Maybe John Hart Was Stupid Before He Got to Texas
by Jack Daddy on Mar 15, 2010 5:20 PM CDT
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This, from Rob Neyer's piece on Brian Giles career. I forgot how Giles got from Cle to Pitt:
***Finally, after the '98 season, the Indians made a particularly foolish trade -- based on the numbers, anyway -- sending Giles to the Pirates for relief pitcher Ricardo Rincon, straight up.
For the next seven seasons, first with Pittsburgh and then San Diego, Giles annually ranked among the National League's best hitters. It probably wouldn't be quite right to suggest that Giles would have become a Hall of Famer if the Indians had found a place for him earlier. But I'd like to have seen his numbers if he'd been more valued at the beginning, and healthier at the end.***
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damn
a 29 year old rincon no less
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
Yep
Also Sean Casey for Mark Portugal.
And Richie Sexson for Bob Wickman.
He made a lot of questionable moves. He happened to inherit a crazily talented core (Manny, Thome, Belle, Baerga, Lofton, Vizquel, Sandy Alomar), and somehow got all the credit for the team taking off.
has to be one of the best pics in the history of pics.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Mar 16, 2010 7:01 AM CDT up reply actions
Who's got one thumb, a glove, and loves cheeseburgers??? THIS GUY!
"grilled cheese punches like a bitch" -Gdawg
"i feel like k-rod after a save." -by reagan on Jan 23, 2010, that glorious day Hicks was out of our lives.
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