely to begin doing so over the next few weeks. My apologies for misattributing you, although a bullpen arm would in all likelihood be a rental(and again, cost a heavy premium). Like I said, I'm not even talking about getting a good player. I'm talking about getting somebody who can actually play third base and OPS above .700 so Fontenot can move back to second. It really shouldn't be hard to find a backup third baseman.

I don't know about that. The Brewers are playing way over their heads. They're on pace to win like 95+ games. If they won that many games with that rotation it would be the most efficient team in baseball history. I still think the cards are def. better as long as Carpenter and lohse stay healthy.

Wait, there's no trade to be made right now? None of us are talking about getting some great third baseman. We're talking about somebody who can actually play third base for a major league team. Don't act like that's so hard to find. I mean, Ramirez has been out for weeks now and we're still going with Fontenot at 3rd and Scales.Blanco at second. That's ridiculous. Fontenot should be at second and we should have somebody who is actually a 3B at third. As for me saying I wouldn't give up prospects for a win move... I never said that. I said I wouldn't do it for a rental player like Holliday

Leaving Fox in was the right move. Rhodes was ready in the pen if they brought in Fuku or Hoffpauir. I like Fox vs a righty much better than Fuku or Hoff against a lefty that has been dominant this season. Regardless of Lou not allowing Fuku to start vs leftys this year, hes hit them well this year. He has 6 at-bats vs lefties this season

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Leaving Fox in was the right move. Rhodes was ready in the pen if they brought in Fuku or Hoffpauir. I like Fox vs a righty much better than Fuku or Hoff against a lefty that has been dominant this season.

What metric would you prefer? UZR has him as an above average defender and from what I've seen in his career, that's probably pretty accurate. I was concerned before the season that his defensive skills would have dropped off after not playing the field last year. I haven't seen all that many terrible plays so far this year. like i said, i don' put any stock into any defensive metrics. and i don't doubt that he's been a good defender in the past, but that's the past. now he reminds me of cliff floyd hobbling around there. just because you don't see him make any terrible plays doesn't mean he doesn't suck. he doesn't get to any balls out there. edit: as for defensive metrics..... they just aren't reliable at all imo. they jump around every year like crazy. anyways, i just don't see how you could possibly put defense into a statistic and have it be accurate on any sort of regular basis. there are just way too many factors and variables. it's just not logical.

Until Jim actually does something, this is nothing more than a .500 team. It's very simple. This current team is not capable of making any kind of run. Terrible offense, defense, and bullpen. And Jim continues to do nothing.

Blubber boy behind the plate helped too. That's twice we've lost in extras this road trip because he couldb't block a ball in the dirt

i cant believe people still actually put any stock whatsoever into UZR and defensive metrics in general. i never said bradley is as bad as dunn anyways. just that he's bad.

Uhh, Jim? Are you going to do something? Fontenot cost us 3 runs in the inning and then cost us the 4th run in extras. How can we have a gigantic payroll and be in "all out win mode" and not have a 3B because of one single injury? Absolutely inexcusable. Now we're forced to play the awful Fontenot as third and watch us cost us runs and also have to deal with garbage like Miles/Scales/Freel in the lineup. To not have gotten a third baseman by now is a joke. Almost anything is better than what we have. Thanks for the depth Jim.

Type in Crosby Dive on You Tube and you'll get about a hundred more... it's not like I had those specific instances memorized. lol sure you didn't what a creepshow

I was a Dunn supporter in the offseason, but keep in mind you have to weigh his offensive production with his awful outfield defense. That defense negates at least some of his value offensively. milton bradley is a pretty poor defender too. at least dunn isn't hobbling around out there and wouldn't make us hold our breath every time he has to use his legs

how can you possibly say that when he has a career .823 OPS? How can you possibly keep throwing his career OPS number like it's supposed to predict exactly what he's going to do this year? You're including his first three season in the league (ages 22-24). It's like say that Sammy Sosa averaged a HR every 32 at bats in 1991 (age 22 season) and because of that it's obvious that he used steroids. Players get better and not everybody comes into the league and rakes right away. From 2003-08 Milton had an OPS of .879. And right on cue, here we go with the skewed Bradley stats to make it look like he's been a badass hitter over the 5 years. Saying he's been an .879 OPS hitter from 03-08 is dumb. No, more like he's been a 1.000 OPS hitter for the last 600 at-bats (most of which came in Texas, big surprise) and has been his typical .820ish OPS guy the previous 3 years 04- .786 05- .835 05- .818 so uhh, yeah... he's been an .879 OPS guy for the past 5 years. Except for those 3 straight year where he, uh, wasn't The reason I talk about his career OPS is because he's performed to that level for most of his playing career. You know how many seasons he's had with an OPS over .835? THREE And that's being really generous, considering the total PA's of those 3 seasons really add up to about 2 full seasons worth of at-bats. I don't understand why this guy continues to get some kind of free pass, like he has an awesome track record of hitting or something, and he's sure to turn it around. Guess what guys? For the vast majority of his career, he hasn't been a great hitter.

I seriously can't believe a move hasn't been made. Get your fat ass on the phone and get SOMEBODY, Jim. Seriously. Now we're down 3-0 because our crappy 2B is forced to play 3B where he sucks and the guy we're playing at 2B is a career minor leaguer who can't even hit a sac fly. Like I said, to be in this situation because of one single injury when we have a payroll this big and are in "win mode" is an absolute joke. Thanks for the depth, Jim.

patterson is swinging a plunger in that picture

better than ovechkin. crosby is a true superstar

like adam dunn?

what is will carrol ever talking about

how can you possibly say that when he has a career .823 OPS? you're supposed to look at his entire body of work and take into account that 2007 was really like 2 months, and that in 2008 he played in a ridiculous park and had a ridiculous babip. he had an .870 OPS away from arlington last season. i thought he'd be good, but i never understood why people were acing like it was a sure thing that he'd be some great hitter when healthy. he's been a great hitter for a very small portion of his career.

kind of funny how you keep turning it into an argument about crosby even though i'm saying nothing about him. i'm talking about your useless obsession. hence the "you just don't get it" post.

So I'm a liar because I've been saying he'd be a big letdown from Day 1 and I have the posting history to prove it? And not just a liar. An expletive liar. Oh my. Well you can be the last one to go down with the ship Cap'N. Bradley never convinced me, because these .765 OPS corner outfield jokers can make parts of seasons look good and yes, a .400 BABIP in Texas is ultimately quite convincing. And nobody would have any idea he'd have injuries to his legs. Give me a break. for some reason a lot of people here continue to insist that bradley has had some kind of badass hitting history when he's on the field, even though the numbers clearly show that to be false. "but if you look at his road numbers for seasons x, y, x, and omit this portion of the numbers, and take into account his age, and multiply by the square root of number of plate appearances, he has a career .868 OPS"

you just don't get it don't you realize how jealous you sound of him? seriously. i hope like 10 years from now you look back at all these posts and realize how ridiculous you look