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Pat
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...(somehow, he figured out how to wire an IBM Selectric to the interwebs) OK, I'm laughing out loud in my lab now and everyone is staring at me kind of funny. |
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Bishop
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... What's even more pathetic than The Evil One's suggestion about signing Monkeywich is that the vast majority of the comments are supporting that suggestion. That is the main roadblock that NH and company face; the inability of the Yinzer masses to understand that no amount of free agent signings or gritty veteranosity is going to make this team a winner this year. They think that increasing payroll will make the Pirates competitive, instead of seeing that money be put towards another draft class like last year that might actually produce long-lasting, albeit delayed, results. Instant gratification, baby. That's what the Wal-Mart Generation wants, and they want it now. |
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Jeremy
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...I mean, there's got to be more to this kind of talk than Braden Looper, right? ....please! |
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Tommy
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... When I read "He With Pointy Hair Whose Name Shall Not Be Spoken," I immediately thought of... well, him, but I thought, "there's no way he would ever write a blog." That "retirement" package he got must have forced him into it. |
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gregschuler
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... Can I ask a question - what happens when McCutcheon struggles for his first few seasons? It's not like he has been extraordinary in AAA or AA, even considering his age. What if, gasp, McCutcheon turns out to be no better than Morgan? Or Tabata never develops power? Then what? |
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Bishop
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... And what happens if Robbie Grossman turns out to be the second coming of Ken Griffey Jr., or if Justin Wilson and Quinton Miller are the next Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine? It's just amazing the level of negativity that some people have toward the team they claim to root for and care about. Yes, there have been monumental missteps and colossal blunders made over the past 16 years, but Coonelly and Huntington have only been in power for a little over a year, so let's try to give them the benefit of the doubt before tagging them as failures. It's entirely possible that the next 16 years will be losers just as the previous 16 were, but let's wait and see instead of assuming doom and gloom. |
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azibuck
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... Eh. It's like, what if Delmon Young doesn't develop patience and is still a jerk? What if Eli Dukes is a certified nutjob? You keep building a strong system to overcome missteps, chronics, back injuries, and things that don't work out. I guess to answer your question directly I'd say, that would suck, and it might take even longer than expected to build a winner. |
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Joshua
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... Is it me, or does if feel like McCutchen is taking a VERY long time to develop? After all, for someone who is supposed to be a 5-tool player, his slugging percentage seems to be quite low. Or are they trying to turn him into a contact hitter, in which case his .283 average last year is still quite low for the #1 prospect in the system? |
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