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Post by Nick's Picts (archived) on Apr 16, 2005 18:31:47 GMT -5
Okay, so even though I cannot find the thread on this board where I expressed support for Baker in spite of some obvious short-comings right now, I hereby revoke said support until he declares himself over this whacko Perez fetish from which he continues to suffer.
And from which Cubs fans everywhere continue to suffer.
Unless, of course, someone can offer a sensible explanation for why he continues to bench the key player from the Sosa trade--and who, I might add, has a comparatively sparkling career OBA--for that swiss cheese swinging utility-player-wannabe.
Funny thing here, I don't own either player.
don't even get me started on subbing Macias over Dubois so often I bench him only to miss his occasional ABs where he more than acquits himself. even though it looks like I actually have started, this is not the case for I have not mentioned Hollandsworth except as evidence that I have not yet started...
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Post by Bernie Brewer on Apr 17, 2005 10:26:32 GMT -5
And that is exactly why I can never become a Cub fan.
A guy who is hot (Perez has 9 hits in his last four games) and instead of being excited the manager made a great decision to give him a chance, Cub fans complain that the Manager is a dope for not starting someone else!
In the five games he has started since my new Carlos broke your Walker, Perez is only 10 for 19, batting .526, with a HR and 4 R, 4 RBI! Geez, he sucks!
And starting Hairston just because he was a key part of the Sosa trade, makes no sense. Have Cub fans ever considered that the Sosa trade might have been a minor deal! Sosa: a fading older OF, defensive skills on the far downward slope, hitting only for HRs and rarely hitting for his team for Hairston: an oft-injured utility player with a lofty lifetime OBP of .334 from one of the worst teams in the American League. So IMHO it would not make any sense by defalut to hand a starting job for a guy just because he was involved in a trade for Sosa.
Does Hairston have more upside than Perez, probably, but it isn't worth getting nutty about, is it?
Now if he had been involved in a trade for Sosa five years ago, you could probably assume that it would have included a solid young prospect at least.
Lastly, is a career .334 OBP a comparatively sparkling increase over .301? Picking nits aren't you? They both suck!
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Post by Nick's Picts (archived) on Apr 17, 2005 12:45:10 GMT -5
A guy who is hot (Perez has 9 hits in his last four games) and instead of being excited the manager made a great decision to give him a chance, Cub fans complain that the Manager is a dope for not starting someone else! But you are aware of what happens to folks who try to time the market, aren't you? When do you decide that he's no longer hot? Wouldn't that be after a few 0-fers? Which then more or less negates his 'hot streak' no? Myopia is fun! Does Hairston have more upside than Perez, probably, but it isn't worth getting nutty about, is it? [...] Lastly, is a career .334 OBP a comparatively sparkling increase over .301? Picking nits aren't you? They both suck! But they suck at much different levels of suck-titude. One is league average and the other is, for lack of a more descriptive phrase, below average. Further, based on past performance and age we can be reasonbly certain of what Perez's output will be over the course of a season and at age 31 his chance of any significant improvement is pretty much nil. OTOH, Hairston is 28 and his OBP has been trending up evey year except 2000. Hairston is still on the upside of his career--it would seem fairly safe to say that .334 is pretty much Hairston's floor whereas .301 is what Perez has been hitting for the past decade. Me, I'm a NAIC guy. I shop for growth and buy/hold. Timing the market is for folks 'with a system' that act on 'hot tips' or 'hunches.' Sure a few of them turn out big winners but now you're considering NYSE no different than Vegas because there are, in fact, a few who make it out of there with the big cash money. The operative phrase here is 'few' however, not 'big cash money'. So, yeah, I'll hold my position. Thanks for the diversion though, stones...err Sybil...errr Bernie. |
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Post by Demreb on Apr 17, 2005 18:30:32 GMT -5
You've got to love the investing talk mingled in with the Dusty sucks talk.
I don't know that I agree with Steve that "both suck", although since I own both and am currently leasing (looking to own) the cellar, I would be hard pressed to argue against his supposition.
However, the reason ol' Neif is still on the Reserve List is due to Nick's point of "timing the market". I was reasonable sure that if I activated him this week he would resort to form (going 0-fer), Baker would keep him in (either hoping for another wave up, or prove the point that he is the manager making the decisions - although why he couldn't prove that point last year and drop Sosa's ass to 8th without permission, I don't know) and [getting back to my original sentence] I would incur major suckitude.
Sure enough I keep NP on Reserve and Saturday he goes 2-3 with a ribbie. Not a big deal you say? I'm in 12th friggin' place! Nothing's not a big deal.
On a side note, Mr. NAIC - good approach with buy/hold. That's the only time proven method for long term success (assuming you've bought valuable commodities and not the lot of godknowswhat I picked up on Draft Day).
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Post by Nick's Picts (archived) on Apr 20, 2005 15:19:55 GMT -5
Thanks, Rich. Don't mean to tread in your waters though  I should also add that I can't seem to get myself to apply my investment philosophy to the CFCL either. Grissom, LaRue, and EY do not a solid growth portfolio make. |
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Post by Nick's Picts (archived) on Apr 21, 2005 12:20:37 GMT -5
Well, this is probably not the way you'd prefer to have this question be settled, Rich, but with Nomah out you can start both Hairston and Perez!  |
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