Friday, March 04, 2005
Buy! Buy! Buy!
In my basic understanding of the Moneyball concept, the premise is to find guys with skills undervalued by other clubs (like OBP) so you don't have to pay them as much as a guy with higher profile stats and you can expoit other teams' weaknesses. Well, the number folks down at Busch must have struck upon a formula that quantifies hustle.
Lil Mac may be on his way back. Now, this was written by the same guys who bet $100 that TSSWMNBN was going to re-sign with the Cardinals, so I wouldn't read too much into it. But, if true, why are the Birds trying to corner the market on short, scrappy, white guys? How many of the same person can one team have? I eat it up as much as the next person, but just like raw cookie dough, there can be too much of a good thing. In the end, you feel a little nauseous and curse the double that got through.
It sure would be nice to have something other than guts coming off the bench.
Lil Mac may be on his way back. Now, this was written by the same guys who bet $100 that TSSWMNBN was going to re-sign with the Cardinals, so I wouldn't read too much into it. But, if true, why are the Birds trying to corner the market on short, scrappy, white guys? How many of the same person can one team have? I eat it up as much as the next person, but just like raw cookie dough, there can be too much of a good thing. In the end, you feel a little nauseous and curse the double that got through.
It sure would be nice to have something other than guts coming off the bench.
