"tom dunne" <dunnetg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Jul 10, 11:14 pm, "Bob Braun" <oxin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "tom dunne" <dunn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jul 10, 9:20 pm, "Bob Braun" <oxin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Kevin McClave" <kmcclaveSPAM D...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:53:59 -0400, "Bob Braun"
> > > <oxin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >>Your missing link on offense is playing center field in Texas.
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> > > C'mon, man. Enough already. You really think the missing link to
this
> > > O
> > > is one player?
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> > BIG part of it. It's a hole that can't fill, and won't for years to
> > come.
> > What's he got 90 RBI's going into the ASB? At what 340K?
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> > You can have all the pitching you want, if you can't score and play
> > defense,
> > you're not going to win.
>
> That works both ways. You can have all the hitting you want, if you
> can't pitch, etc etc. Volquez has won 11 games, while the rest of the
> entire starting rotation has won 18. Replace Griffey with Hamilton
> and replace Volquez with Fogg/Belisle, and this team is still a loser.
>
> How did the Colorado Rockies get into the World Series last year?
Riiiight....
The 2001 Rockies had the best offense in the league, scoring a massive
5.7 runs a game. The next best offense, the Astros, scored just
5.28. But it was the Astros who had the best record in the NL, with
93 wins. The Rockies finished dead last in their division, posting
just 73 wins.
Since the Rockies clearly had the best scoring team in the league, how
did they lose 20 games more than the Astros? You answer my question
and I'll answer yours.
Response...............
Zero pitching. I didn't say you could win with zero pitching. But if you
take Volquez off this staff, it stings, but the cupboard is not bare.
I've never been convinced that Volquez couldn't have been acquired another
way. They were NOT high on him in Texas. I will say that after listening
to more of these Ranger broadcasts, they definitely scouted Hamilton, did
their homework on him, and went after him.
All we have witnessed this whole season, is the Reds scrambling to find an
outfielder. If they had opened the season with Votto, Hamilton and Bruce,
I
suspect people would be coming to watch these kids play.
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