who all watched the MLB homerun derby last night (7/11/2011) and saw a bunch of huge blasts by all the competitors, but I was also pleased that Robinson Cano won it showin the Yankee love
He's got some skill, but I'll take the HR Gonzo crushed a few minutes ago over a HR derby win.
Any AL team is screwed if they match up against the Giants in the WS
Great pitching + huge ballpark > any AL offense
It'd be fun if it were a Giants vs Yankees WSWe'll just have to wait and see
It'd be fun if it were a Giants vs Yankees WS
If the G men do make it though, I hope its against Boston. Just like we took advantage of Vlad in the outfield during the last WS, I can see us taking advantage of Big Papi at first. Defense wins championships!
That was awesome watching the NL hand it to the AL.
I'm surprised that NL is that much better than the AL... without Albert Pujols to boot.
Where would they put Ortiz? Boston would never leave his bat off the lineup for the entire WS. What were their line ups for interleague play?They won't put Ortiz at first b/c of Adrian Gonzalez. They are stronger with Youk at 3rd and A Gonz at 1st. Ortiz would be a clutch pinch hitter though. I wouldn't mind watching your Giants tear apart the Red Sox if that were to happen though.
Where would they put Ortiz? Boston would never leave his bat off the lineup for the entire WS. What were their line ups for interleague play?
Which is exactly why I'd want to face them in the WS. I know they would not leave Ortiz's bat off, so that'd HAVE to put Gonzo in RF (which, seeing how RF at AT&T park ate up Vlad, is going to be a huge advantage for us - we probably have one of the most difficult RF's to play in). Bring on Boston!!!They tried out Ortiz at 1B and A. Gonz in RF for two games but I think Francona realized that it was a horrible alignment since they lost those two games.
Ortiz is actually very good at first base. I think you'd be very surprised. Yes, there is an issue with our line up @ NL home games. We have also been plagued with the injury bug a bit, and that was evident during interleauge play.
Lets see what happens with teams after the trade deadline.
I'm with Hitman on this one. Ortiz at 1st would be a wreck for the Red Sox, and I'd welcome that with open arms if I were an NL team going against Boston in the WS. A few drag bunts towards the 1st base line and maybe they'll end up doing what the Rangers did with Vlad last WS: bench him.
you guys act as if this hasn't happened, for inter-league play every year , and also the two world series that they've won. stop drinking the hateraid imo
plenty of first basemen are.. look at prince fielder.
So roughly around 2000 innings give or take playing in the field, and he has a .989 fielding percentage, is still pretty good... HE COULD play 1st, I'm not saying he'd be a gold glove, or an all-star first baseman, but he's definitely serviceable at first base.
And I know very well that we had Lowell on his team, I said he played in inter-league at first every year, Lowell would usually sit and Youk would slide over to 3rd base, unless Ortiz was given a day off.
Don't forget that these guys careers start before the pros, and that he practices as a 1st basemen, every spring training and every practice, warm up session every year he's played in the pros, from start to finish.
He's also played 4 games in the World Series, 1.000% fielding percentage, talk about pretty damn good for a guy who "can't play first" I'm not putting it up for debate that he should start for the Red Sox at first, or anywhere ( I like him as our DH) but to say he couldn't go play first somewhere is silly.
Where are your stats coming from, because I'm not seeing the same stats as you. And of course he's in there for his hitting, a monster hitter without any chance of injuring himself on the field, why would you if you didn't have too.
Where are your stats coming from, because I'm not seeing the same stats as you. And of course he's in there for his hitting, a monster hitter without any chance of injuring himself on the field, why would you if you didn't have too.
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