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Re: The M's bomb the Bronx Girly Men Game Thread 8/26

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:40 pm
by DavidGee24
Juliooooo wrote:
Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:17 pm
That's 24 AB for 1 and 19 for the other. Hardly a sample size we should judge them off of.
It's not judging, it's the fact that pretty much no other team has rookies come up and do that.

Re: The M's bomb the Bronx Girly Men Game Thread 8/26

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 10:04 pm
by Donn Beach
He's struggled a bit, but much worse against lefties. He might be a platoon guy at best, but he can hit righties
that was my point before, how do you platoon him?...You are not going to platoon him at at first base once White comes up. A platoon DH? Not using a roster spot for that

Re: The M's bomb the Bronx Girly Men Game Thread 8/26

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 10:40 pm
by Juliooooo
Donn Beach wrote:
Tue Aug 27, 2019 10:04 pm
He's struggled a bit, but much worse against lefties. He might be a platoon guy at best, but he can hit righties
that was my point before, how do you platoon him?...You are not going to platoon him at at first base once White comes up. A platoon DH? Not using a roster spot for that
I don't know, but he's good enough against righties that you at least find a way, at least until you have a better option.

Re: The M's bomb the Bronx Girly Men Game Thread 8/26

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 12:45 am
by Sibelius Hindemith
DavidGee24 wrote:
Tue Aug 27, 2019 6:16 pm
Sibelius Hindemith wrote:
Tue Aug 27, 2019 3:42 pm
Hey, they can still glide to a "safe" landing in a corn field, as long as they break a few bones here and there.
Funny you mention that, it actually did happen to the Minneapolis Lakers, in the closest call ever for an American professional sports team: https://nypost.com/2009/02/08/1960-lake ... eir-lives/
Good stuff - you possess a wealth of weird knowledge about interesting and offbeat events of the past. That was an awesome read.

Re: The M's bomb the Bronx Girly Men Game Thread 8/26

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 2:07 am
by Petert
DavidGee24 wrote:
Tue Aug 27, 2019 6:16 pm
Sibelius Hindemith wrote:
Tue Aug 27, 2019 3:42 pm
Hey, they can still glide to a "safe" landing in a corn field, as long as they break a few bones here and there.
Funny you mention that, it actually did happen to the Minneapolis Lakers, in the closest call ever for an American professional sports team: https://nypost.com/2009/02/08/1960-lake ... eir-lives/
Best sports article I’ve read all year. Thanks, David.

Re: The M's bomb the Bronx Girly Men Game Thread 8/26

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 2:15 am
by Petert
Just leaving this here in case anyone thinks a baseball team hasn’t undergone a similar experience:

http://sportspressnw.com/2185534/2014/w ... n-baseball

Re: The M's bomb the Bronx Girly Men Game Thread 8/26

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 2:58 am
by DavidGee24
Petert wrote:
Wed Aug 28, 2019 2:07 am
DavidGee24 wrote:
Tue Aug 27, 2019 6:16 pm
Sibelius Hindemith wrote:
Tue Aug 27, 2019 3:42 pm
Hey, they can still glide to a "safe" landing in a corn field, as long as they break a few bones here and there.
Funny you mention that, it actually did happen to the Minneapolis Lakers, in the closest call ever for an American professional sports team: https://nypost.com/2009/02/08/1960-lake ... eir-lives/
Best sports article I’ve read all year. Thanks, David.
Just imagine if they'd pulled a HollyValensBopper. I don't know if they had a dispersal draft plan back then (they do now) or if they would have folded the franchise altogether and never moved to Los Angeles.. The history of the NBA changes so very drastically if that plane goes down. For instance, the Celtics probably win several more titles. And Rudy Tomjanovich doesn't get his face caved in.