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webba2000 wrote: Il solito grande POZ.
http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/12 ... up-by-ops/
I numeri sono l'OPS+

Leading off and playing left field: 106 (David DeJesus).
Batting second and playing second: 74 (Chris Getz … I just have a bad feeling about them hitting him second).
Batting third and playing first base: 124 (Billy Butler).
Hitting cleanup and DHing: 80 (Jose Guillen … he could be in RF too).
Batting fifth and playing third: 86 (Alex Gordon … you hope he will improve on this).
Batting sixth and playing center field: 76 (Willie Bloomquist … the Royals don’t have an actual center fielder at the moment. You could put Mitch Maier’s 78 here. I suspect the Royals will get someone).
Batting seventh and catching: 72 (Jason Kendall).
Batting eighth and playing DH/OF: 68 Josh Fields (I’m cheating a little bit here here … this could be Alberto Callaspo’s 114. But I’m pretty certain Callaspo will not be with the Royals in 2010 … and Fields will get at-bats).
Batting ninth and playing shortstop: 68 (Yuniesky Betancourt).

Pablets wrote: webba che gira il coltello nella piaga, non si fa! poi krom ci rimane male, lasciagli godere il Cy Young di Zach e il taglio di Jacobs :lol2:

gex wrote: Vabbè, visto che Webba non può:
Jason Kendall is the only player in MLB history to post a negative ISO.

kromfel wrote: Vi odio tutti! :D. Ma Dayton vi fara' vedere, lui sta semplicemente portando avanti il piano !!

rene144 wrote: Il processo!

Il piano lo portava avanti Allan Baird.

"Let’s just trust the process. If other people don’t want to trust the process, that’s fine. If other people want to abandon the process, then abandon it. I’m not abandoning the process. I believe in the process.

"You get a good group of people together. You work hard together. You trust in one another. You go through the difficult times. You work hard to make good decisions. You keep guys together and, eventually, it will happen."

*Brilliant Reader Johnny suggests that Kendall clearly represents one more puzzle piece in Dayton Moore’s never-ending effort to rebuild the Major League roster. Kendall certainly does inspire thoughts of Tom Berenger’s former All-Star trying to get one more season in the sun (and you could see Kendall bunting in a key situation). Manager Trey Hillman has some Lou Brown in him — or, anyway, you could see him selling tires in Toledo. Kyle Farnsworth was probably an effort to recreate Charlie Sheen’s Wild Thing. Jose Guillen, at least at one time, hit fastballs very very good. And Sidney Ponson, Brett Tomko, Kip Wells, Bruce Chen and John Thompson were just five of the recent attempts to find the old pitcher, Harris, who is just hanging on … the search goes on.

And what are the Royals searching for now? You got it: A fast center fielder. If you see a really fast guy trying out in his pajamas — you will know.

Then I read this quote from Dayton about Kendall on MLB.com and I understood. The quote came after author Dick Kaegel pointed out that Kendall often hit leadoff when he was young because of his speed and his ability (then) to get on base.

“He still runs well for catcher. You’re not going to have to pinch-run for him,” Moore said. “But, he’s not going to have the speed he once had before that severe ankle injury in 1999.”

Look at that quote again.

He still runs well for a catcher.
You’re not going to have to pinch-run for him.
But he’s not going to have the speed
he once had
before that severe ankle injury
in 1999.

I don’t know. There’s just something in that quote — of a general manager talking about the remaining speed of a 35-year-old catcher who is not as fast as he was before an injury TEN YEARS AGO — that sparks something melancholy in me.

Pablets wrote: webba che gira il coltello nella piaga, non si fa! poi krom ci rimane male

webba2000 wrote: :lol2: :lol2:

Quest'anno io e krom ci divertiremo parecchio 

:sbadat:

rene144 wrote: Pensiero del giorno.

Pablets wrote: Povero kromfel :lol2:

rene144 wrote: Un decennio di Royals.

rene144 wrote: Un decennio di Royals.