Comments on: Weekend Winter Wrapup (12 Nov 07)

By: Geoff Young

Geoff Young — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:47:37 +0000

#16: Nice; he mentioned that the other day.

#18: Pete Rose could officiate…

By: Pat

Pat — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:09:42 +0000

But how will the manager’s argue with the replay crew? Do you think we could mic them up and put them on the jumbotron? Give the offended manager a mic and let them go at each other for the whole stadium to hear and see. MLB goes WWE!!

By: Steve C

Steve C — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:29:21 +0000

Re: 16 kind of cool that Neyer respects G.Y. enough to disagree with him

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:34:11 +0000

Geoff, you were noted in Rob Neyer’s blog on Friday:

Knuckle Curve’s Geoff Young wants to see the right call made, but wonders, does the game really need to be any slower than it already is? Well, no. And I don’t think it will be, if MLB does instant replay correctly. As soon as a questionable home run (or non-home run) is hit, the crew chief alerts a team of three MLB officials in a secret lair, equipped with 15 HD-equipped TVs and feeds of every game. If the umpires on the field aren’t immediately sure about the call, the crew chief asks for long-distance help. Majority lair wins. The decision is transmitted to the crew chief. Case closed. I don’t know that this should take any longer than the current process, which often includes one long umpire conference and two long arguments with each manager.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:14:35 +0000

From Law:

Bradley would be in the top 10 on this list if he were going to be ready to play by Opening Day, but he’s probably out until June or so after he tore his ACL in late September, the end of a chain of events set off by umpire Mike Winters’ mouth. Bradley is an outstanding hitter when he gets on the field: a legitimate switch-hitter with patience and power from both sides of the plate, good pitch recognition and a fast-twitch swing that allows him to let the ball travel deep into the zone before he commits. He’s played center field in the past, but his size and now the knee injury probably force him into a corner. But if it helps him stay on the field — he’s played in fewer than 100 games in each of the last three seasons — so much the better. There’s risk here because Bradley could come back more slowly than expected from the injury, but there’s a good chance that the signing team gets a star-caliber hitter for the season’s second half.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:06:13 +0000

13: I’m a little surprised to see Bradley above Cameron. I was under the impression that Jenga might not be ready before the All-Star Break.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:51:54 +0000

The free agency period is about two hours old, so here is Keith Law’s top 50 free agents:

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove07/insider/columns/story?columnist=law_keith&id=3104954

16. Milton Bradley — He says Bradley would be in the top 10, if he was going to be ready for Opening Day.
17. Mike Cameron
36. Michael Barrett
48. Marcus Giles

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:46:55 +0000

9: True. Both of this season’s players were better than both of the 2004 players, and Tulowitzki was a clear choice, I thought.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:46:36 +0000

10: Lousy Spanos refusing to fire Schottenheimer when we could have promoted Phillips then electing to fire him when everyone worth having was already hired…

By: LynchMob

LynchMob — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:17:59 +0000

OT … I’m not much of a Charger fan … but here’s a pretty brutal look at last night’s game …

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=ApA5jYbQpJy9EUv8sueSTss5nYcB?slug=ms-morningrush111207&prov=yhoo&type=lgns