Questions Without Answers
by Ken Arneson
2007-09-23 22:49

Am I bad person for laughing out loud at the video where Milton Bradley got tackled by his own manager and ended up injured?

Where is Ken Macha when you need him?

How is Jorge Velandia still playing in the major leagues?

Suppose, for a moment, that the A’s sign Barry Bonds next year…and you wanted both Bonds and Jack Cust in the lineup on the same day…which one would you put in the field? Would you play a real centerfielder (Kotsay/Denorfia) beside your choice and sit one of (Swisher/Buck/Barton)?  Or would you put Buck or Swisher in CF?

When Bob decided to rename the divisions after the best player from the winning team who played his entire career with that team (Tim Salmon, for instance), it got me wondering. Which retired A’s players actually qualify? The A’s don’t keep players like Tim Salmon for their whole careers; they all leave one way or another. Which one of the following possibilities (those with over 100 career games) would Bob have picked if the A’s had won the AL West instead of the Angels?

Player Games
Lance Blankenship 461
Troy Neel 230
Steve McCatty 222
Mike Norris 204
Jose Herrera 141
Mark Acre 114
Jeff Jones 112
Herb Washington 105
John Briscoe 102

Or would Bob have weaseled out of this tough decision and just went with an active player like Eric Chavez or Mark Ellis instead?

How did Rusty Greer become a prototype? Seems like every other OF prospect is compared to him these days. Seems pretty random to me. Can I start using Toaster writers as my prototypes, instead?

It’s driving me nuts, and I can’t put my finger on it: whose swing does Daric Barton remind me of? I want to say it’s kinda like a cross between Ted Williams and Jon Weisman, but that’s not quite it.

Doesn’t Jerry Blevins remind you of Bob Timmermann with a better fastball?

Isn’t disallowing Dallas Braden from using his screwball like not allowing Mark Donohue to write long paragraphs? You’re taking away his genius.

When is Philip going to fork over my hard-won Cesar Izturis bobblehead to me?

Is anybody out there interested in sharing some partial season tickets for next year? One of the people in my group is dropping out. Email me at catfish AT zombia.com if you have any interest.

Comments: 6
1.   Bob Timmermann
2007-09-24 00:20

1.  I would have gone back to the Philadelphia days and picked Eddie Rommel.

2.   Ken Arneson
2007-09-24 00:42

2.  You weasel.

3.   ToyCannon
2007-09-24 07:48

3.  The "Mike Norris Divsion" has a great ring to it.

4.   dianagramr
2007-09-24 11:07

4.  Bradley has torn ACL ...

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3033346

5.   Ken Arneson
2007-09-24 11:20

5.  Wouldn't it be funny if sometime next year, Bobby Crosby and Jason Kendall collide violently at home plate, and Crosby walks away without a scratch while Kendall tears his ACL?

OK, I'm in a weird mood...

6.   Philip Michaels
2007-09-24 13:47

6.  "When is Philip going to fork over my hard-won Cesar Izturis bobblehead to me?"

They don't present the Stanley Cup while the third period is still being played.

Don't worry, champion-elect: a small-and-tasteful ceremony in your honor is being planned.

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