Thursday, December 23, 2004
One Down, One to Go
Isn't Walt on vacation in Hawaii?
Cards signed Eckstein to a three-year deal (does that seem like a long time to anyone else?) for $10.25 million. He's like a better Bo Hart, so people are gonna love him. Apparently, he can't throw so fantastically anymore, so I wish they'd put him at second, but he's gonna be better than Luna at short. He'll lead off and his OBP last year (.339-up from 2003) was only a little lower than Womack's (.349) and his career OBP is .347 (Womack: .319). Last year David walked more and struck out less.
So we'll have a little bit better leadoff man and Pujols will have to dig more throws out of the dirt.
My overall reaction: eh.
And: St. Louis-Renteria-Boston-Cabrera-Anaheim-Eckstein-St. Louis.
Edit: In this article, Eckstein calls Tony "Mr. La Russa." That's so adorable! And so wonderfully old-fashioned. I like the signing a little more. What can I say? I'm a sucker.
Cards signed Eckstein to a three-year deal (does that seem like a long time to anyone else?) for $10.25 million. He's like a better Bo Hart, so people are gonna love him. Apparently, he can't throw so fantastically anymore, so I wish they'd put him at second, but he's gonna be better than Luna at short. He'll lead off and his OBP last year (.339-up from 2003) was only a little lower than Womack's (.349) and his career OBP is .347 (Womack: .319). Last year David walked more and struck out less.
So we'll have a little bit better leadoff man and Pujols will have to dig more throws out of the dirt.
My overall reaction: eh.
And: St. Louis-Renteria-Boston-Cabrera-Anaheim-Eckstein-St. Louis.
Edit: In this article, Eckstein calls Tony "Mr. La Russa." That's so adorable! And so wonderfully old-fashioned. I like the signing a little more. What can I say? I'm a sucker.
