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Interest in Tony Clark

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West Coast for Clark? Tony Clark | Diamondbacks | Interested: Giants? Mariners? The Mariners and Giants both have interest in switch-hitter Tony Clark, according to ESPN.com's Jerry Crasnick. Clark hit 17 homers in 221 at-bats last year in Arizona, but the Diamondbacks decided to move in a different direction after they couldn't reach agreement with Clark on a two-year deal. Seattle might have a spot for Clark after trading Ben Broussard to Texas. San Francisco, which is currently looking at a combination of Rich Aurilia and Dan Ortmeier at first base, could also be in the market for an upgrade. Add Pedro Feliz at 3rd & we got young players blocked across the diamond! Job well done Brian.

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Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Well Clark wouldn't be more than a 2 year deal. Who exactly would he be blocking? I'd prefer a better option, but Clark has proven he can be useful in the past
Frandsen for 3B (til July 08)

by NeifiChicken on Dec 18, 2007 2:18 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Tony Clark would be blocking GETTING a better option.
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Dec 18, 2007 5:08 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
>:(
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Dec 18, 2007 2:21 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Agree.

I'm not a big fan of Clark, who shouldn't be anything more than a bench player or spot starter. He's hasn't been a full-time starter since 2001.

by xanthan on Dec 18, 2007 2:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Also, his splits are huge between Arizona and the road, he really did well hitting in Arizona.

by xanthan on Dec 18, 2007 2:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
I wouldn't give him more than 1-year deal.
McCovey Chronicles was better when mine was the lowest IQ on the board.

by Goofus on Dec 18, 2007 2:23 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
I just looked at his 2007 splits and I'm intrigued.  He's pretty much sucked until going nuckin' futs in Sept/Oct last season.  2006 was a bust.  Is he getting over a nagging injury or something?
McCovey Chronicles was better when mine was the lowest IQ on the board.

by Goofus on Dec 18, 2007 2:28 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

I think...
he pulled his suck muscle
Flossing a dead horse

by kenshin1 on Dec 18, 2007 2:40 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: I think...
thats funny on alot of levels.

by Giant Voodoo on Dec 18, 2007 3:21 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: I think...
Well, 3 anyways
"Have you come to stick a knife in my corpse?".

by Ghost11 on Dec 20, 2007 2:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
My vague impression is that he's one of those good teammate types who would make a decent backup first baseman/pinch hitter and might be worth it on a one-year deal, basically on the theory it would be one more nail in the bring-back-Feliz coffin (you wouldn't see Pedro as an occasional first baseman then and Aurilia would be the utility player for the other infield positions). But it would reduce the impetus for any Durham for Sexson deal, if indeed that isn't a total mirage. So my bottom line, pick him up if he's so dirt cheap and short term you wouldn't mind simply dropping him but otherwise keep your powder dry and see what develops in the spring.

by NearestNorwich on Dec 18, 2007 6:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
I can really see this happening.  Hope it doesn't though---first base is the only way that Schierholtz will see any ABs next year.

by rotorueter on Dec 18, 2007 2:29 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Huh?  Schierholtz at first?  Did I miss something

by m34josh on Dec 18, 2007 5:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
I think he meant Ortmier.
Don't believe everything you think.

by wcovington on Dec 18, 2007 8:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Can't run, limited range,old we have Rich A filling that spot.

by northbay60 on Dec 18, 2007 2:29 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
They might be thinking they'll need Aurilia at 3B, especially if they think Durham is done and Frandsen is needed at 2B.

Personally, if I have to pick a posion I prefer Clark 1B/Aurilia 3B over Feliz 3B/Aurilia 1B

Clark is two years removed from am OPS+ of 154 and lit up at the end of last season, I'd say that's more upside than pretty much any infielder on the roster.  That said, I'd prefer Konerko.

McCovey Chronicles was better when mine was the lowest IQ on the board.

by Goofus on Dec 18, 2007 2:37 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Yeah, the 154 OPS+ Tony Clark who was belting homeruns at a Ruthian rate, I don't think that Tony Clark is ever coming back.

by xanthan on Dec 18, 2007 2:41 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Gen. Principle (ret.)
Az. discards do well when...?
Rockies juggernaut rolls o...ver , dead. NL West TempestTeapot CASE IN POINT!

by victor frankenstein on Dec 18, 2007 6:45 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
He's a little like Aurilia, except without the warm fuzzies from his last stint with the team. Maybe more like Ryan Klesko version 2.0.

As far as the 154 OPS+ - more than 20 points higher than any other season - that just screams "career year".

And, even if he does bounce back, how many more good years can he have in him? This is the anti-rebuilding option. (De-building?)

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by EliminateMe on Dec 18, 2007 3:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
I was actually thinking about this possibility the other day. The good thing is that, since he's big and tall, he kind of LOOKS LIKE a middle of the order hitter.

by BigO on Dec 18, 2007 2:35 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
This would be awesome. Think about it - with Clark and Pedro on board, we could be the first team in history to field an entire infield of guys with sub-.300 OBPs.

Awesome!

by KCE on Dec 18, 2007 2:36 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Do my eyes deceive me or do people really want Tony Clark to be our starting first baseman? Are we that desperate? I'd rather let Ort (who I really, really don't like at 1B) play.

by xanthan on Dec 18, 2007 2:39 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
I agree.  This would be just another friggin patch, which would be exactly the opposite of the stated objective this offseason.  Another old part time player who could very well flop.  Didn't we try this with Roberts, Aurilia and Klesko last year.  THAT worked out well, didn't it?  I really shouldn't get so exercised about trade rumors, but this is so like the Giants of late it got me going.  

by out machine on Dec 18, 2007 2:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
I want to state clearly and without qualification: I do not want Tony Clark, Pedro Feliz or any other weak hitting corner infielder at any time in my Giants watching career or, in fact, my entire life.  Those lame-o's represent a dangerous and destructive shortcut that no GM should ever sign.
Thank God that's over.

by southcitysteve on Dec 18, 2007 3:00 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
I'd prefer Will Clark.
Nattowear | comics | Durham? I hardly know 'im!

by Natto on Dec 18, 2007 3:02 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Or Jack Clark
Your 2010 NL rookie of the year,... Andy D'alessio

by ramirez415 on Dec 18, 2007 3:07 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Or Clark Griswold
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Dec 18, 2007 3:12 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Or Petula Clark.
All your signature are belong to us.

by EliminateMe on Dec 18, 2007 3:18 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Clark Kent.
Dave Righetti: You Know You Want It. / Also, my blog. For writers.

by howtheyscored on Dec 18, 2007 3:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
or stewart copeland.
"cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Dec 18, 2007 3:26 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
No, that's Klark with a K.
All your signature are belong to us.

by EliminateMe on Dec 18, 2007 4:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
well at least you understood the reference :-)
"cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Dec 18, 2007 5:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Ben Copeland!
McCovey Chronicles was better when mine was the lowest IQ on the board.

by Goofus on Dec 18, 2007 4:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Clark Gable
Nattowear | comics | Durham? I hardly know 'im!

by Natto on Dec 18, 2007 3:29 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real winner
Dick Clark.

by Giantite on Dec 18, 2007 3:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real winner
Dick Pole.
Democracy is lovely but baseball is more mature. BVCE supports Manny Burriss and SF Dugout.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 18, 2007 3:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real winner
Dick's Sporting Goods

by KCE on Dec 18, 2007 4:14 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real winner
The Dicks

Too Obscure ?

My adopted son Matt Downs. Because face it, everybody else was already taken by the time I got here.

by nvsfg on Dec 18, 2007 4:27 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real winner
Dick Tracy?
Pedro Feliz: Marginally better this year.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Dec 18, 2007 7:35 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real winner
Dick York?
Face first with Aaron Rowand.

by SoFa King Mike on Dec 18, 2007 8:25 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real winner
Daniel Day Lewis as Bill the Butcher Cutting in Gangs of New York?

too far.

Pedro Feliz: Marginally better this year.

by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Dec 18, 2007 11:44 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real winner
Dick Sargent-

His real name was...wait for it...Richard Cox

Thread Complete !

My adopted son Matt Downs. Because face it, everybody else was already taken by the time I got here.

by nvsfg on Dec 19, 2007 4:44 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real winner
Tricky Dick Nixon
Why isn't Sabean held accountable for leading the Giants into many years of mediocrity???

by oldrips on Dec 18, 2007 5:31 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real winner
anybody else from San Jose remember a place on bascomb called Linoleum Dicks?
"cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Dec 18, 2007 5:58 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real weiner
Sporty Spice!
Rockies juggernaut rolls o...ver , dead. NL West TempestTeapot CASE IN POINT!

by victor frankenstein on Dec 18, 2007 6:48 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real winner
zero to dick jokes in about 10 minutes.
not bad, mccoven. not bad at all.
"cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Dec 18, 2007 3:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real winner
Stan Gable

Bonds stands alone.

by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 18, 2007 4:42 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real winner
Anne of Green Gables
Only 972 games until the end of Zito's contract.

by thehavenot on Dec 18, 2007 6:20 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real winner
David Greene. . . .round and round, and we end up here.
Don't believe everything you think.

by wcovington on Dec 18, 2007 9:01 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real winner
Graham Greene
Steve Kline: How okay is he, really? I would say he is pretty okay.

by groug on Dec 18, 2007 11:39 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: a real winner
Graham Chapman.
All your signature are belong to us.

by EliminateMe on Dec 19, 2007 2:53 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Not a real winner
Graham Central Station
My adopted son Matt Downs. Because face it, everybody else was already taken by the time I got here.

by nvsfg on Dec 19, 2007 4:54 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Chapman To
Nattowear | comics | Durham? I hardly know 'im!

by Natto on Dec 20, 2007 2:24 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Or Barney Clark.
Rockies juggernaut rolls o...ver , dead. NL West TempestTeapot CASE IN POINT!

by victor frankenstein on Dec 18, 2007 6:46 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
I do have interest in Barney's Gourmet Hamburgers
My adopted son Matt Downs. Because face it, everybody else was already taken by the time I got here.

by nvsfg on Dec 19, 2007 4:59 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
This has to be a joke. I would be pissed if the Giants went after Tony Clark 3 years ago much less now. I think the media just assumes the Giants are interested in all available players older than 30. Most of the time because they are.
"I'd take pleasure in gutting you boy" Oh and ignore the spelling. I do.....

by someguynamedg on Dec 18, 2007 3:04 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
I'm surprised that the Giants would be interested in a player with Clark's youth and inexperience...
Bonds stands alone.

by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 18, 2007 4:44 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
you use that joke on every thread??
Bring me a cleanup hitter please!!

by rxmeister on Dec 18, 2007 6:56 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
I'm not going to start a new diary for this, I'll let someone else do that...  But I wanted to showcase another rumor that might make a few of you smile legitimately:

Giants Show Interest In Former Angel McPherson

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/rumors/post/Giants-show-interest-in-former-Angel-McPherson?urn=mlb,57905

"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Dec 18, 2007 5:14 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Also had a good laugh at this guy's post on that site:

"If he's healthy, he'd be the bargain the Giants are hoping for to fill a dire need. But I still think they should be pursuing Cincy's 3B Keppinger in exchange for a couple pitchers like Sanchez & Lowry or Misch. That would give them a 3-4-5 of Keppinger, Molina & Rowand that should give opposing pitchers something to fear."

"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Dec 18, 2007 5:15 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
...AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.

by jponry on Dec 18, 2007 5:23 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Keppinger isn't that bad a hitter but he's no third baseman. It's like getting another Frandsen.

by NearestNorwich on Dec 18, 2007 5:51 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Ha, this comment kills me:

"hes got alot of injerys if i were giants id not take this chance it will back fire like zeto"

I think this guy has been posting around here lately.

by KCE on Dec 18, 2007 9:02 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Will Clark's coming out of retirement?

Heeeeeeeeell yeah!

by sakbaum on Dec 18, 2007 5:18 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
I hope the Giants let this rumor pass like they did with Miggy T and others. I would hope their efforts would be for a third baseman, even if they have to pay a little more, but not a lot more. It seems finding a good third baseman is like trying to find a good bass player.

by Buzzword on Dec 18, 2007 6:53 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Can Alfonso Johnson play third?!
Don't believe everything you think.

by wcovington on Dec 18, 2007 9:03 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Can Lon's kid hit?
McCovey Chronicles was better when mine was the lowest IQ on the board.

by Goofus on Dec 18, 2007 9:22 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
love the 6 foot 2 foot diagram.  that makes him at least 8 feet tall, by my reckoning.
"cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"

by The Gene Hackman on Dec 19, 2007 9:24 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Honestly, who would he really be blocking?  Seriously, I don't think we should really hold our breaths for a Dan Ortmeier led resurgence.  

I've said it before, I'll say it again.  The Giants have exactly two position players who need to be given their chance right NOW.  Schierholtz and Frandsen need to get their ABs this year, and if Sabean blocks either of them with the Tony Clarks of the world, I'll be pissed.  Otherwise, I honestly don't care.

Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...

by Smoke on the Water on Dec 18, 2007 7:02 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
+1
I got one word for you: "youneverknow"

by senorvegas on Dec 18, 2007 8:19 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

- 1
Honestly, there HAVE to be better options out there than picking up Tony Clark.  That's what would bother me about this, is just the idea of throwing in the towel and going right back to using cagey veterans instead of taking a chance with a younger player, be he internal, via trade, or a free agent someone else lost faith in.

Tony Clark = Status quo, and I'm tired of the status quo.

"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler

by JRPhillips on Dec 18, 2007 11:17 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
If it's not Ortmeier, it has to be someone who can help the Giants longer term. Hoping for one year of bounceback from a 36-year-old Clark is one thing, but the odds that he'll still be useful in 2009 or 2010 are much smaller.
All your signature are belong to us.

by EliminateMe on Dec 19, 2007 2:56 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
Wait, I think you forgot the question mark.

Interest in Tony Clark?

Better.

Interest in Tony Clark !?!?!?!?!?!?!!?????

That's the ticket.

Actually, I'd rather see him than Klucko but I'm all for letting Ortmeier make 50 errors at 1B while he learns how to hit. Or fails miserably and gets DFAd at the all-star break. In which case I'm sure Clark or someone Clarklike (see Dick Pole posts below) will be available.

BB

All those Giants fans down in Giants land love that Crazy Crab!

by BlackDougal on Dec 18, 2007 9:40 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

Re: Interest in Tony Clark
No thanks. He'd be an ok stopgap, but we already have Aurilia to play part time with Ortmeier & so unless we offload him i don't see the point. There's nothing wrong with getting a "good" 1B to replace Ortmeier (who i'm not that high on) but i don't see the logic in just getting a stop gap to replace him.

Unless you move Aurilia to be the stop gap at 3B in which case there are better options out there, such as McPherson or Ensberg.

by GiantFan on Dec 19, 2007 2:28 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

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