Sandoval, Williams 3rd and 4th at gunning down baserunners

...according to Baseball America.

Oh Jackson Williams. I knew I adopted you to do something other than occasionally clean out the storm gutter. Which you need to do, by, the way, if you expect me to take the padlock off the pantry.

But more importantly, with regards to Sandoval, that reignites the question, are we sure we want to permanently move him to a corner and give up on him behind the plate? I know there's no way he's supplanting Money this year, but this is the second year in a row he's been in the top echelon of gunners according to BA; it could potentially be a waste if we don't give him some chances to keep polishing his defense.

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I know there's never been a problem..

With Pablo’s arm. That’s why he was tried out at 3B for that year, since he has such a great arm. It sure would be a pity to waste that arm at 1B.

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by WalrusMan on Dec 16, 2008 9:09 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

/hugs a Walrus

Finally someone agrees with me about that.

The Denker bus is now bound for San Diego. Those who were passengers on it are now angrily stranded at a gas station in Modesto, CA. Not much about baseball here .

by oldjacket on Dec 16, 2008 9:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Not saying...

That he should play 3B, just that at first he’d be wasted. Maybe we should put him in RF and stick Schierholtz at 3B…

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by WalrusMan on Dec 16, 2008 9:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Pablito playing RF in Mays Field would be hilarity personified.

by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2008 10:05 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

We Could Use A Little Levity

Fairley odd parent to Wendell

by WTF on Dec 16, 2008 10:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Could it be any funnier than watching Glenallen Hill man RF at The Stick?

"Forget it Donny, you're out of your element"-Walter Sobchak

by icanplaythird on Dec 16, 2008 2:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I'll play stupid (It's a God - given talent!) and ask why.

Are you thinking he’s Bengie’s successor? Is he quick enough on his feet for third?
5’-11" , 245…thass’ a lotta meat , Meat…hey , wherever.
Just don’t put him in some position where his bat can’t play , lol

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Is it always the man with the gun?
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by victor frankenstein on Dec 16, 2008 7:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

by shikantaza on Dec 16, 2008 12:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

/wilriv

Like Williams’ arm. Think he’ll have to toe the mound if he wants to make the big show in SF.

/deer head
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Dec 16, 2008 9:44 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

fixed that for you

Like Williams’ arm. Think he’ll have to toe the mound if he wants to make the big show in The City.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Dec 16, 2008 10:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Damn. My wilriv isn’t perfect, yet.

/deer head
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Dec 16, 2008 10:59 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

/edit

Like Williams’ arm. Brother will have to toe the mound if he wants to make the big show in The City.

by chilibean_3 on Dec 16, 2008 11:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

/re-edit

Like Williams’ arm. Brother will have to toe the mound if he wants to make the big show in The City.
/hums “I Love L.A.”

by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 16, 2008 11:27 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

/Re-Re-edit

Almost correct. Then you got to add the move of Posey to SS

by wilriv21 on Dec 16, 2008 12:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

benjie really needs to get moved for anything of value so pablo can move back behind the plate where his glove and bat are quite a bit more valuable.

by TimLincecumIsGod on Dec 16, 2008 10:55 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

I think that Sandoval’s value really is, easily, at its greatest if he’s a catcher. I hope that in the long run he’s given every chance to succeed at that position, even if in the short run we have to play him elsewhere to make sure that he doesn’t rot.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2008 11:05 AM PST reply actions 0 recs

Then where do we put Posey when he eventually gets promoted?

by Useful_Idiot on Dec 16, 2008 5:00 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Me, me, me!

I know this one, Shortstop.

by wilriv21 on Dec 16, 2008 5:40 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I thought you hated pronouns

The Denker bus is now bound for San Diego. Those who were passengers on it are now angrily stranded at a gas station in Modesto, CA. Not much about baseball here .

by oldjacket on Dec 16, 2008 7:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, what the heck is happening here.

/deer head
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Dec 16, 2008 8:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE ANYMORE

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by Natto on Dec 16, 2008 11:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

/freaks out

/deer head
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Dec 17, 2008 5:26 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Know that. Had to get out of system. All in one post.

by wilriv21 on Dec 16, 2008 11:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Eventually..

You’ll just start talking all in the third person.

“wilriv21 knows that. wilriv21 had to get it out of wilriv21’s system.”

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by WalrusMan on Dec 17, 2008 6:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Nah

he ain’t Jimmy

by wilriv21 on Dec 17, 2008 9:28 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

there we go.

I don’t like change.

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by oldjacket on Dec 17, 2008 7:22 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs

Let the best man win! There’s no such thing as too many good players. If Posey is the better catcher, then you have the luxury of possibly trading Sandoval. If Sandoval is the better catcher, then vice versa. More than that, you face the possibility of still not having 3B filled, in which case either player could fill that. Like wilriv says, Posey has some more versatility than Sandoval and can be moved around with greater ease.

On the other hand, neither one might even work out, in which case we’ll be perfectly happy to have the other.

And if both fail to work… well then… sucks to be us?

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Dec 16, 2008 6:03 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

+1

It never hurts to have a surplus of talent at one position.

Aaron King is still my homeboy... iffy mechanics and all.

by baetown415 on Dec 16, 2008 6:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs

But Williams isn’t good.

"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 16, 2008 6:22 PM PST reply actions 0 recs