Comments on: Dave’s Crazy ’06 Predictions

By: U.S.S. Mariner » Simmer The Monkey - Seattle Mariners and general baseball discussion

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:59:09 +0000

[...] Rosenthal lists Hargrove’s status is “simmering,” perhaps like a nice potato leek soup. This seems to mix the “hot seat” metaphor, since most heated recliners don’t have a simmer setting. Dave’s take on the manager’s fate, as you may recall, was more aggressive — he’s forecasting a Hargrove ouster by mid-May. [...]

By: kevin p

kevin p — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 05:54:03 +0000

if hargrove keeps using guardado like that, he really is going to be out of the job

By: joser

joser — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:56:02 +0000

Ah, thanks Sane, I see. Still, USSM is well on its way to making that a word in its own right, at least on the web. Heh.

By: joser

joser — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 02:54:05 +0000

Google cartuela -- how obscure is this word? (And no, it doesn't matter if you search en espaÃƒÂ±ol).

By: Sane

Sane — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 01:18:39 +0000

Somebody should tell Dave it’s “el cartelua”, not “el cartuela”. Don’t insult the King by getting his self-dubbed nickname wrong.

By: scraps

scraps — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 01:08:04 +0000

The issue isn’t whether Eddie is a “lights out” closer, because Hargrove would do the same thing if he was. The issue is that Hargrove has identified a man as his closer, and is then doing something stupid with him. He would if it was Mariano Rivera, too.

The issue is that Hargrove can’t be trusted to think about the game he’s managing. He has presets, that’s all.

By: G-Man

G-Man — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 01:07:11 +0000

Times Dave plugs Andrew Miller as someone the MÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s should draft if available: 14

He exceeded that already. Just counting Sunday. Seriously.

I could be safe and predict a range of 70-80 wins, but that’s too broad to be a legit prediction, IMHO. I’ll go with 75 wins.

By: Edgar For Pres

Edgar For Pres — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:28:48 +0000

Ok guys we are being pissed that Putz got to a 0-2 count and then blew it. I could understand if he was 3-0 but not 0-2. You guys are pissed because he toyed with our emotions more than he pitched horrible. And agreed with #81. Actually I think we looked pretty good except early when our lineup was getting mowed down one after the other.

By: Mike Snow

Mike Snow — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:16:54 +0000

Soriano was brought in with two men on in a tie game and faced the 2-5 hitters in the Angels’ lineup. Putz was brought in with one man on to face a pinch-hitter for the 9 hole, in a situation where it was clear that if he reached the heart of the lineup at all, either it would be in extra innings or it would mean he had already failed anyway. The latter turned out to be the case.

I think I prefer Soriano in the spot he was used, given the scenario. I don’t have that much confidence in Putz generally, but if the circumstances require using him then I think the two were deployed appropriate to the leverage of the situation.

By: Steve T

Steve T — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:15:25 +0000

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that I think the rest of the season will provide lots of regression to the mean with respect to 0-2 counts, as well as for bases-loaded-nobody-scores situations. No need to panic just yet.