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cknox0723 · 06-07-2005, 12:40 PM

well, we have reached our first off day after seven straight ballgames. are there any lessons we can learn as we travel into the bronx?

no. it's only seven games, after all. but even if we lose the next three, we will finally, triumphantly head home -- for twelve divisional games, in the order of det, cle, kc, and min. so even if we are dead in the water, we won't know until the month's end.

seeing as we have this off-day, i considered skipping esteban loaiza's turn in the rotation and pitching jorge depaula for the forthcoming first game against the empire. however, what the hell's the point of that? why have loaiza in the rotation if you're just going to skip him over? in addition, following the normal rotation will allow mark buehrle to start our home opener. maybe it will convince jestor to make the trip from wisconsin.

so loaiza, our nominal number three starter, will take on his new york counterpart in tyler clippard, a youngster whose virtues i've sung before. likely esteban will continue to practice "the art of suck", but maybe we'll be surprised.

there are also a few surprises early on in this universe. colorado holds the best record of all 30 teams with a 6-1 mark, spurred on by a .339 team batting average and the universe's leader in home runs with 5, left fielder brad hawpe. at 27 years old, the lanky 6'3" southpaw from fort worth is probably poised to see a major spike in his career high slugging percentage of .492, set last year in his sophomore season. but his true value will be found in the most fickle of fates, batting average. since hawpe is not too inclined to take a free pass, his value is limited if his .263 career batting average is indicative of his true talent level. since he is "only" hitting .333 at the moment despite those five home runs and that 1042 slugging percentage, i would guess that hawpe is, in fact, a .260 hitter. colorado will certainly hawpe that is not the case.

unbelievably, toronto has also turned in a nice start, winning their first two over tampa bay behind a bevy of runs batted in from vernon wells. the jays then lost a pair of close ones before heading back home...and winning three straight over the pitching-rich orioles. the center fielder wells has 17 rbi (11 in those first two games of the season), orlando hudson is hitting .387 with five doubles, and dave ****ing berg, who had a .276 on-base percentage in 400-some at-bats last season, is hitting .318.

of course it won't last. but roy halladay is a brilliant pitcher, definitely an ace, and why not ride the lightning while you can and worry about the apocalypse later?

06-07-2005, 12:40 PM	#416
cknox0723 All Star Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 1,957	april 12th well, we have reached our first off day after seven straight ballgames. are there any lessons we can learn as we travel into the bronx? no. it's only seven games, after all. but even if we lose the next three, we will finally, triumphantly head home -- for twelve divisional games, in the order of det, cle, kc, and min. so even if we are dead in the water, we won't know until the month's end. seeing as we have this off-day, i considered skipping esteban loaiza's turn in the rotation and pitching jorge depaula for the forthcoming first game against the empire. however, what the hell's the point of that? why have loaiza in the rotation if you're just going to skip him over? in addition, following the normal rotation will allow mark buehrle to start our home opener. maybe it will convince jestor to make the trip from wisconsin. so loaiza, our nominal number three starter, will take on his new york counterpart in tyler clippard, a youngster whose virtues i've sung before. likely esteban will continue to practice "the art of suck", but maybe we'll be surprised. there are also a few surprises early on in this universe. colorado holds the best record of all 30 teams with a 6-1 mark, spurred on by a .339 team batting average and the universe's leader in home runs with 5, left fielder brad hawpe. at 27 years old, the lanky 6'3" southpaw from fort worth is probably poised to see a major spike in his career high slugging percentage of .492, set last year in his sophomore season. but his true value will be found in the most fickle of fates, batting average. since hawpe is not too inclined to take a free pass, his value is limited if his .263 career batting average is indicative of his true talent level. since he is "only" hitting .333 at the moment despite those five home runs and that 1042 slugging percentage, i would guess that hawpe is, in fact, a .260 hitter. colorado will certainly hawpe that is not the case. unbelievably, toronto has also turned in a nice start, winning their first two over tampa bay behind a bevy of runs batted in from vernon wells. the jays then lost a pair of close ones before heading back home...and winning three straight over the pitching-rich orioles. the center fielder wells has 17 rbi (11 in those first two games of the season), orlando hudson is hitting .387 with five doubles, and dave **ing berg, who had a .276 on-base percentage in 400-some at-bats last season, is hitting .318. of course it won't last. but roy halladay** is a brilliant pitcher, definitely an ace, and why not ride the lightning while you can and worry about the apocalypse later?