Comments on: Return of return of Doyle http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/08/return-of-return-of-doyle/ Seattle Mariners blog and general baseball discussion Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:19:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: edgar for mayor http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/08/return-of-return-of-doyle/comment-page-2/#comment-280379 edgar for mayor Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:08:38 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5302#comment-280379 Um...5.) He's Australian Um…5.) He’s Australian

]]> By: Karen http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/08/return-of-return-of-doyle/comment-page-2/#comment-280373 Karen Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:45:26 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5302#comment-280373 Molitor didn't do much for the Mariners as a hitting coach... (but then again, that was the year the M's started getting old...and some of them are still hanging around!) Molitor didn’t do much for the Mariners as a hitting coach…

(but then again, that was the year the M’s started getting old…and some of them are still hanging around!)

]]> By: G-Man http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/08/return-of-return-of-doyle/comment-page-2/#comment-279979 G-Man Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:00:30 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5302#comment-279979 DMZ would get to proudly wear his Snelling jersey again, and half of the so-called local baseball fans wouldn't be asking him "Who the heck is Snelling?" DMZ would get to proudly wear his Snelling jersey again, and half of the so-called local baseball fans wouldn’t be asking him “Who the heck is Snelling?”

]]> By: gps http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/08/return-of-return-of-doyle/comment-page-2/#comment-279961 gps Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:34:36 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5302#comment-279961 I see "injury history" as akin to the stock market; past results are not necessarily a predictor of future performance. I often think of Paul Molitor in this regard. He broke in at 21 but played in 150 or more games just twice through his age 30 season. He did it six times after 30, and probably would have had eight had it not been for the strike-shortened seasons in 1994-95. He was mostly a DH after 34 but still played a handful of games at 1b every year. Doyle is no Molitor, but fear of injury isn't a great reason not to consider signing him. (Doyle, though Molitor would probably be an improvement as well...) I see “injury history” as akin to the stock market; past results are not necessarily a predictor of future performance.

I often think of Paul Molitor in this regard. He broke in at 21 but played in 150 or more games just twice through his age 30 season. He did it six times after 30, and probably would have had eight had it not been for the strike-shortened seasons in 1994-95. He was mostly a DH after 34 but still played a handful of games at 1b every year.

Doyle is no Molitor, but fear of injury isn’t a great reason not to consider signing him. (Doyle, though Molitor would probably be an improvement as well…)

]]> By: gwangung http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/08/return-of-return-of-doyle/comment-page-2/#comment-279955 gwangung Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:28:03 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5302#comment-279955 Well, it IS an irrational man-crush....but it's tempered by some realism.... Well, it IS an irrational man-crush….but it’s tempered by some realism….

]]> By: giuseppe http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/08/return-of-return-of-doyle/comment-page-2/#comment-279953 giuseppe Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:25:00 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5302#comment-279953 bakomariner, Were you sitting in section 33? I think I saw you as everyone was getting up to leave. Not often you see someone in Dodger Stadium sporting the navy blue and "northwest green." bakomariner, Were you sitting in section 33? I think I saw you as everyone was getting up to leave. Not often you see someone in Dodger Stadium sporting the navy blue and “northwest green.”

]]> By: jase411 http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/08/return-of-return-of-doyle/comment-page-2/#comment-279952 jase411 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:16:37 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5302#comment-279952 [ot, we know about it, there will probably be a post soon] [ot, we know about it, there will probably be a post soon]

]]> By: bakomariner http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/08/return-of-return-of-doyle/comment-page-2/#comment-279951 bakomariner Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:06:07 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5302#comment-279951 I think we can say whatever we want if we have admitted man-crushes...It's fine...At the Dodgers/Cubs game last night (NL ball is boring as hell) every time Fukudome came up to the plate, I said, in a VERY pro-Cubbie section, "He's alright, but he's no ICHIRO!" Needless to say, I wasn't the most popular guy there, and the only one in an Ms hat and Felix jersey... The guy next to me was a HUGE Marmol fan (nver heard of the guy) and when he came in to relieve Marquis, the dude was going on and on... We all love who we love...you just can't explain it sometimes... I think we can say whatever we want if we have admitted man-crushes…It’s fine…At the Dodgers/Cubs game last night (NL ball is boring as hell) every time Fukudome came up to the plate, I said, in a VERY pro-Cubbie section, “He’s alright, but he’s no ICHIRO!”

Needless to say, I wasn’t the most popular guy there, and the only one in an Ms hat and Felix jersey…

The guy next to me was a HUGE Marmol fan (nver heard of the guy) and when he came in to relieve Marquis, the dude was going on and on…

We all love who we love…you just can’t explain it sometimes…

]]> By: Jeff Nye http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/08/return-of-return-of-doyle/comment-page-2/#comment-279950 Jeff Nye Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:55:12 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5302#comment-279950 This is why we can't have nice things. :( This is why we can’t have nice things. :(

]]> By: DMZ http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/08/return-of-return-of-doyle/comment-page-2/#comment-279949 DMZ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:39:16 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5302#comment-279949 My mom never told me to say that, but I don't want to offend Graham's mom, so... Seriously, the whole paragraph there is called out with "if you believe..." and then talks about that. I don't know if you want a larger, neon-red blinking qualifier there or what, but... My mom never told me to say that, but I don’t want to offend Graham’s mom, so…

Seriously, the whole paragraph there is called out with “if you believe…” and then talks about that. I don’t know if you want a larger, neon-red blinking qualifier there or what, but…

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