data.3news-bydate.train.rec.sport.baseball.104729 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
From: Thomas Hyer
Subject: Re: Jays' Darrin Jackson is a nightmare!
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In article , [email protected] (Eric Klinker)
says:
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>DJ was a popular player in San Diego, Derek Bell was not faring well in the
>clubhouse at Toronto, so no matter how bad he looks now I still think it
>was a steal for the Jays just from the perspective of team chemistry.
>No statistic can describe it (sorry statheads) and since there are so many
>new faces in the clubhouse I think the Jays are still trying to find it.
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>(Insert the same comment into the Jack Morris v. Clemens WS Ring string)
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I laugh at you now, and I will laugh at you again, equally publicly,
when the Jays finish third due to the severe depletion of their talent.
I think Bill James put it best (about Sparky Anderson, _Abstract_ 1983):
"There are a million guys in this country with great attitudes, but there
are only about five hundred who can play a major league brand of baseball;
which are you going to take?"
Tom Hyer