On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:44 PM, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Look at the offensive starters for that team: > > > > Ivan rodriguez, placido polanco, Carlos Guillen, Sean Casey, Magglio > > Ordonez... all hired guns. > > > True, but a few hired guns is fine...your whole team isn't going to be > home > grown. But the proportion of hired guns to home grown talent was much more > balanced, and I think it was the devleopment of those young kids, the > Bondermans and the Maroths et al, that put you over the edge and made you > a > World Series team.....not the hired guns. All the haves these days have > hired guns.
Actually, I'd argue that it was the hired guns that put us "over the edge." 70% of the offense came from Mags, Guillen, Polanco, and Casey, and you can't argue the kind of effect a hall of fame catcher like Rodriguez has on the pitching staff. > See, I disagree...i think he's a gamer. Love Inge. Sure he's a gamer. But he's a crappy hitter. He had a career year in 2004 and certainly earned his spot (the team was awful in 04 and not very good in 05 either). And sure he knocked out 27 homers and 83 RBIs in '06 while batting a paltry .253... but his production dropped "back to normal" in '07 batting .236 with 14 homers and 71 RBI. He is a gamer and a solid defender, he can play just about any position, but I just don't think you can bat .240 and play every day. > OK...I hate St. Louis...how's that for a reason? :) Well I guess it was a good reason to root for Detroint the World Series =) Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259841 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
