Comments on: Game 101: Tigers at Royals

By: Ryan in Brooklyn

Ryan in Brooklyn — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:11:20 +0000

Wow, I left yesterday just before the anagram blitz started. Good stuff all!

By: Sean C. in Illinois

Sean C. in Illinois — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:49:25 +0000

Sorry, Mark. I didn’t even mean to mention the trade (which I have no problem with). Honestly, it was just interesting to compare Jurrjens and Galarraga and see how similar their numbers were.

By: Mark in Chicago

Mark in Chicago — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:50:36 +0000

This thread has gotten dangerously close to revisiting the Renteria trade. Please, I beg of you all, don’t do it.

By: Sean C. in Illinois

Sean C. in Illinois — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:26:01 +0000

No problem, Mike. Thanks for bringing it up. The Galarraga/Jurrjens comparison makes an interesting study in its own right, aside from any relation to the Renteria trade.

By: Mike R

Mike R — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:49:43 +0000

Sean: Thanks for the numbers of Jair’s numbers versus non-pitchers.

By: Mark in Chicago

Mark in Chicago — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:33:01 +0000

That’s true, billfer, I may have overstated the catching depth overall, but are either of those guys close to being every day players at the big league level? Obviously this is a team with a small (and shrinking) window to win it all. It’s pretty tough to throw a 23-year-old in there and tell him to go run the pitching staff.

My bigger point that pudge may come back is still valid, although your point that he may want a multi-year deal is a good one.

By: billfer

billfer — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:02:17 +0000

We have almost no catching depth in our system, so I think it’s possible that pudge may come back. Scary thought. Catching is pretty thin around the league, and I don’t know if we’d have enough to swing a deal for somebody.

It’s not quite as bleak as it was last year. James Skelton has continued to come along. He won’t hit for power but could be a decent ba/obp guy. And Dusty Ryan is having a heck of a season with the bat - and he was already the top defensive catcher in the system.

By: Ken in Las Vegas (formerly Cincinnati)

Ken in Las Vegas (formerly Cincinnati) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:00:21 +0000

Joel, If Conical Lad Poop were to weild the Ninja Turds Lever we could be talking about an unstoppable combination.

By: Ken in Las Vegas (formerly Cincinnati)

Ken in Las Vegas (formerly Cincinnati) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:56:44 +0000

Anagrams are the shizzzzznittttttt. I’m running to Home Depot immediately to purchase one of these turd levers. Interestingly enough, when you put “Ken in Las Vegas” into the anagram machine you get “ass king leaven”. That’s either really good or really bad.

By: Joel in Seattle

Joel in Seattle — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:55:12 +0000

Placido Polanco is the Dungeons and Dragons hero “Loco Paladin Cop.”

Also “Panda Colic Pool,” “Conical Lad Poop,” and “Coca Pain Dollop.”