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  1. KSaw
    So were/are Billy Martin, Dick Williams, Earl Weaver, Bill Virdon, Chuck Tanner, Lou Pinella, Cito Gaston, Jimy Williams, Larry Bowa and on and on. Everyone isn't Gene Mauch or Sparky Anderson.
  2. KSaw
    Sarcasm I assume.
  3. KSaw
    Speaking of Christie Pits, Game 6 Toronto v Kitchener 7:30 tonight.
  4. KSaw
    There's just one manager in baseball who has probable pitch and probable location signalled to hitters from the 3b coach. Also the only one who commonly uses a take sign. That would be Buck Showalter. For what it's worth, I think that it's pure genius considering all the available scouting data on pitchers.
  5. KSaw
    Hard to label players as super hardworking or not but I remember Bob Lemon as a manager and a good one. History shows Red Schoendienst was a good one. Frank Robinson was a respected manager, though the winning percentage left much to be desired. Joe Torre, though not in the HoF wasn't far off and was a perennial all-star. And then there's Yogi. Can't forget Yogi Berra!
  6. KSaw
    They don't even want retired umpires involved, let alone booth umpires. The issue is that a review would look at entire play. Lets say that a runner was called safe at 3b but on review he was actually tagged in time. Lets also say that he was obstructed but the obstruction had been missed. The replay booth reviewer needs to be an umpire to now make the judgement call that the obstruction slowed the runner enough to cause him to be tagged out. Heck, he has to be able to spot and know obstruction rules. That's just one example. A missed balk on a pickoff would be another. And on and on...
  7. KSaw
    Well here are the issues. The umpires new contract is coming up and they are getting big raises. That is problem number 1 because both MLB and the umpires prefer the idea of 5 man crews, with 1 in the booth using the 3-D technology they have at Yankee Stadium. Problem 2 is that would require 17 more full time umpires and they only figure that they have about 10 qualified in AAA at this time.
  8. KSaw
    Good God why? It's awful. The mound is like 15 inches high, there are no good hops in the infield. The fences are too close, the city stuck bathrooms in CF that has lights on them that sit right in the release point for RHPs and it doesn't meet Baseball Ontario, Baseball Canada or Official Rules of Baseball minimum requirements for play. They can't host tournaments there and technically the home team should forfeit every game. It's a hole!
  9. KSaw
    The IBL Leafs play at a terrible joke of a park. 305 down the lines. 355 to CF. 35 feet to the backstop. No foul territory and it's built over an underground river that shifts the topography all the time. The moon dust gravel infield, which is a joke is never flat. Forget university ball. Men's League teams can beat U of T or York. Midget teams would beat them too. It's just not good ball. George Brown even competes in that loop. They generally get 10-20 fans a game.
  10. KSaw
    Barring something dramatic, have to imagine that Scherzer wins. Kershaw too. Patrick Corbin deserves plenty of push though. He essentially pitches in a Las Vegas environment, with hitting numbers inflated like they are in the PCL. That Arizona air flattens out breaking balls, kills fastball movement and allows fly balls to just sail into the distance. Meanwhile Kershaw pitches in the very pitcher friendly Dodger Stadium.
  11. KSaw
    A good time and place to bring this goodie back... http://www.baseballprospectus.com/a/19409
  12. KSaw
    It's funny you mention the fastball. Not sure it's accurate to say some of these guys can't or don't hit it. A lot of it has to do with being set up on previous pitches for high heat that will get chased for strike 3 or a pop up. Note that V-Mart is listed for 4-seamers and change ups. Clearly he is late identifying them. Ouch!
  13. KSaw
    With JPA pitchers just need to avoid throwing fastballs or changes that are middle in and near or above the belt. He is literally weak at hitting everything else. Classic mistake hitter. He has many gaping holes.
  14. KSaw
    I learned this a few weeks ago and kept a promise to keep it quiet. A few ppl here got PMs. Anyway, the cost on this is 60-70 million dollars in camera upgrades across baseball. There is a big push toward handling things in stadium as opposed the current system of all replays going to New York and being sent back to umpires. That system is what caused the blown home run call by Angel Hernandez's crew earlier this year. That dedicated war room thing may change before the vote.
  15. KSaw
    Don't know Morneau but Votto used to get thrown out of games regularly. Every pitch near the inner half was inside to him and he was a big baby. He was a catcher for a while-- baby while catching too. Now to be fair, I don't mean everyone is like this but it is too many of the Canadian players.
  16. KSaw
    He's Canadian. Sorry to break it to everyone but there's a big difference between Canadian and American baseball players growing up. The US kids shut their mouths and play. The Canadian kids cry about everything, bitch at umpires like mad and do idiotic things like steal when up 10 runs. I'm speaking from experience and sure, there are exceptions but many Canadian ball players have a hockey player mentality.
  17. KSaw
    Well there are baseball academies and indoor/outdoor training facilities in the city and run by very knowledgable people. Carlos Delgado was a guest instructor at the Etobicoke one this year. There is the PBLO which includes the Ontario Blue Jays and Toronto Mets programs and they travel in the US and play a ton of ball. As for 1,000 seat facilities-- high school ball is horrible and I mean unwatchably bad. University baseball in Ontario is horrible too. All the good players are in the US at school. I dare you to find 50 fans to watch any of those games. Now the city could use another good ballpark, being that Connorvale Park in Etobicoke is the only one that could be called decent. A nice state of the art home to be shared by the Ontario Blue Jays and the Intercounty League Leafs would be nice. Plop 2,000 seats around that and Toronto could actually host premier tournaments that currently go to places like Kitchener/Waterloo, Guelph, London, Barrie or Ottawa.
  18. KSaw
    During Spring Training I said that Bonifacio was so hopeless at second base that his only chance for success was in the outfield. I don't know who to blame for him playing so much second base. Izturis for not hitting until June, Lawrie for getting injured in March, AA for not calling up Negrych while he was on fire to ride the hot streak while it lasted, or Gibby.
  19. KSaw
    If he's learned anything, he non-tenders Arencibia and signs a free agent catcher. I'm not holding my breath.
  20. KSaw
    Well you'd be looking at $0 Federal. It would have to be something like 25% each from Jays, private sector sponsorship agreements, Provincial Govt funding and Toronto municipal funding. The Province and city don't have the money. The Feds own the old CP land that the RC sits on and their management company collects lease money from Rogers annually. No way the shoot themselves in the foot.
  21. KSaw
    Your current tax dollars are allocated. There would have to be additional taxes to pay for it. Now if you think that you aren't taxed enough or if you want to see more businesses and jobs head to the 905...
  22. KSaw
    How is it a bad trade? Getting anything for a player who was going to be non tendered is a bonus.
  23. KSaw
    If JJ's arm is considered to be sound by doctors in the offseason, he won't have trouble getting $9 million guaranteed, with a couple of vested options at around 15. Of course each option would be vested by innings, which he'd have to be healthy enough to pitch. A throw away season that has been impacted greatly by a triceps injury won't scare teams away if he's healthy.
  24. KSaw
    Lying to fans? All teams and I do mean all mislead the media in regard to injuries. It's not the fans they are concerned with but the other teams. Let the opposition waste time going over scouting reports on an injured pitcher. Talk trades without showing weakness. Don't tip your hand on potential waiver claims. These things matter a whole lot more than whether a fan knows the status of a player. What's a fan going to do to fix an injury problem? Nothing! It's not the responsibility of any team's management to update fans on injuries so that they can set their fantasy lineups or be in the know to speculate on player movement in an online forum. The less public info the better is how they see it and they should see it that way.
  25. KSaw
    I think that it's become pretty obvious that Johnson's season has been mostly a disaster due to a specific physical problem. That has to be obvious around baseball too. Wouldn't it be logical to assume that if he checks out medically in November that more than one team would take a chance on him and for good money? The starting pitcher market isn't great. The numbers mean nothing if he's healthy! Well, some will think that. AA might think that. $13.8 million might be viewed as a bargain-- if he's healthy. And if he's not, no one will care.
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