The Next Fernando Tatis?

by ZZPops on Jan 7, 2011 5:15 PM EST

Remember when we signed a "finished" Fernando Tatis before 2007 and he turned into a great bench player for us?

Just a thought on a slow news day, but I think we should give a minor league deal to Eric Byrnes. He stole 50 bases in 2007 and has shown a little power over his career. He could be the fan favorite to replace Francoeur, though not in a starting role. Plus the obvious "grission" factor...

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Whats up Scotty, how was your new year?

Gas prices today are a lot like a pitcher's ERA. Anything under 3 is amazing, under 4 is pretty good and anything 5 and up is something you want to avoid.

by Bobby Baseball on Jan 7, 2011 5:49 PM EST reply actions

Whose Scotty?

There’s been a lot of talk about him lately.
Was he a troll or something?

John Franco (shoulda been) HOF 2011

by JoeBighead on Jan 7, 2011 7:45 PM EST up reply actions

Here's the link to the AA Memes

it hasn’t been updated since May 2009, so some more recent ones are missing but the fundamental AA memes are in there.

AA Memes

Chamption of the R.A. Dickey Face contest and "Cromulent Photoshopper Extraordinaire" of Amazin' Avenue!

by Steve Schreiber on Jan 7, 2011 8:29 PM EST up reply actions

I'm just going to get it out of the way

This should not be a FanPost.

Save Jenrry Mejia!

by Ogre39666 on Jan 7, 2011 7:21 PM EST reply actions

I'm guessing the script is gonna run something like this.

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Then We All Decide Whether We Like the Author By His Choice Between (i) “Nuh Uh, I can do what I want” (dislike) or (ii) “Oh hey, sorry about that. I’ll make this a FanShot next time. So in any event what do you think of the idea?” (like).

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It's a triumph of number crunching over the human spirit...aaaaaand, it’s about time. -- Play-by-Play Announcer, The Simpsons.

by MookieTheCat on Jan 7, 2011 7:54 PM EST up reply actions

he's got the minimum 75 words....

although some of them are numbers

by fxcarden on Jan 7, 2011 8:43 PM EST up reply actions

Some people are ok with the bare minimum, but I thought FanPosts were for people who want to express themselves.

Don’t you want to express yourself?

It's a triumph of number crunching over the human spirit...aaaaaand, it’s about time. -- Play-by-Play Announcer, The Simpsons.

by MookieTheCat on Jan 7, 2011 8:50 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs

The Nazis made people express themselves.

I am willing to wait to build a world class franchise (h/t to millsy)

by BobbyV_Incognito on Jan 7, 2011 9:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Eric Chavez

He is perhaps the position player equal of Kelvim Escobar but I wouldn’t mind having a utility corner infielder to mainly give Dubs a couple breathers. Lord knows he could use some days off to keep him from pressing himself into his occasional streaks..

by Wright of passage on Jan 7, 2011 10:27 PM EST reply actions

Eh, Emaus and Turner can do that.

I’d be okay with a ST non-roster invitee but that about as far as I’d go with Chavez.

Save Jenrry Mejia!

by Ogre39666 on Jan 7, 2011 10:48 PM EST up reply actions

Is SiteBot like Beetlejuice, where you say its name three times and it appears?

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

AA Gamethread Embiggening Record Holder- 453 posts (10/03/10)

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 7, 2011 11:00 PM EST reply actions

I'm pretty sure Byrnes not being able to crack a .275 OBP since 2007

makes acquiring him with the idea of actually letting him play a bad idea.

by Jack Str on Jan 8, 2011 1:11 AM EST reply actions

And he's still playing softball

& appears to be high on something when he’s on MLB Network.

What's that about?

by Brian. on Jan 8, 2011 1:13 AM EST up reply actions

If Omar was still here, he'd trade

Urbina and Puello to that softball team for Byrnes.

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Gil Hodges IS a Hall of Famer.

AA Gamethread Embiggening Record Holder- 453 posts (10/03/10)

by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 8, 2011 1:19 AM EST up reply actions

no thanks leave him on TV

Murphy if healthy will be able to play a lot of positions, he can start at 2B and then sub somewhere else when needed and have someone else take 2B (Turner or Emaus) or if Turner or Emaus win 2B job, Murphy is the bench guy that can play 1B,2B 3B, OF

Any task BIG or small, Do it well or not at all

by Rickfansince76 on Jan 8, 2011 8:52 AM EST reply actions