Friday, January 23, 2004
HAVE YOUR BARF BAGS AT THE READY
Our hometown B-town Sun has an article by a former coach of mine, Chuck Stark. Unfortunately, it's a Bloomquist article. Apparently, it's his versatility and his low salary that make him "valuable," and that of course stops short of saying that his bat is valuable, so no complaints there.
... Even when the M's faded down the stretch, [Bob] Melvin went with his regulars.
"Last year we had a very, very good bench, but I found out you don't use your bench in the American League as much as the National League," Melvin said. "We didn't have too many guys we pinch-hit for and we were healthy for the most part."
Yesterday, Melvin lauded the acquisition of switch-hitting Clinton[sic] McCracken, who can play all three outfield positions and gives the M's a base-stealing option off the bench.
"I feel good about Willie Bloomquist backing up in the infield and (backup shortstop) Ramon Santiago," he said.
Now I know he's partial to Crack and everything -- Melvin loves Crack. But is he on the other sort of crack when he says he actually feels good about Ramon Santiago? Is this just because Bavasi probably told him that Santiago is good because "he can pick it up and throw it"?
To sum up the article, though, Bloom is being counted upon to be the new McLemore. Zzzzzzzzzz....
... Even when the M's faded down the stretch, [Bob] Melvin went with his regulars.
"Last year we had a very, very good bench, but I found out you don't use your bench in the American League as much as the National League," Melvin said. "We didn't have too many guys we pinch-hit for and we were healthy for the most part."
Yesterday, Melvin lauded the acquisition of switch-hitting Clinton[sic] McCracken, who can play all three outfield positions and gives the M's a base-stealing option off the bench.
"I feel good about Willie Bloomquist backing up in the infield and (backup shortstop) Ramon Santiago," he said.
Now I know he's partial to Crack and everything -- Melvin loves Crack. But is he on the other sort of crack when he says he actually feels good about Ramon Santiago? Is this just because Bavasi probably told him that Santiago is good because "he can pick it up and throw it"?
To sum up the article, though, Bloom is being counted upon to be the new McLemore. Zzzzzzzzzz....
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