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Wednesday, October 17, 2007 |
Pickoff Moves
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By Tuck @ THT. For anyone who's ever complained about a strike zone.Bill Stoneman Farewells
The Chronicler says hello to Tony Reagins, who's getting surprisingly little press for being only the second black GM in the business (maybe the third if you count Omar Minaya of the Mets). Also, a useful reminder of just how good Stoneman was, leading the winningest charge in Angels history. I'm not without my criticisms of his approach — in particular, the bizarre love for RISP- and RISP2-hitting in preference to OBP as a primary stat. His failure to land a "big bat" I'm perfectly willing to let him slide on; the major problems with that has been overpaying (which you end up having to do these days, it seems) and/or dealing too many kids (i.e., anything over one). But he should be given props for having a plan and sticking to it, something no other GM in Angels history seemed able to do.OT: How To Pick Up Women At The Car Lot
"One of the services I provide to hetero male readers of this blog," cartoonist Scott Adams opens, "is teaching you how to obtain sex from women who are too good for you." His answer: hang out in car lots. It almost makes sense. (Via Distributed Republic.)OT: Spinning Woman Optical Illusion
Is she spinning clockwise or counter-clockwise? I can see it both ways. Pretty cool.Labels: angels, front office, funny, offtopic
Comments:
You really think Stoneman did a good job? To me, it seems like he came in at a good time, did some tinkering here and there and "caught lightning in a bottle." I suppose he did recognize a good thing and stuck with the farm system. Sometimes it's better to just avoid making big moves. He did sign a couple of big free agents though, in Guerrero and Colon. What do you think was his best trade?
Two big ones:
1) Kevin Appier for Mo Vaughn. No question that, despite eating most of Appier's remaining contract, the Angels got the better end of that deal.
2) Maicer Izturis and Juan Rivera for Jose Guillen. A trade that netted the Angels a pair of near-everyday players when everyone in baseball knew Stoneman was under pressure to move Guillen.
His moves to release Bobby Jenks and Derrick Turnbow (thus getting nothing for them) were probably the low points of his career.
1) Kevin Appier for Mo Vaughn. No question that, despite eating most of Appier's remaining contract, the Angels got the better end of that deal.
2) Maicer Izturis and Juan Rivera for Jose Guillen. A trade that netted the Angels a pair of near-everyday players when everyone in baseball knew Stoneman was under pressure to move Guillen.
His moves to release Bobby Jenks and Derrick Turnbow (thus getting nothing for them) were probably the low points of his career.
As hard as it was to get Stoneman to make a trade, when he was forced to he seemed to always make a good one. Basically, when a player was no longer going to participate on the team (meaning they had zero or negative value, he would find a trading aprtner to give him something. This was the case with Moo Vaughn (who didn't want to play for the Angels anymore and sacrificed a whole season because he wouldn't get surgery done until April), Jose Guillen (who had no chance of coming back to the team after the season), Jim Edmonds (who wasn't going to be on the team anymore after Tony Tavares' comments), Ramon Ortiz and Jeff Weaver (who were completely worthless).
So, I guess that basically shows he had a hard time trading away value, but he could always get something for nothing.
So, I guess that basically shows he had a hard time trading away value, but he could always get something for nothing.
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