Comments on: Tracking the new call-up Vidro http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/05/21/tracking-the-new-call-up-vidro/ Seattle Mariners blog and general baseball discussion Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:19:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: philosofool http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/05/21/tracking-the-new-call-up-vidro/comment-page-1/#comment-273144 philosofool Wed, 21 May 2008 23:18:03 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5204#comment-273144 In their last 50 or so plate appearances, Chase Utley and Derick Lee have an OPS around 500. If this doesn't prove that 50 is too few plate appearances to make a judgment about a hitter, I don't know what is. In their last 50 or so plate appearances, Chase Utley and Derick Lee have an OPS around 500. If this doesn’t prove that 50 is too few plate appearances to make a judgment about a hitter, I don’t know what is.

]]> By: joser http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/05/21/tracking-the-new-call-up-vidro/comment-page-1/#comment-273137 joser Wed, 21 May 2008 23:05:11 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5204#comment-273137 They go where the data leads them. They're perfectly willing to be proven wrong (as they were when Ibanez was acquired) and admit it (as they did with Ibanez). They have the courage of their convictions and the good manners (and cognitive agility) to acknowledge when those lead them astray. I realize going out on a limb and actually asserting something flies in the face of the passive-aggressive Seattle consensus-with-hedging style, but it's one of the reasons I like this site. They go where the data leads them. They’re perfectly willing to be proven wrong (as they were when Ibanez was acquired) and admit it (as they did with Ibanez). They have the courage of their convictions and the good manners (and cognitive agility) to acknowledge when those lead them astray. I realize going out on a limb and actually asserting something flies in the face of the passive-aggressive Seattle consensus-with-hedging style, but it’s one of the reasons I like this site.

]]> By: edgar for mayor http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/05/21/tracking-the-new-call-up-vidro/comment-page-1/#comment-273091 edgar for mayor Wed, 21 May 2008 22:06:22 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5204#comment-273091 I miss Clement already :( I miss Clement already :(

]]> By: fetish http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/05/21/tracking-the-new-call-up-vidro/comment-page-1/#comment-273077 fetish Wed, 21 May 2008 21:46:36 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5204#comment-273077 Guys, You are opening yourselves up to be being proven dead wrong; even if it's only a single-instance fluke. Just sayin' Guys,
You are opening yourselves up to be being proven dead wrong;
even if it’s only a single-instance fluke. Just sayin’

]]> By: Slippery Elmer http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/05/21/tracking-the-new-call-up-vidro/comment-page-1/#comment-273073 Slippery Elmer Wed, 21 May 2008 21:38:09 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5204#comment-273073 Lighten up, chief. Not everyone has the same sense of humor. Lighten up, chief. Not everyone has the same sense of humor.

]]> By: Evan http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/05/21/tracking-the-new-call-up-vidro/comment-page-1/#comment-273028 Evan Wed, 21 May 2008 19:18:56 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5204#comment-273028 <em>Jose Vidro anagrams as Jive Odors.</em> Can we not do any more anagrams? First of all, nothing is going to touch Beluga Tits, and they always run the risk of being more silly than funny. Jose Vidro anagrams as Jive Odors.

Can we not do any more anagrams? First of all, nothing is going to touch Beluga Tits, and they always run the risk of being more silly than funny.

]]> By: joser http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/05/21/tracking-the-new-call-up-vidro/comment-page-1/#comment-273020 joser Wed, 21 May 2008 19:07:02 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5204#comment-273020 At the end of Boston's game against Toronto on April 24 2007, Dustin Pedroia had 55 ABs. His line at that point: .191 \ .309 \ .234 He would continue to suck at the plate (with Boston media and fans loudly calling for him to be replaced), bottoming out on May 1st (66 PA) at .172 \ .294 \ .224 The next day, playing against the M's (of course) he began a 5 game, 10 hit hitting streak, and never looked back. He ended the year at .317 / .380 / .442 What does it say about the Mariners that they would show less patience and wisdom with their first round stud, in a far more forgiving fan and media environment, than the Red Sox did last year with a second baseman that a lot of people thought looked "too small" to play major league baseball? But what the hell does Boston know, right? It's not like they're winning World Series or anything. At the end of Boston’s game against Toronto on April 24 2007, Dustin Pedroia had 55 ABs. His line at that point:
.191 \ .309 \ .234

He would continue to suck at the plate (with Boston media and fans loudly calling for him to be replaced), bottoming out on May 1st (66 PA) at .172 \ .294 \ .224
The next day, playing against the M’s (of course) he began a 5 game, 10 hit hitting streak, and never looked back. He ended the year at .317 / .380 / .442

What does it say about the Mariners that they would show less patience and wisdom with their first round stud, in a far more forgiving fan and media environment, than the Red Sox did last year with a second baseman that a lot of people thought looked “too small” to play major league baseball?

But what the hell does Boston know, right? It’s not like they’re winning World Series or anything.

]]> By: Jive Odors http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/05/21/tracking-the-new-call-up-vidro/comment-page-1/#comment-273001 Jive Odors Wed, 21 May 2008 17:55:19 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5204#comment-273001 Reporting for duty, sir! Reporting for duty, sir!

]]> By: jzalman http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/05/21/tracking-the-new-call-up-vidro/comment-page-1/#comment-272988 jzalman Wed, 21 May 2008 17:27:48 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5204#comment-272988 Okay, someone needs to change their login ID to Jive Odors, that's awesome. I'm too lazy. Kudos Slippery. Okay, someone needs to change their login ID to Jive Odors, that’s awesome. I’m too lazy. Kudos Slippery.

]]> By: Slippery Elmer http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/05/21/tracking-the-new-call-up-vidro/comment-page-1/#comment-272983 Slippery Elmer Wed, 21 May 2008 17:25:21 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5204#comment-272983 Jose Vidro anagrams as Jive Odors. Jose Vidro anagrams as Jive Odors.

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