data.3news-bydate.train.rec.sport.baseball.104726 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (Roger Maynard)
Subject: Re: Jack Morris
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON
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In <[email protected]> [email protected] writes:
> Ok, Roger, here's a question for you. Say you are running an expansion
>team. You don't HAVE a team at the moment, but the draft is coming up. Who
>are you going to pick, guys who have won the most WS rings, or guys who
>COULD contribute the most to your team. Say the Reds were dumb enough to
>not protect Larkin, and the Jays didn't protect Alfredo. Who would you
>pick?
For an expansion team? I'm pretty sure I would go with the rings, as long
as their salaries and ages weren't too high. I would want the fans to be
able to identify the players. I would like a championship attitude in the
clubhouse.
As for Larkin and Griffin? Salaries aside, I would have to consider which
player is likeliest to contribute to a WS victory. Past performance, age and
attitude would all be integral to my decision. I certainly wouldn't just
haul out my copy of Gillete and pick Larkin, as many others would. And,
unlike many others who post to this group, I hardly consider myself quali-
fied to make those kinds of decisions.
> (I can't believe I'm getting involved in this... :)
I have never been able to believe it about myself, to tell you the truth.
It's like banging your head against a stone wall.
--
cordially, as always, [email protected]
"So many morons...
rm ...and so little time."