Comments on: Prepare Your Brain-Mouth for My Wrath-Wang, Baker http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/03/05/prepare-your-brain-mouth-for-my-wrath-wang-baker/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:30:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Dusty Can’t Get Out of His Own Way, So Someone Gets In His Own Way to Get Dusty Out of His Way at Defensive Indifference http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/03/05/prepare-your-brain-mouth-for-my-wrath-wang-baker/#comment-291 Dusty Can’t Get Out of His Own Way, So Someone Gets In His Own Way to Get Dusty Out of His Way at Defensive Indifference Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:21:52 +0000 http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/03/05/prepare-your-brain-mouth-for-my-wrath-wang-baker/#comment-291 [...] no secret how we feel about Dusty Baker around these parts. His tactical incompetence knows no bounds, and Wednesday was [...] […] no secret how we feel about Dusty Baker around these parts. His tactical incompetence knows no bounds, and Wednesday was […]

]]> By: Yigael Yadin http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/03/05/prepare-your-brain-mouth-for-my-wrath-wang-baker/#comment-213 Yigael Yadin Sat, 08 Mar 2008 18:45:11 +0000 http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/03/05/prepare-your-brain-mouth-for-my-wrath-wang-baker/#comment-213 Sure, Patterson will hit some homers, but his career OBP is .298 for poop's sake. Hopper will actually take a walk. Toss-up, if you ask me. Sure, Patterson will hit some homers, but his career OBP is .298 for poop’s sake. Hopper will actually take a walk. Toss-up, if you ask me.

]]> By: Andrew Johnson http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/03/05/prepare-your-brain-mouth-for-my-wrath-wang-baker/#comment-212 Andrew Johnson Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:31:26 +0000 http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/03/05/prepare-your-brain-mouth-for-my-wrath-wang-baker/#comment-212 Patterson is a fair bit better than Norris Hopper with the stick. Patterson is a fair bit better than Norris Hopper with the stick.

]]> By: Yigael Yadin http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/03/05/prepare-your-brain-mouth-for-my-wrath-wang-baker/#comment-211 Yigael Yadin Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:00:50 +0000 http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/03/05/prepare-your-brain-mouth-for-my-wrath-wang-baker/#comment-211 Sounds like the role Norris Hopper's in camp to fill. Now if Patterson was a big improvement over Hopper, then fine, but it seems like they're clones of each other. Only difference is that Patterson has MLB experience (because he was a top prospect and he's had Baker managing him most of his career), while Hopper's been a career minor leaguer (in other words, precisely the career Patterson should've had). Sounds like the role Norris Hopper’s in camp to fill. Now if Patterson was a big improvement over Hopper, then fine, but it seems like they’re clones of each other. Only difference is that Patterson has MLB experience (because he was a top prospect and he’s had Baker managing him most of his career), while Hopper’s been a career minor leaguer (in other words, precisely the career Patterson should’ve had).

]]> By: Bobby Swift http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/03/05/prepare-your-brain-mouth-for-my-wrath-wang-baker/#comment-210 Bobby Swift Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:03:31 +0000 http://defensive-indifference.com/2008/03/05/prepare-your-brain-mouth-for-my-wrath-wang-baker/#comment-210 Depth. Freel was injured off and on last year and also serves as the infield utility man. Griffey, Jr. is the definition of injury prone. Dunn's bodytype and age probably makes him an injury risk as well. Votto and Bruce are terrific hitting prospects, particularly Bruce, of course, but you never know what can happen between the minors and majors. Look at Gordon, it took him 3/4 of a season to adjust. If they had a decent manager, this would be a good signing to improve the bench. The danger is, of course, that Dusty will overplay Patterson, which is exactly what you guys pointed out. Depth. Freel was injured off and on last year and also serves as the infield utility man. Griffey, Jr. is the definition of injury prone. Dunn’s bodytype and age probably makes him an injury risk as well. Votto and Bruce are terrific hitting prospects, particularly Bruce, of course, but you never know what can happen between the minors and majors. Look at Gordon, it took him 3/4 of a season to adjust.

If they had a decent manager, this would be a good signing to improve the bench. The danger is, of course, that Dusty will overplay Patterson, which is exactly what you guys pointed out.

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