Comments on: A Bubba Crosby Retrospective http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2006/12/30/a-bubba-crosby-retrospective/ It sounds like porn, but it's all about baseball. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:38:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BubbaFan http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2006/12/30/a-bubba-crosby-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-5361 BubbaFan Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:11:02 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2006/12/30/a-bubba-crosby-retrospective/#comment-5361 I dunno. I could see not getting promoted if you're not noticed. But getting sent down two levels...seems like someone noticed, and not in a good way. You sure he didn't run over the GM's cat or something? ;-) I dunno. I could see not getting promoted if you’re not noticed. But getting sent down two levels…seems like someone noticed, and not in a good way. You sure he didn’t run over the GM’s cat or something? ;-)

]]> By: Red Hot Mama http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2006/12/30/a-bubba-crosby-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-5350 Red Hot Mama Sun, 31 Dec 2006 03:38:27 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2006/12/30/a-bubba-crosby-retrospective/#comment-5350 Freel, for whatever reason, just couldn't get noticed. Now, there isn't a more popular guy on the team. And, looking back on it, there wasn't anything he did to finally get his chance. He was always plodding along, waiting for someone to recognize him. Sure, plenty of the guys in the minors would never make it at the big-league level, but there's got to be at least a few guys who would have been superstars who will never get the chance for some stupid reason or another. Sucks for the sport, but really sucks for those guys. Freel, for whatever reason, just couldn’t get noticed. Now, there isn’t a more popular guy on the team. And, looking back on it, there wasn’t anything he did to finally get his chance. He was always plodding along, waiting for someone to recognize him.

Sure, plenty of the guys in the minors would never make it at the big-league level, but there’s got to be at least a few guys who would have been superstars who will never get the chance for some stupid reason or another.

Sucks for the sport, but really sucks for those guys.

]]> By: BubbaFan http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2006/12/30/a-bubba-crosby-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-5347 BubbaFan Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:41:57 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2006/12/30/a-bubba-crosby-retrospective/#comment-5347 Boy, Freel sure has an interesting history. How do you get send down to A-ball again when you've been playing at the Triple-A level? It does make you wonder how much talent there is in the minors, blocked because of big names ahead of them, or politics, or projections. Neither Robinson Cano nor Chien-Ming Wang were supposed to amount to much, according to their projections. Now they are not only starting, they are stars. But the only reasons they got a chance were 1) No one wanted them, so they weren't traded, and 2) Injuries that forced the Yanks to give them a try. Bubba's never said much about the team that drafted him, the Dodgers, but from things his teammate and fellow tradee, Scott Proctor, has said, it sounds like they were pretty dysfunctional. They had three different managers in only a few years. The people who had drafted Proctor and Crosby were soon gone, and their replacements just weren't very interested in their predecessors' prospects. Boy, Freel sure has an interesting history. How do you get send down to A-ball again when you’ve been playing at the Triple-A level?

It does make you wonder how much talent there is in the minors, blocked because of big names ahead of them, or politics, or projections. Neither Robinson Cano nor Chien-Ming Wang were supposed to amount to much, according to their projections. Now they are not only starting, they are stars. But the only reasons they got a chance were 1) No one wanted them, so they weren’t traded, and 2) Injuries that forced the Yanks to give them a try.

Bubba’s never said much about the team that drafted him, the Dodgers, but from things his teammate and fellow tradee, Scott Proctor, has said, it sounds like they were pretty dysfunctional. They had three different managers in only a few years. The people who had drafted Proctor and Crosby were soon gone, and their replacements just weren’t very interested in their predecessors’ prospects.

]]> By: Red Hot Mama http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2006/12/30/a-bubba-crosby-retrospective/comment-page-1/#comment-5340 Red Hot Mama Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:04:52 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/wp/2006/12/30/a-bubba-crosby-retrospective/#comment-5340 Shades of Ryan Freel. You know, Freel was largely ignored in the minors (and during his brief, recurring stints in the majors) despite perfectly adequate performance. Maybe this will be the place for Bubba as well. Damn, between Crosby and Freel, they wouldn't need anyone else in the outfield. Dunn could use those half-innings to sit in his massage chair. Shades of Ryan Freel. You know, Freel was largely ignored in the minors (and during his brief, recurring stints in the majors) despite perfectly adequate performance.

Maybe this will be the place for Bubba as well. Damn, between Crosby and Freel, they wouldn’t need anyone else in the outfield. Dunn could use those half-innings to sit in his massage chair.

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