Kicking the Tires: Scott Podsednik
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 14, 2009 7:01 AM EDT
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With the offseason not officially beginning until the end of the World Series (and that could be four weeks from now, if both the league championships and World Series go to a full seven games), there's some time to just bounce trade and free agent ideas around. Throw stuff at the wall and see what sticks.
(Patrick Hayes sort of led us off with his suggestions of Milton Bradley and Justin Duchscherer.)
So here's my random attempt for today: Should the Detroit Tigers make a run at Scott Podsednik?
First of all, he'd fill two big needs for the Tigers next season. He plays left field (though defensively, he's not much better than what the Tigers already have, according to UZR). And perhaps most importantly, he'd give the lineup a capable leadoff hitter. Podsednik batted .304/.353/.412 in 587 plate appearances this past season with seven homers, 48 RBIs, and 30 stolen bases (in 43 attempts).
While his OPS (.764) and walk totals (39) don't exceed those of Curtis Granderson (.780 OPS, 72 walks), Podsednik has batted leadoff virtually his entire career and knows that's what he is. No confusion as to whether or not he should be a RBI man or home run slugger. Podsednik also hits left-handed pitching well (.267/.330/.354 career), so the Tigers wouldn't necessarily have to change their lineup based on platoon splits.
One other benefit? Signing him would hurt a division rival. The White Sox want Podsednik back. And it appears likely he'll re-sign with them. But why assume that's a done deal? Podsednik said he intends to test the free agent market.
(The "Tiger Beat" contingent of the BYB community might point to Podsednik's looks as another benefit. And hey, he's a good-looking guy. Even Ryan Field might get jealous.)
How much would he cost? Podsednik signed a minor-league deal with the White Sox last season, after being released by the Rockies. He made $800,000 after getting called up to the majors. Podsednik will surely find a raise on the open market, but how much of one? Could the Tigers bring him in for less than $2 million?
One possible downside? Podsednik is 34 years old, and looked done as a major league ballplayer before this past season. In 2007 and 2008, he batted .243 and .253. Staying healthy has been a problem for Podsednik in recent years, though he believes a change in workout regimen made a big difference for him this season. Regardless, if he's looking for a longer-term contract, that should probably be enough to drive interest down.
So is this one that could stick to the wall, or should we wipe it off and look elsewhere? What do you guys think of Podsednik as someone the Tigers could pursue this winter?
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There is no way the Tigers ought to be paying big free agent money for a guy with this erratic track record. $2 million would be okay—but he won’t go for that.
by rea on Oct 14, 2009 7:56 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
+1
I look at this guy and I think “low OBP, scrappy reputation- we’re signing a David Eckstein clone!”. I just don’t think it’s worth spending much money at all on Scotty Pods.
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 14, 2009 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No no no no no
If we’re going to get all down on Granderson for his BA and OBP troubles this season, we shouldn’t get all high on Podsednik because he batted .304 (but only had an OBP of .353). Depending on who he replaces on the roster, I don’t see how this is anything but a net downgrade—I wouldn’t touch him.
by Grand Cards on Oct 14, 2009 9:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Agree with all of the above.
Not an especially good lead-off man, with a career .OPS of .721 and only one season with an .OPS above league average (even this year, he was only a +97). He was always one of those players, like Nick Punto, who seemed to plague the Tigers more than his stats would lead you to believe, but not worth it for the price or for a team that needs to get younger and cheaper.
by VATigersFan on Oct 14, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ryan Raburn deserves the first crack at left...
he’s proven he can be pretty darn good with consistent AB’s and is definitely a power threat.
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by madpoopz on Oct 14, 2009 9:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
But will Leyland EVER commit to Thames/Raburn/Thomas to a full-time position? I doubt it. If he could stick to it, I like Raburn there.
I like the Podsednik option, too. Moves a speedster (with no power) into the top of the lineup and Granderson into a spot in the lineup that suits him more. Granted, Leyland will change the ineup 43,523 times.
by TMadison25 on Oct 14, 2009 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wouldn't cry if we picked up Podsednik...
but I think our left field issue can be solved from within the organization.
But Leyland needs to pull his head out his ass and stop saying that Raburn is best suited as a utility player. Just because he can play all over the field doesn’t mean he should. Not everybody can be Brandon Inge and play excellent defense wherever you put him. Ryans got a cannon of an arm which should keep him in the outfield. The mistakes he’s making will mostly get fixed by getting playing time at ONE position.
Plus it would be fun to have the chance to say that a pitcher got “Raburned” on a nightly basis?
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by madpoopz on Oct 14, 2009 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So frustrated
when Leyland claims he is sticking with a player and then backs away after a day/week. I agree that this position would be easiest/cheapest to solve with Raburn. Post All-Star break: .310/.369/.563 with 10 HR in 142 ABs. That production for $410,000 (according to ESPN)?
Stick with Raburn in LF, Leyland.
by TMadison25 on Oct 14, 2009 9:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm trying hard, but I can't muster a lot of insight into this one
I haven’t followed Podsednik that closely, and as I am not a believer in sabremetrics, telling me a bunch of numbers won’t do anything. Even with non-sabre stuff like on-base percentage, I want to draw my own conclusion. My gut is telling me it’s probably not a good idea (though it probably wouldn’t be a total disaster), but at the same time, you’re not gonna find “speedy leadoff guy who hits for average, walks a lot, and steals a lot of bases” on the FA market for less than 2 million dollars. It’s just not gonna happen.
By the way, I would like to have it known that I do not consider myself part of the “Tiger Beat” contingent because I am NOT like that at all in real life (In real life, I am actually quite introverted, antisocial, and not very girly). There are 200 guys in the big leagues and I go for 3 of them (I just have a tendency to run away at the mouth/keyboard when the occasion presents itself, but you should know by now that I do that with almost any topic that I want to talk about). And just for the record, Podsednik’s looks just don’t excite me (though the guys on this board might like his wife, if indeed she is the person that keeps showing up when you do a Google image search for “Scott Podsednik”). :-)
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 14, 2009 9:27 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah, I was just going to ask what the male equivalent to the Tiger Beat contingent is
his wife is a former playmate.. heh.
anyway, Pods could be okay. though I want raburn to start in LF.
by allikazoo on Oct 14, 2009 9:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I should've mentioned that
With all the Megan Fox pictures that floated around the Game Threads, why can’t the women on this site have a little eye candy too without losing our credibility? :-p
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 14, 2009 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
eh, our knowledge of the game speaks for itself
looking at hot baseball players is just a plus during pitching changes, and we can’t help there’s photos of them all over the place when looking up their stats.
by allikazoo on Oct 14, 2009 9:40 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If there is a male equivolent to the Tiger Beat contingent...
than I am a member.
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by madpoopz on Oct 14, 2009 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No to Raburn in left
Yes to him getting 500 PA’s- lets sign or deal for a solid LF or corner OF (not nessecerily a star, but a good one) and let Raburn get 500 PA in RF, LF, CF (as a platoon partner for Granderson) and at 2B (so we can ease Sizemore in if need be). That maximizes our wins- lets say we get 3 from the replacement LF and 2 from Raburn as supersub- that’s an extra 5 wins as opposed to just 2-3 by anchoring Raburn in LF.
Also, sign Carl Pavano (or another starter like him).
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 14, 2009 10:22 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The possibility of a 2B/LF platoon for Raburn has me willing to just offer arbitration to Polanco. He’s almost guaranteed to decline, and we’ll get some much needed high draft picks.
I’d argue to leave Grandy in against lefties for defense, but just bat him 8th or 9th.
Lastly, I think Pavano went way out of the Tigers’ price range with his starts down the stretch and in the ALDS.
by StringTheory on Oct 14, 2009 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I just don't think they view the starting rotation to be that much of a priority
There are other, more pressing issues. First and foremost is generating more offense without sacrificing any defense. Personally, I feel like it’s possible to get more out of the guys we already have than we did in 2009, but I understand the desire to add a bat or two (a leadoff hitter would be nice, but if Polanco’s going to depart, it’s crucial to get a #2 hitter of the same caliber). We also need a closer (and DD has already expressed a desire to tap the FA market for one).
If they do go after a starter, I’d prefer it’d be a lefty. The Tigers already have more right-handers than they know what to do with.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 14, 2009 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
See
We can’t really improve much anywhere without sacrificing D. A corner bat or a DH would be nice (Matsui maybe?), but we can’t do anything at 3B (which will hopefully be better next year anyway), C and 2B have young replacements waiting in the wings and SS is a black hole of suck for free agency.
Where we can improve is LF and the 4 and 5 slots in the rotation.
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 14, 2009 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like the Matsui idea, depending on the money.
He had a unlucky year ba/bip wise, and he could be a LF/DH platoon against righties. But he oddly hits higher against lefties though. It would be nice to have insurance for Carlos Guillen, because I’m not expecting much from him next year.
by StringTheory on Oct 14, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a good thought, and one that I had before.
But I’m sure Kenny Williams simply will match whatever the Tigers are willing to offer, and Podsednik will simply choose to stay with the familiar team and not get booed whenever he returns to The Cell.
by StringTheory on Oct 14, 2009 10:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Not at the cost
Like a few others have mentioned, just don’t think he’s worth it.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 14, 2009 10:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Two Words: Chone Figgins
Time for Brandon to be what he is for good, a utilityman.
by crwi on Oct 14, 2009 10:55 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I would love to see Figgins in LF (which he has played before), actually, not 3B
But Figgins is probably gonna be too expensive
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 14, 2009 10:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't even think it's probably.
It’s definitely.
by StringTheory on Oct 14, 2009 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think history has proven itself that Brandon Inge excels at 3b...
time to embrace buddy.
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by madpoopz on Oct 14, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Check out the Inge review thead
A very small, but very convinced, contingency believes that Inge is complete garbage.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 14, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've been reading it...
small contingencies are rarely right.
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by madpoopz on Oct 14, 2009 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where did people start reading this?
Second time I’ve randomly heard Figgins get brought up. It’s so off the wall I have a difficult time believing it’s random.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 14, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe it was me?
I’ve brought him up before, but only as a pipe dream-type solution to LF. I know there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell that we’d be able to get him. Of course, when it comes to left field, I’ve got another pipe dream that’ll never happen as well.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 14, 2009 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Um, that should probably read "other pipe dreams"
As in plural.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 14, 2009 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't know about that
Remember all the drama surrounding Inge before the 2008 season about how he would get into the lineup. It was a bad way to start a season and we never got any good mojo going that entire year.
by Elfuego51 on Oct 14, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Only if Rod and Mario promise
not to call him “Scotty Pods”
by NCDee on Oct 14, 2009 11:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I can picture rod calling him that all too easily
but I agree. heh
by allikazoo on Oct 14, 2009 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He'd probably invent something really dumb
Like Sco-Po
by Elfuego51 on Oct 14, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about Billy Wagner closing next year?
Give Brandon Lyon a contract setting up, or offer him arb and hope he agrees.
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 14, 2009 12:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
ive heard Wagner is pondering retirement
Story was on espn.com for what that’s worth. Probably just a ploy to get the Sox to commit to a contract. If he can be had cheap I’m all for it
http://www.fromthecopa.blogspot.com
by rock n rye on Oct 14, 2009 12:31 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
His agent says otherwise
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 14, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here
Also, how awesome is it that someone’s named Bean Stringfellow?
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 14, 2009 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
not as awesome as if he was named
String Beanfellow
by MackAveKurt on Oct 14, 2009 10:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That story was garbage
Way too quick after the BoSox got knocked out, wasn’t researched enough, heat of the moment etc.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 14, 2009 6:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Keep in mind, Wagner is a Type A.
by StringTheory on Oct 14, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If they don't offer him Arb
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 14, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If he declines, he's a "type-less" FA?
I’ve learned something new.
by StringTheory on Oct 14, 2009 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
If they don’t offer him arbitration, we don’t lose our pick.
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 14, 2009 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well I know for certain that I never want to see Milton Bradley
in an Old English D. A far as i am concerned they can keep Podsednik too. I would rather see some of these dollars going toward re-signing Polly; if that’s possible.
by Detroitchik on Oct 14, 2009 1:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Or Harden
Or Duchscherer. Or Pavano. Or Brett Myers. Or any number of reclamation projects.
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 14, 2009 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think anyone honestly wants to see Bradley in Detroit
Had enough problems with a guy like Sheffield that wouldn’t shut his bloody mouth and just play baseball.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 14, 2009 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want to see him in Detroit.
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 14, 2009 7:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want him in Detroit.
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by Mike Rogers on Oct 14, 2009 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I stand corrected
I’d rather avoid that trainwreck. Who knows, maybe the low media coverage/pressure would help. Don’t know if I’d want to take that chance.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 14, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think he'd be a good clubhouse presence, but the big reason I don't want him in Detroit is that he's way too injury-prone
We’ve got enough injury-prone guys as it is.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 14, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He should bounce back offensively. Good offensive season = Bradley under control. He didn’t make waves in Texas, I don’t believe, while he was mashing in 2008.
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by Mike Rogers on Oct 15, 2009 8:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to the The Dallas Morning News Bradley attempted to confront Kansas City Royals television announcer Ryan Lefebvre in the press box following a game due to what he believed were unfair comments made on the air. As the Rangers’ designated hitter, Bradley was able to watch the broadcast when he was not on the field and took offense to a comparison Lefebrve made between him and Josh Hamilton. Manager Ron Washington and general manager Jon Daniels chased after him and stopped Bradley before he got to Lefebvre, at which point Bradley returned to the clubhouse in tears
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Bradley_%28baseball%29#Controversies
by MackAveKurt on Oct 15, 2009 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Podsednik
no, he’s over the hill!
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by tuscanred on Oct 14, 2009 1:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
OT:
Has the site been down, or is the site loading really slowly for anyone else?
by StringTheory on Oct 14, 2009 5:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No, there have been major problems
Don’t know the cause, but the whole network has had troubles loading.
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 14, 2009 5:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's been loading slow for me too
Plus AVG is trying to tell me I’m clicking on links on the site that have viruses, even though I’m just reading posts and not clicking.
by Elfuego51 on Oct 14, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A million times no
Is Darren Erstad not available? That very mediocre OPS came in a very, very good year for Podsednik.
So he’s a little bit fast. So was Roger Cedeno. This would be a terrible use of money. If there’s one thing we have enough of, it’s so-so white guys to stick in left. Some of them can even run okay.
by cloud wall on Oct 14, 2009 5:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No thank you.
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by Mike Rogers on Oct 14, 2009 6:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
NO SUX! NO PODS!
Cletus Maximus wants a job.
by wepri31 on Oct 14, 2009 6:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cletus needs to work on that swing
if he want a job. Over swinging when its not necessary. It needs a lot of work. imo
by Detroitchik on Oct 14, 2009 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't see him on any active rosters
but I could have overlooked it.
by Detroitchik on Oct 15, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Which Tigers are playing winter ball this year?
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I tried looking for this myself
But according to MLB.com, the rosters for the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico are not finalized yet.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Somehow doubt Thomas will be shipped to DR or PR to play winter ball
Don’t think he’ll play any winter ball at all. Whatever Inge did last off-season, Thomas could probably benefit from it.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I did find some Tigers on the Venezuelan rosters
But mostly they were either guys I’ve never heard of or the big guys who might play in some games near the end of the season or in playoffs (guys like Miggy, Maggs, Guillen, etc).
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, he really fell off this season.
Kind of sucked when I met him.
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about . . .
Jermaine Dye, if we are going to talk about Chicago OFs who are available? Dye ain’t young, and had a horrible second half, but I doubt he’s done.
by rea on Oct 14, 2009 7:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If we could get him for cheap...
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 14, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe his bad second half depressed his market value?
by rea on Oct 14, 2009 9:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope so
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 14, 2009 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sigh
How many days ’till spring training again?
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 14, 2009 9:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
dunno but there's
5 months, 3 weeks and 1 day til opening day
by allikazoo on Oct 14, 2009 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's...depressing
I’m looking forward to tomorrow night’s open thread. At least I’ll get to watch some baseball again.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 14, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Get MLB 10 The Show
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 14, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have 07, 08, and 09
But I always play in manager mode because I can’t figure out the player controls with the instruction manual and call me paranoid, but I’m just not sure I wanted sportscasters commentating about how bad I am.
Madden 09 was even worse in terms of not knowing what I am doing.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 14, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You just need practice
It takes some getting used to, but it’s not too bad once you do. Took me about 20 games- just pick like the all stars or something and practice a bunch.
I actually played through with the Rays as a franchise and took them to the WS in a 162 game season and then started the next one 60-0… yep, I’m a loser who needs to turn up the difficulty.
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 14, 2009 10:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I'm really bad when it comes to the difficulty
I just put it on the easiest setting and it doesn’t budge. It’s a fun game, but I don’t like how you have to rest your players about every three days because that just doesn’t happen in real life.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 14, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Change the sliders
Cheat like hell. :)
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 15, 2009 1:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I've done that too
I think it was MLB 2003 or something for XBOX (Standard Edition). Obviously since the Tigers had their awesome 43-119 squad, you couldn’t hit anything out of the infield and no one was capable of hitting a home run, so it was a bad team to learn playing with. So I played as Boston. Once I got used to the game, I started a new season and I think I got close to 60-0 before I got bored and found some other game to binge on.
by Elfuego51 on Oct 14, 2009 11:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember when I was in high school I went to a church sleepover
Some guy and I were playing the church’s Sega Saturn and one of the games they had was some MLB game that I don’t know the name/year (It had Travis Fryman on the roster for the Tigers, if that helps). Anyways, we tried to play it, but we couldn’t figure out the controls and the instructions were long gone. We figured out how to get the pitcher to pitch, and we could move the pitcher and batter back and forth, but we couldn’t figure out how to get the batter to swing the bat, so basically, all we could do was walk the guy, strike him out looking, or hit him.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 14, 2009 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
All Star Baseball '97
Most likely candidate.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/frymatr01.shtml
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/saturn/image/574575.html
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by john.kmiecik on Oct 15, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Very likely
The year would be correct, at least. The sleepover happened right after the movie Titanic came out. I know this because my best friend spent almost the entire night wandering around the church with a Walkman and a Celine Dion CD, singing that song over and over.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 15, 2009 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Erin. FanPosts. Please.
You took this post off-topic not once, but TWICE.
For the love of Kaline, c’mon.
I’m going to start deleting this stuff. Seriously.
by Ian Casselberry on Oct 15, 2009 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, there is that problem, too
I think they come in, like…February, maybe? I’m not even sure they’ve announced who’ll be on the cover.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 14, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why do I feel like it's going to be Joe Mauer?
by Elfuego51 on Oct 14, 2009 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
he's gonna make some really boring commercials, isn't he?
by MackAveKurt on Oct 14, 2009 11:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw some commercial he made as a promotion for the Twins a couple years ago.
It was a spoof of the famous Mean Joe Green Superbowl commercial, only instead of giving the kid his jersey, Mauer gave him his sideburns. It was really creepy.
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 14, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I love the Twins' commercials
They have some great stuff!
by wepri31 on Oct 15, 2009 1:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bit OT, but assuming that one could move Lloyd McClendon to an "official" bench coach position
by SabreRoseTiger on Oct 14, 2009 11:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I just saw that on mlbtr.
Isn’t he the Dave Duncan of hitting coaches?
by StringTheory on Oct 15, 2009 12:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes!
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by demondeaconsbaseball on Oct 15, 2009 2:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I will stab myself in the eyeballs.
If we sign Pods.
by rcpratt on Oct 15, 2009 2:31 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I am anti-Pods.
I saw the original “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” and nothing good comes out of pods.
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by Baroque on Oct 15, 2009 6:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
hell if he hits 240-250 as he did previously-he’ll fit right in…need someone younger who wont be a health issue..hate to say it caise you all are brain washed…you want a leadoff hitter? let inge and his 233 ba go with his mega lob’s..get chone figgins to leadoff and plqy third.either get everitt back on the cheqp and give santiago more pt-or upgrqde there also.. wish we could get tulowitzki.from the rockies..the kid is awesome..then let thames dead weight go and give ramirez a shotm along with clete and rayburn..mags is back and let guillen stick around cuz hes due
by paul wall on Oct 15, 2009 9:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Pipe dream: acquire Shin Soo Choo.
Every problem will magically be solved!
by 13194013 on Oct 16, 2009 6:21 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hahahaha
You know, crazier things have happened. Pavano and the Twins worked out pretty damn well.
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