Comments on: Reds Round Table: All Star Break http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2006/07/13/reds-round-table-all-star-break/ It sounds like porn, but it's all about baseball. Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:59:22 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Red Hot Mama http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2006/07/13/reds-round-table-all-star-break/comment-page-1/#comment-3674 Red Hot Mama Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:38:29 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/?p=734#comment-3674 Sydney seems to have a great love of partying and food, so New York ought to suit him well. Wether he'll suit New York is likely to be another story. Sydney seems to have a great love of partying and food, so New York ought to suit him well. Wether he’ll suit New York is likely to be another story.

]]> By: KC2HMZ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2006/07/13/reds-round-table-all-star-break/comment-page-1/#comment-3669 KC2HMZ Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:19:30 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/?p=734#comment-3669 Putting aside the irony that's evident in my comments from yesterday, I do have to admit that at this point, I can see more upside to having Jeff Weaver than having Sidney Ponson. I mean, Ponson's been with the Cardinals through spring training and half the season now, so one would think that if there were something in his delivery or arm angle or positioning on the mound or whatever that was responsible for his struggles, that Dave Duncan would have found and fixed it by now. He just hasn't shown signs of coming around. Weaver, meanwhile, has also struggled recently. But since he first hit the bigs in '99 he's pitched 200+ innings four times and fell a third of an inning short two more times in seven seasons. And guys who consistently pitch 200 innings a year don't grow on trees. So, since the Ponson experiment was obviously a flop anyway, might as well let Duncan take a shot at resurrecting the career of the older Weaver. It's not like it cost them a fortune to get him, and who knows, if the Cards can turn Jeff's career around, maybe in a few years his little brother Jared will jump to St. Louis as a FA to be on the same team with his brother, and the Cardinals will have a modern-day brother act on the mound to make old-timers think back to the days of Dizzy and Daffy Dean (Dizzy was the older brother and definitely the better pitcher of the two). As for the hair thing, hey, it worked for the Red Sox in 2004. They had to be the hairiest team in baseball that year. HMZ Putting aside the irony that’s evident in my comments from yesterday, I do have to admit that at this point, I can see more upside to having Jeff Weaver than having Sidney Ponson. I mean, Ponson’s been with the Cardinals through spring training and half the season now, so one would think that if there were something in his delivery or arm angle or positioning on the mound or whatever that was responsible for his struggles, that Dave Duncan would have found and fixed it by now. He just hasn’t shown signs of coming around.

Weaver, meanwhile, has also struggled recently. But since he first hit the bigs in ‘99 he’s pitched 200+ innings four times and fell a third of an inning short two more times in seven seasons. And guys who consistently pitch 200 innings a year don’t grow on trees. So, since the Ponson experiment was obviously a flop anyway, might as well let Duncan take a shot at resurrecting the career of the older Weaver. It’s not like it cost them a fortune to get him, and who knows, if the Cards can turn Jeff’s career around, maybe in a few years his little brother Jared will jump to St. Louis as a FA to be on the same team with his brother, and the Cardinals will have a modern-day brother act on the mound to make old-timers think back to the days of Dizzy and Daffy Dean (Dizzy was the older brother and definitely the better pitcher of the two).

As for the hair thing, hey, it worked for the Red Sox in 2004. They had to be the hairiest team in baseball that year.

HMZ

]]> By: Red Hot Mama http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2006/07/13/reds-round-table-all-star-break/comment-page-1/#comment-3642 Red Hot Mama Fri, 14 Jul 2006 01:50:54 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/?p=734#comment-3642 Go easy on her, John. She's [url=http://bellyitcher.blogspot.com/2006/07/if-answer-is-weaver.html]already gone on record[/url] saying she's not crazy about the Weaver deal. As for you, Ms. Scratcher, at least no one on my team dyes their soul patch with strawberry Kool-Aid. And we could do worse than players with funky hair. Can Jimmy Rollins be far behind? Go easy on her, John. She’s [url=http://bellyitcher.blogspot.com/2006/07/if-answer-is-weaver.html]already gone on record[/url] saying she’s not crazy about the Weaver deal.

As for you, Ms. Scratcher, at least no one on my team dyes their soul patch with strawberry Kool-Aid. And we could do worse than players with funky hair. Can Jimmy Rollins be far behind?

]]> By: KC2HMZ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2006/07/13/reds-round-table-all-star-break/comment-page-1/#comment-3637 KC2HMZ Fri, 14 Jul 2006 00:22:33 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/?p=734#comment-3637 Some fast facts about Jeff Weaver: * Is 0-2 with a 9.72 ERA in postseason play * Has led his league in hit batsmen in three of his seven previous major league seasons * Ironically, Baseball Reference's age-based similarity scores show Sidney Ponson as the #1 similar pitcher to Weaver through age 28. Yes, the same Sidney Ponson the Cardinals just dumped to make room for Weaver. [url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/weaveje01.shtml]http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/weaveje01.shtml[/url] This could be the best move the Cardinals have made since they traded away Arroyo for Larry Hisle. Rudy Arroyo, that is. Some fast facts about Jeff Weaver:

* Is 0-2 with a 9.72 ERA in postseason play

* Has led his league in hit batsmen in three of his seven previous major league seasons

* Ironically, Baseball Reference’s age-based similarity scores show Sidney Ponson as the #1 similar pitcher to Weaver through age 28. Yes, the same Sidney Ponson the Cardinals just dumped to make room for Weaver.
[url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/weaveje01.shtml]http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/weaveje01.shtml[/url]

This could be the best move the Cardinals have made since they traded away Arroyo for Larry Hisle.

Rudy Arroyo, that is.

]]> By: bellyscratcher http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2006/07/13/reds-round-table-all-star-break/comment-page-1/#comment-3633 bellyscratcher Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:58:41 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/?p=734#comment-3633 Starting the second half with a trade, huh? You're now collecting players who have or have had funny hair? Starting the second half with a trade, huh? You’re now collecting players who have or have had funny hair?

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