Raj Davis - 2B for the A's? - McCovey Chronicles

Raj Davis - 2B for the A's?

by WTF on May 14, 2008 12:43 PM PDT

Ok, I just saw in the chronicle that Raj has been taking grounders at 2B since Ellis got hurt. It also says he was drafted as a 2B and then quoted him as saying he was comfortable there and felt natural.

Am I wrong in being a little burnt about hearing that?

That could've have easily been as good of experiment as the Velez at 2B fail.

Anyway, enjoy my first FanPost. I needed just a few more words...

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Beane

Is just trying to rub it in Sabean’s face.

Velez is not yet a Fail @ 2b. Way too premature for that.

And then there is this kid named Kevin

Eugeniooooooo!!!!

by FairweatherFan on May 14, 2008 12:52 PM PDT 0 recs

Velez = fail

even FP said it on KNBR last night. lol.

by WTF on May 14, 2008 12:54 PM PDT up 0 recs

Oh jesus.

Let’s talk about Velez @ 2b in July.

Eugeniooooooo!!!!

by FairweatherFan on May 14, 2008 1:00 PM PDT up 0 recs

if we do, it will be in the past tense.

by WTF on May 14, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up 0 recs

well, if FP said it....

by slojoe on May 14, 2008 2:36 PM PDT up 0 recs

Beane trying to rub it in?

Other than the other obvious reasons that your theorey isn’t true, he simply can’t afford to make personnel decisions based on a “grudge”, which is what I understood you to be saying.

Maybe he’s just working on them as an emergency option.

by passionately objective on May 14, 2008 4:25 PM PDT up 0 recs

I am obviously not serious.

Eugeniooooooo!!!!

by FairweatherFan on May 14, 2008 5:36 PM PDT up 0 recs

A's fan + Sarcasm = FAIL!

"I been waitin' a long time for this! I been waitin' since the f**kin' amateurs!" --WILL "THE THRILL" CLARK

by Josh from Hollywood on May 14, 2008 6:59 PM PDT up 0 recs

sarcasm

is a native to my soul, but it’s hard to tell sometimes if someone is being sarcastic online.

by passionately objective on May 15, 2008 10:58 AM PDT up 0 recs

Schierholtz played 3rd early in his career

I bet he could move over to 2nd!

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by UnleashTheGore on May 14, 2008 12:57 PM PDT 0 recs

We've clearly covered he can't play 3rd...

I think we said he can’t convert to SS as well. But 2nd is open for discussion! DING DING

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by WalrusMan on May 14, 2008 1:04 PM PDT up 0 recs

Alex

I’ll take The Pen Is Mightier for $600.

Your 2011 SF Giants: the 2008 Augusta Greenjackets!

by Lyle on May 14, 2008 2:54 PM PDT up 0 recs

Answer:

Buckfutter!

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by UnleashTheGore on May 14, 2008 3:24 PM PDT up 0 recs

Next Question

I’ll take Anal Bum Cover for $200

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by Speedforthewin on May 14, 2008 3:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

ape tit

"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 May 15, 2008 8:25 AM PDT up 0 recs

DAMN YOU AND YOUR DAILY DOUBLES, YA BRIGAND!!!

Adoptive papa to Omar...so basically I'm screwed.

by PacBellBoozer on May 14, 2008 6:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

Ray Durham once played CF!

people hate you, but why do they hate you? because the are jealous!

by satyricrash on May 14, 2008 1:01 PM PDT 0 recs

John Bowker...

was not yet left-handed when he was in utero. Perhaps he could take over behind the plate when Molina’s contract is up.

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by leftymalo on May 14, 2008 1:07 PM PDT 0 recs

Sorry...

...he’s blocked by Schierholtz.

All-Father Watch: 1.33 ERA, 3 saves, 0.98 WHIP, 19 Ks in 20 1/3 IP

by EliminateMe on May 14, 2008 2:26 PM PDT up 0 recs

I like this comment

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on May 16, 2008 4:16 AM PDT up 0 recs

Your subject and your username are a perfect combination. I have this feeling we’ll regret letting Davis go so easily.

No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball

by Skaldheim on May 14, 2008 1:44 PM PDT 0 recs

Better than regretting letting Bocock go too late

Couldn’t resist.

Proud pappa of....STEVE HOLM!!

by UnleashTheGore on May 14, 2008 1:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

I think there is a chance.

Oh well.

Eugeniooooooo!!!!

by FairweatherFan on May 14, 2008 2:34 PM PDT up 0 recs

they never wanted Raj....

just a throw in…..

by slojoe on May 14, 2008 2:37 PM PDT 0 recs

But...

Raj proved his worth over the last half of last season and it was aplmost criminal to let him gowhen just a few weeks later bowker & velez, 2 of the reasons the giants felt they could DFA raj, are scarcely playing in the outfield anyway. Orty is the only player who gets regular backup OF duties

Todd Jennings: Next up on the Non-prospect Backup Catcher Train. Next Stop: The Pine at AT&T Park

by Speedforthewin on May 14, 2008 3:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

For which I am glad

FREE MY SON

Tentatively adopting Dan Ortmeier. And Boom Goes the Dynamite.

by Andy from DC on May 14, 2008 4:32 PM PDT up 0 recs

hey, i agree

only gave him ~20 AB’s this year and let him go…..i dont think they ever really believed in him…

by slojoe on May 14, 2008 8:06 PM PDT up 0 recs

It's probably a wash...

...which slappy hitting, fast running, defensively questionable rookie you experiment with at 2B. So I can’t really get worked up over them picking the one who’d played second before over the one who hadn’t.

All-Father Watch: 1.33 ERA, 3 saves, 0.98 WHIP, 19 Ks in 20 1/3 IP

by EliminateMe on May 14, 2008 4:20 PM PDT 0 recs

Rajai Davis is to second base as Pedro Feliz is to catcher.

Just because he has experience there doesn’t mean he’s any good, which is why he was moved off the position in the first place. This is commonly referred to as “Schierholtz Syndrome.”

Davis is to second base as Pedro Feliz is to catcher. An emergency backup.

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by Anticon23 on May 14, 2008 8:20 PM PDT 0 recs

I totally

repeated myself. Good God. I need sleep.

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by Anticon23 on May 14, 2008 8:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

I think what you're trying to say is...

That Pedro Feliz playing catcher is how Rajai Davis would play second? I may be wrong..

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by WalrusMan on May 14, 2008 10:10 PM PDT up 0 recs

Only to be used in the case of an emergency.

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by Anticon23 on May 14, 2008 10:30 PM PDT up 0 recs

Man, isn’t it SO WEIRD that Nate Schierholtz has “Schierholtz Syndrome?”

I mean, what are the chances??!

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on May 15, 2008 2:41 AM PDT up 0 recs

Tell me about it

by Lou Gehrig on May 16, 2008 4:29 AM PDT up 0 recs

Now that's an analogy

That I wish they’d have put on my SATs. Instead I got something to the effect of:

Snorlificous is to __ as Porvanous is to Welapidation ?

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by UnleashTheGore on May 15, 2008 8:58 AM PDT up 0 recs

Baseball makes everything easier to understand. Absolutely no lie.

Well we at least know that Welapidation is a noun, because Snorfilicious and Porvanous are adjectives. The next step: determining how one welapitades.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on May 15, 2008 9:17 AM PDT up 0 recs