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Westfield Eagle
05-01-2006, 05:00 PM
he's not Graffanino?

You're right. Graffanino could hit.
BC ZamboniGuy Cult
05-01-2006, 05:12 PM
What exactly is so great about Mark Loretta anyway?

Baseball-Reference (http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/loretma01.shtml) is your friend, and so are All-Star second basemen who average a .365 OBP.
Zudnic
05-01-2006, 05:14 PM
What exactly is so great about Mark Loretta anyway?
According to baseball-reference.com, he has an ERA of 4.41 with two strikeouts in 1 IP. ;)

He is unspectacular but makes $2.75 and is a .300 hitter. A solid role player. I like him..
Blackout
05-01-2006, 05:17 PM
You're right. Graffanino could hit.

Graff also had 0 range. And Loretta can hit just fine, give him more than a month. Graff didnt exactly light it up.
Scarlet
05-01-2006, 05:19 PM
He is unspectacular but makes $2.75 and is a .300 hitter. A solid role player. I like him..

Holy minimum wage he works cheap!!!! :D :D ;)

I get that Loretta is overall a better player than Graf, but I would rather have had Graf playing his utility best rather than have a catcher that has actually cost the team runs by not being able to catch a baseball. But all that is moot now that Mirabelli is back with the team.
Zudnic
05-01-2006, 05:22 PM
Looking at baseball-reference I found this interesting chart
http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/leaders_salaries.shtml

Kevin Brown is #2 on the all time money leaderboard. Can you imagine having made $130 million in your lifetime? Holy mackrel.
Westfield Eagle
05-01-2006, 05:30 PM
Baseball-Reference (http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/loretma01.shtml) is your friend, and so are All-Star second basemen who average a .365 OBP.

Every team has to have an all-star, so that doesn't mean anything. I don't care about what he's done in the past in the national league. I care about what I have seen from him and what I saw from Graffanino at the end of last year. I'm not saying Graffanino is a great player or that he should be the second baseman, but Loretta hasn't shown me anything. I hope he turns it around.
BC ZamboniGuy Cult
05-01-2006, 05:33 PM
Every team has to have an all-star, so that doesn't mean anything.

Um...why don't you take a look at the numbers he put up in that latest All-Star season?

I don't care about what he's done in the past in the national league. I care about what I have seen from him and what I saw from Graffanino at the end of last year.

So basically you're using one month to judge his ability. Thankfully the powers that be take a little more into consideration.
Terrierbyassociation
05-01-2006, 05:35 PM
So basically you're using one month to judge his ability. Thankfully the powers that be take a little more into consideration.

He's getting close to the ignore list, none of his posts have much weight with me.
Westfield Eagle
05-01-2006, 06:20 PM
He's getting close to the ignore list, none of his posts have much weight with me.

Coming from the NFL Draft expert and all-knowing God of what is a penalty and what isn't in hockey...
Westfield Eagle
05-01-2006, 06:23 PM
1. Um...why don't you take a look at the numbers he put up in that latest All-Star season?

So basically you're using one month to judge his ability. Thankfully the powers that be take a little more into consideration.

I'm going on what I've seen. I don't care what he did in San Diego or Milwaukee. It's not the same as performing in Boston. Just ask Edgar Renteria.
kennedy
05-01-2006, 06:34 PM
So basically you're using one month to judge his ability. Thankfully the powers that be take a little more into consideration.
Yeah, tell that to Josh Bard :p
thecomicbookguy
05-01-2006, 07:33 PM
So, mix of boos and cheers, and Johnny tips the helmet. Fair enough, there were people cheering, but then he does it again. And again.

The "Traitor" chant is interesting. And loud.
Westfield Eagle
05-01-2006, 08:24 PM
great effort by loretta there :rolleyes:
RichS
05-01-2006, 08:36 PM
Yankee radio announcer John Sterling said the CF fans threw dollar bills at Damon? True?

Geeze...if you can afford to toss it away, just send me a check instead. :p
GreatLakerMohawk
05-01-2006, 08:37 PM
Yankee radio announcer John Sterling said the CF fans threw dollar bills at Damon? True?

Geeze...if you can afford to toss it away, just send me a check instead. :p

Seriously.

Dummies - you're supposed to throw quarters.
Westfield Eagle
05-01-2006, 08:39 PM
could have been fake money...although i would have loved to see the groundskeeper pocket the dough :)
Terrierbyassociation
05-01-2006, 08:44 PM
Ok, I gotta admit, that was a dreadful bunt by Loretta. But he's such an amazing contact hitter, you'd think he'd be half decent as a bunter.
Terrierbyassociation
05-01-2006, 08:49 PM
Ok, when the right fielder hasn't picked up the ball yet and you are rounding third base, what kind of moronic third base coach puts on the breaks.

(And yes, I am upset because that cost me an RBI in fantasy baseball)
thecomicbookguy
05-01-2006, 08:56 PM
great effort by loretta there :rolleyes:

And he doesn't bring anything to this team defensively, either. :p