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I'm leavin' on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
but it'll be on the 14th of Oct
sometime in the early evening.
I don't know when I'll be back again
but it'll be on the 14th of Oct
sometime in the early evening.
Boys, boys! Play nice! (And spell better!)*
*paid, not paid
judgment, not judgement
*paid, not paid
judgment, not judgement
Nah, Dye has turned into a big power hitter the past couple seasons, he wasn't that same guy when the A's picked him up.
Eh? You said that "signing a Frank Thomas in the downswing of his career is not something Oakland would have done four or five years ago." And I'm pointing out that they did something quite similar exactly four years ago. Whether or not they've made an annual habit of it is beside the point. To answer your question anyway, though (just for kicks), Jermaine Dye would be another example, assuming you consider six seasons of service time enough to qualify as a "veteran."
And I think The Dave Justice Experiment should go against The Alan Parsons Project and The Jimmi Hendrix Experience in a battle of the bands.
What veteran slugger had they hired since Dave Justice experiment? Until Thomas in '06?
What makes you say that? In Moneyball, Billy Beane specifically mentions the acquisition of David Justice as part of a general experiment to see if hitters with good strike zone judgement (and Thomas' has always been exceptional) can maintain that judgement later on, whether or not their power should wane. I don't think the Thomas signing, then, represents any sort of significant adjustment.
Also, given that he's making a mere $500,000 (less than half the major-league average), I don't see how he can be characterized as much of a "gamble," either. To the contrary, he's yet another of Oakland's low-risk, high-reward, dirt cheap success stories. Nobody in baseball does more with less.
Also, given that he's making a mere $500,000 (less than half the major-league average), I don't see how he can be characterized as much of a "gamble," either. To the contrary, he's yet another of Oakland's low-risk, high-reward, dirt cheap success stories. Nobody in baseball does more with less.
Well, the bigtime homerun-hitting veteran that they brought in to bang in the kids payed off for them in game one.
Taking a gamble and signing a Frank Thomas in the downswing of his career is not something Oakland would have done four or five years ago, so even within what they do they're making adjustments.
Taking a gamble and signing a Frank Thomas in the downswing of his career is not something Oakland would have done four or five years ago, so even within what they do they're making adjustments.
I wonder if this is the year Oakland finally shakes all those silly notions about not being built for the playoffs.
The Departed is 17/18 on rotten tomatoes.
Their not the best team out there, but I gotta stick with them through thick and thin.