bmwracer wrote:
Well we've got him for two years, so we'll see how bad or good he is for the team....
Arizona's loading up: they picked up oft-injured Troy Glaus and Russ Ortiz... Loks like they'll be back in contention next season....
Angels pick up Steve Finley.... I know the guy's 39 years old, but the Dodgers still shoulda kept him... Dopes.
Yea Arizona is making a come back! I miss Russ Ortiz here still. And Steve Finely was someone I really hoped the Giants would have signed. The only moves we made here was resign some key players and bring in Armando Benitez and Omar Vizquel :hehe:
I figured the big 3 will have to get dismantled but getting rid of 2 of them might be a little overboard. Pitching is a premium in baseball and even though they do have Harden, I'm wondering if it would have been a better choice to ditch Zito. Well, on the bright side of things the A's still got an ace in Zito and a very good number 2 starter in Harden. Just need some offense.
eltinator wrote:I figured the big 3 will have to get dismantled but getting rid of 2 of them might be a little overboard. Pitching is a premium in baseball and even though they do have Harden, I'm wondering if it would have been a better choice to ditch Zito. Well, on the bright side of things the A's still got an ace in Zito and a very good number 2 starter in Harden. Just need some offense.
Yeah, but Oakland (or any team for that matter) isn't going to be able to survive on a two-man pitching rotation... :(
bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, but Oakland (or any team for that matter) isn't going to be able to survive on a two-man pitching rotation... :(
Well I wouldn't say that, we've seen the D-backs win a world series behind the 1-2 combo of Johnson and Schilling. They'll need some descent number 3-5 pitchers in that rotation but the A's farm system has always been good. They still got Chavez offensively and I like Eric Byrnes. They still need another bat though but if Zito comes back to Cy Young form and Harden matures the way he was projected to and say you get an extra win from the 3-5 guys then you can win every 3 out of 5 games and that's a .600 winning percentage right there.
eltinator wrote:if Zito comes back to Cy Young form and Harden matures the way he was projected to and say you get an extra win from the 3-5 guys then you can win every 3 out of 5 games and that's a .600 winning percentage right there.
Well yea they're not going to win every start, you get some wins from the other guys of course and it evens out. But that's basically the philosophy of every good pitching team. The Braves of the 90s pretty much won it that way with their big 3 :hehe: :hehe:
eltinator wrote:Well yea they're not going to win every start, you get some wins from the other guys of course and it evens out. But that's basically the philosophy of every good pitching team. The Braves of the 90s pretty much won it that way with their big 3 :hehe: :hehe:
Yet the Braves only managed one championship out of all that. :beaten:
Thinking back (way way before your time, Elt), the Dodgers of the 60's were like that: Koufax and Drysdale were THE big guns (Koufax averaged 20+ wins :shocked: between 1961-1966) and they scored very few runs, yet they won two championships ('63 and '65)... :)
Yes, Last week was a very bad week for A's fans. It may make them better in 2006 but ouch. I am very depressed. I never really liked Giambi that much. Loosing Tejada sucked but Hudson and Mulder. :shamefulcry:
Doramafan113 wrote:Yes, Last week was a very bad week for A's fans. It may make them better in 2006 but ouch. I am very depressed. I never really liked Giambi that much. Loosing Tejada sucked but Hudson and Mulder. :shamefulcry:
It's gonna be a long year. :shakehead: :beaten:
Hmm, Elt seems more positive about the upcoming season... :)
bmwracer wrote:
Yet the Braves only managed one championship out of all that. :beaten:
1 championship but the team made it every year. I never said it'll work in the playoffs but if it's making the post season, then yea sure the philosophy is great! :hehe:
bmwracer wrote:
Thinking back (way way before your time, Elt), the Dodgers of the 60's were like that: Koufax and Drysdale were THE big guns (Koufax averaged 20+ wins :shocked: between 1961-1966) and they scored very few runs, yet they won two championships ('63 and '65)... :)
Didn't the Dodgers have some other guy also next to Herseisher in the 80s?
bmwracer wrote:
Hmm, Elt seems more positive about the upcoming season...
Well the A's always surprise me every year, especially with their small franchise market. I did a research paper report on baseball's market and personally I'm totally against small market teams. I hate them but I gotta give it to david sometimes. The moves the A's did aren't great but they had to make them for the long term future and I understand why Billy Beane made them. Anyways I hope the Giants can find a bat to put behind Barry this off season. I'm praying for Sosa in a giants uniform as a christmas gift :hehe: :hehe:
eltinator wrote:Didn't the Dodgers have some other guy also next to Herseisher in the 80s?
In that amazing championship season of '88, Tim Belcher was the number two to Hershiser, and number three was Tim Leary... I don't remember who their fourth pitcher was... They had Fernando, but he was hurt or something... What a year that was. :woot:
Looks like I got my Christmas wish of adding a big bat behind Bonds in Moises Alou! :woot: :woot: :dancing:
All right so now we got a big bat, new closer, upgraded defense in Matheny and Vizquel and I like the young pitching staff here. Another middle reliever probably wouldn't hurt. :mrgreen: