Comments on: Feels like a lifetime’s supply of Rice a Roni http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2009/06/30/feels-like-a-lifetimes-supply-of-rice-a-roni/ 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: Red Hot Mama http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2009/06/30/feels-like-a-lifetimes-supply-of-rice-a-roni/comment-page-1/#comment-15153 Red Hot Mama Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:10:16 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=3005#comment-15153 Perhaps he should take a new tack: saying surprising things as he performs swinging strike three in order to make the catcher drop the ball. That would really be a test of those legs! Perhaps he should take a new tack: saying surprising things as he performs swinging strike three in order to make the catcher drop the ball. That would really be a test of those legs!

]]> By: KC2HMZ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2009/06/30/feels-like-a-lifetimes-supply-of-rice-a-roni/comment-page-1/#comment-15150 KC2HMZ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:57:47 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=3005#comment-15150 Taveras is one of the fastest guys in the game. I remember a play in a game against the Astros where he didn't even hit hit the ball halfway up the line to first base. He should've been out, but the Astros threw the ball away, into right field. So on a ball that maybe went all of 15 feet from the plate, he ended up on third base and it didn't even look like he was running that hard. And therein lies the problem...you can't steal first base. :( Taveras is one of the fastest guys in the game. I remember a play in a game against the Astros where he didn’t even hit hit the ball halfway up the line to first base. He should’ve been out, but the Astros threw the ball away, into right field. So on a ball that maybe went all of 15 feet from the plate, he ended up on third base and it didn’t even look like he was running that hard.

And therein lies the problem…you can’t steal first base. :(

]]> By: Red Hot Mama http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2009/06/30/feels-like-a-lifetimes-supply-of-rice-a-roni/comment-page-1/#comment-15104 Red Hot Mama Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:33:01 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=3005#comment-15104 Maybe he's over-tired. Baker's put an awful lot of pressure on him. Maybe he’s over-tired. Baker’s put an awful lot of pressure on him.

]]> By: KC2HMZ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2009/06/30/feels-like-a-lifetimes-supply-of-rice-a-roni/comment-page-1/#comment-15099 KC2HMZ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:32:01 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=3005#comment-15099 You have a point, as usual, RHM. For a while when he was here, Freel was one of the few sources of entertainment on a team that was not all that entertaining most of the time. At least Taveras is young enough to have hope for improvement. I don't think he's a .230 something hitter any more than I think Jay Bruce is a .213 hitter. With his speed, Taveras ought to be able to bunt every time up and do better than .230 (Hey, don't laugh, it worked for Norris Hopper). You have a point, as usual, RHM. For a while when he was here, Freel was one of the few sources of entertainment on a team that was not all that entertaining most of the time.

At least Taveras is young enough to have hope for improvement. I don’t think he’s a .230 something hitter any more than I think Jay Bruce is a .213 hitter. With his speed, Taveras ought to be able to bunt every time up and do better than .230 (Hey, don’t laugh, it worked for Norris Hopper).

]]> By: Red Hot Mama http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2009/06/30/feels-like-a-lifetimes-supply-of-rice-a-roni/comment-page-1/#comment-15098 Red Hot Mama Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:12:40 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=3005#comment-15098 Not that I was advocating Freel himself, just saying that at least Freel was fun to watch, making the speed argument at least *a little* worthwhile. But since you bring it up, I might also mention that Freel is also 33, while Taveras is 27. At Taveras's age, Freel's OBP was .344 compared to Taveras's .277. Not that I was advocating Freel himself, just saying that at least Freel was fun to watch, making the speed argument at least *a little* worthwhile.

But since you bring it up, I might also mention that Freel is also 33, while Taveras is 27. At Taveras’s age, Freel’s OBP was .344 compared to Taveras’s .277.

]]> By: KC2HMZ http://www.red-hot-mama.com/2009/06/30/feels-like-a-lifetimes-supply-of-rice-a-roni/comment-page-1/#comment-15097 KC2HMZ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:28:36 +0000 http://www.red-hot-mama.com/?p=3005#comment-15097 Freel, who was hitting .143, was DFA'ed by the Cubs on Thursday. His 2009 base salary was $4 million. Taveras' 2009 base salary is $2.25 million. Just sayin'. Freel, who was hitting .143, was DFA’ed by the Cubs on Thursday. His 2009 base salary was $4 million. Taveras’ 2009 base salary is $2.25 million.

Just sayin’.

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