Comments on: Gary Sheffield released

By: ron

ron — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:14:27 +0000

If Coleman can’t root him out, no one can.

By: Dave BW

Dave BW — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:56:51 +0000

Today’s Detroit News “E-Edition” (grrrr) claims that Thames will be the DH. Why do the Tigers hate me?

By: Coleman

Coleman — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:51:56 +0000

There was a point to the Loaf back when there was a ham sandwich to be had…

By: ron

ron — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:44:15 +0000

Ken in Vegas, following up your lead, I got on Google Earth and typed in Siberia and mysteriously, the little magnifying glass honed in on Siberia, Indiana to a farmhouse at the following coordinates; 38degrees14’21.28″N and 86degrees43’58.58″W. It appears that someone is in the midst of putting together a baseball diamond as 2nd base is clearly visible at the above location. Could Loon be building his Field of Dreams?

By: ron

ron — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:33:36 +0000

Smoking Loon phone home. Finally, the loafing problem is being addressed. Sheffield had to be kicked off the team before it was ever brought up. This has been going on for some time.(where is Loon)? Isn’t it loaves?

By: Joel in Seattle

Joel in Seattle — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:35:05 +0000

Ryan:

Don’t you want lefties facing RHP and vice-versa?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:43:24 +0000

Guillen should surely DH. He has an extensive injury history himself. LF should be Thames against RHP, Anderson against LHP. Get rid of Raburn (he would probably get claimed on waivers anyway), and have Larish make the team.

By: David

David — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:59:00 +0000

Hey Rings, give me a time machine like the one Marty McFly had I’ll tell you if it’s a good idea…

By: David

David — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:57:23 +0000

This whole topic is great for page views and great for the Tigers.

By: rings

rings — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:56:11 +0000

Indeed, Bilfer.
Bottom line is that Sheffield was not productive – especially relative to his cost – and his acquisition was a mistake. Once again, the Tigers have made a committment to winning, no matter the cost, as they feel the roster is better off without him. (I agree wholeheartedly, as this is the very definition of “addition by subtraction” IMHO)

What I find more interesting, are the ESPN rumours of a DD-JL rift brewing regarding Porcello. Leyland has been dead wrong about many of his pet roster moves (Mesa, Perez, Sheffield), so one has to wonder if DD has lost some faith in The Marlboro Man’s judgement. No doubt, Jim wants the kid in the rotation as his best option to win now, whereas Dave is interested in Porcello’s longer term potential and career.

By: David

David — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:55:49 +0000

I agree with Greg on this one. Laziness gets you nowhere. Great effort + Great skill + Smarts = HOF.

By: billfer

billfer — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:37:13 +0000

This loafing argument seems to be going nowhere. But it’s good for page views I suppose.

By: Dave BW

Dave BW — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:28:54 +0000

To be clear, the irrelevant situation I’m speaking of is running to first on nearly certain outs. I seriously doubt that the number of times a fielder screws up a tag at first adds up to a whole lot of bases over a year for any given player, let alone runs (let alone wins). But prove me wrong. If you can’t, it’s awfully irresponsible to refer to my statement as “ignorant.”

Give me data, Greg! Data!

By: greg

greg — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:14:01 +0000

“No, what’s silly is judging one’s effort based on how they react in what amounts to a largely irrelevant situation.”

Such an assessment is rather ignorant….unless of course, one is of the persuasion that scoring runs, winning, and losing, are all largely irrelevant.

By: Dave BW

Dave BW — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:33:31 +0000

I heard Loon operates a beet farm outside of Scranton, Pennsylvania now