Comments on: Doc’s Back, I’m Next http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/ Covering the MLB with a focus on the Toronto Blue Jays Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:15:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Norm http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35960 Norm Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:19:06 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35960 I see that Scutaro is only 3 for his last 32. I think he needs a day off, and not just on the off-day Thursday! Sit him out Wed., and with the off-day Thurs. as well, he should be rejuvenated for the Yankee series. MW: Or not. I see that Scutaro is only 3 for his last 32. I think he needs a day off, and not just on the off-day Thursday! Sit him out Wed., and with the off-day Thurs. as well, he should be rejuvenated for the Yankee series.

MW: Or not.

]]> By: Norm http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35958 Norm Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:49:33 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35958 Mike, a couple of days ago I asked you about the status of Kyle Phillips, and you said you thought he was "still hanging around", awaiting developments. For anyone else who may have been interested, I see he appeared in last night's game at Las Vegas, coming in to catch after they pinch-ran for JP Arencibia. So I guess the "developments" have "developed", at least as long as Barajas can function a bit. Mike, a couple of days ago I asked you about the status of Kyle Phillips, and you said you thought he was “still hanging around”, awaiting developments.

For anyone else who may have been interested, I see he appeared in last night’s game at Las Vegas, coming in to catch after they pinch-ran for JP Arencibia. So I guess the “developments” have “developed”, at least as long as Barajas can function a bit.

]]> By: Norm http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35957 Norm Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:43:38 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35957 Hey, Mike: Not much to say about the Jays that hasn't already been said (ad infinitum), so instead I'll get a bit "picky" with a couple of posts. 1. Your response to #11 -- "the time has long since past...". Wrong word! In this sentence construction, the word should be "passed". 2. Terry, Post #16 -- "renegotiate his contract (aka Chipper Jones)" -- the abbreviation "aka" means "also known as" -- rather hard to figure out how a contract can be "also known as" Chipper Jones! Probably you meant to say "ala", which (roughly) means "as in". MW: 1 - You're right, or probably I should have used "is" instead of "has". 2 - Very true. Hey, Mike:

Not much to say about the Jays that hasn’t already been said (ad infinitum), so instead I’ll get a bit “picky” with a couple of posts.

1. Your response to #11 — “the time has long since past…”. Wrong word! In this sentence construction, the word should be “passed”.

2. Terry, Post #16 — “renegotiate his contract (aka Chipper Jones)” — the abbreviation “aka” means “also known as” — rather hard to figure out how a contract can be “also known as” Chipper Jones! Probably you meant to say “ala”, which (roughly) means “as in”.

MW: 1 – You’re right, or probably I should have used “is” instead of “has”. 2 – Very true.

]]> By: Jim in Ohio http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35953 Jim in Ohio Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:30:36 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35953 Regarding post #3, I stand corrected. I got my info from Bill James on the radio one day back in 1995, obviously your info is more accurate as he spoke off the top of his head. If Jackson did indeed strike out the side in the second inning of game #5 it is possible it is not listed because it was a post season game. Just a thought. MW: It is possible that it's recorded elsewhere because it was a post-season game, but I can't find a reference to it anywhere. Regarding post #3, I stand corrected. I got my info from Bill James on the radio one day back in 1995, obviously your info is more accurate as he spoke off the top of his head. If Jackson did indeed strike out the side in the second inning of game #5 it is possible it is not listed because it was a post season game. Just a thought.

MW: It is possible that it’s recorded elsewhere because it was a post-season game, but I can’t find a reference to it anywhere.

]]> By: Warren http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35944 Warren Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:15:55 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35944 Mike, its a shame Doc couldnt be back for Sundays game vs the Phillies. I say this because if he was, it would be a Doc vs Burnett encore presentation at the new Yankee Stadium. Its great to hear you recovered Mike! I can't wait to hear your voice on the post game. Its a shame you weren't on the show when someone called up and said, "Hi Alex, How come the Jays always hit into pop flies and double plays?" I laughed my eyes out when I heard that. One more thing Mike: I can't seem to convince my friend that you can't just "get rid of" Rios and Wells. I constantly told him no one wants the 50 million dollars in Vernon's last 2 years and Rios' value is probably at an all time low and you couldn't get anything worth trading for him. Also, these two guys can turn it up and suddenly go on 10 for 16 type streaks and then go on a tear. I just want to know whos side you back up. MW: I think that the Jays could find a trade partner for either Wells or Rios if they really wanted to move them, but I don't see a point in trading guys at the low point of their value. Mike, its a shame Doc couldnt be back for Sundays game vs the Phillies. I say this because if he was, it would be a Doc vs Burnett encore presentation at the new Yankee Stadium.

Its great to hear you recovered Mike! I can’t wait to hear your voice on the post game. Its a shame you weren’t on the show when someone called up and said, “Hi Alex, How come the Jays always hit into pop flies and double plays?” I laughed my eyes out when I heard that.

One more thing Mike: I can’t seem to convince my friend that you can’t just “get rid of” Rios and Wells. I constantly told him no one wants the 50 million dollars in Vernon’s last 2 years and Rios’ value is probably at an all time low and you couldn’t get anything worth trading for him. Also, these two guys can turn it up and suddenly go on 10 for 16 type streaks and then go on a tear. I just want to know whos side you back up.

MW: I think that the Jays could find a trade partner for either Wells or Rios if they really wanted to move them, but I don’t see a point in trading guys at the low point of their value.

]]> By: dave http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35943 dave Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:06:54 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35943 Hi Mike. Glad to hear you're back. The Rays are looking like a very confident team again this year. I would think you might be regretting calling them 1 year wonders. I love watching a team like the Rays and the moves they have made to get where they are. A team that values bench players, evaluates talent properly. They have Zobrist and Aybar, we have McDonald and Bautista. With Longoria, Upton, and Crawford signed for the foreseeable future, I can see why you think our Blue Jays are going to be a monster team in 2010. In my humble opinion, we must make moves designed to improve our future, with 90 plus win seasons in mind. Keep Halladay, Lind, Hill, Snyder, Romero, Downs, and Cecil. Gut the rest, including JP. With proper direction, we should have some chips to parlay into some decent prospects. It should be perceived as a blessing that Rolen, Overbay and Scutaro are playing well. Trade them now because they most certainly aren't going to be around when we finally start to contend. The longer we continue to fool ourselves into thinking we are contenders, the longer mediocrity will reign over our team. This will be the 8th year we have not played a meaningful August game. One last thought that really irks me. When the Mets crumpled again down the stretch last year, mainly due to their bullpen, Seattle sent them a gift in JJ Putz. Why does our gm sit on his hands and do nothing, when the Mets would have jumped at the chance to get BJ Ryan. Putz was more broken down than Ryan. Please don't tell me he probably tried to trade him, because you would really be missing my point. Dump contract to have some extra money for our hall of famer. MW: I would have been active in trying to trade B.J. Ryan this off-season, but there are those who would have traded Scott Rolen for a bag of balls this off-season. I never called the Rays a one-year wonder, but I did say that I thought they'd drop off and be about a 78-win team this season before being good long-term. Maybe I went a little worst-case there, but I don't think the Rays will be in the playoffs this year, nor do I think that they'l be as good as seemingly everyone seems to believe they will in the long-term. Hi Mike. Glad to hear you’re back. The Rays are looking like a very confident team again this year. I would think you might be regretting calling them 1 year wonders. I love watching a team like the Rays and the moves they have made to get where they are. A team that values bench players, evaluates talent properly. They have Zobrist and Aybar, we have McDonald and Bautista. With Longoria, Upton, and Crawford signed for the foreseeable future, I can see why you think our Blue Jays are going to be a monster team in 2010. In my humble opinion, we must make moves designed to improve our future, with 90 plus win seasons in mind. Keep Halladay, Lind, Hill, Snyder, Romero, Downs, and Cecil. Gut the rest, including JP. With proper direction, we should have some chips to parlay into some decent prospects. It should be perceived as a blessing that Rolen, Overbay and Scutaro are playing well. Trade them now because they most certainly aren’t going to be around when we finally start to contend. The longer we continue to fool ourselves into thinking we are contenders, the longer mediocrity will reign over our team. This will be the 8th year we have not played a meaningful August game. One last thought that really irks me. When the Mets crumpled again down the stretch last year, mainly due to their bullpen, Seattle sent them a gift in JJ Putz. Why does our gm sit on his hands and do nothing, when the Mets would have jumped at the chance to get BJ Ryan. Putz was more broken down than Ryan. Please don’t tell me he probably tried to trade him, because you would really be missing my point. Dump contract to have some extra money for our hall of famer.

MW: I would have been active in trying to trade B.J. Ryan this off-season, but there are those who would have traded Scott Rolen for a bag of balls this off-season. I never called the Rays a one-year wonder, but I did say that I thought they’d drop off and be about a 78-win team this season before being good long-term. Maybe I went a little worst-case there, but I don’t think the Rays will be in the playoffs this year, nor do I think that they’l be as good as seemingly everyone seems to believe they will in the long-term.

]]> By: FLIPPER http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35938 FLIPPER Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:31:15 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35938 Hey, Mike. You had a call tonight about the park.. There is nothing wrong with the park.. Rather then build a new park and suck tax-payers money.. I think that you could change the porch dimensions and ad some charecter to the place.. I realize it is a multi-event complex, but it would sure be nice to walk into a park and see maybe a high wall down left field , maybe a jutt in the wall, and then head deep to centre and repeat going to right with funky stuff.. If they had of built it that way from the begining. You might have something like Alamars Alley.. Anyway Mike my idea of a porch is ,not somebody who takes a string and draws a complete semi-circle for the outfield fences.. This still could be changed.. The positives kill the negatives.. Whats your take Mike? MW: You cold funkify the dimensions of the playing surface a bit, but only by making it smaller. There certainly couldn't be a high wall added or anything like that, nor could you back up the fences, because of the seating. Hey, Mike. You had a call tonight about the park.. There is nothing wrong with the park.. Rather then build a new park and suck tax-payers money.. I think that you could change the porch dimensions and ad some charecter to the place.. I realize it is a multi-event complex, but it would sure be nice to walk into a park and see maybe a high wall down left field , maybe a jutt in the wall, and then head deep to centre and repeat going to right with funky stuff.. If they had of built it that way from the begining. You might have something like Alamars Alley.. Anyway Mike my idea of a porch is ,not somebody who takes a string and draws a complete semi-circle for the outfield fences.. This still could be changed.. The positives kill the negatives.. Whats your take Mike?

MW: You cold funkify the dimensions of the playing surface a bit, but only by making it smaller. There certainly couldn’t be a high wall added or anything like that, nor could you back up the fences, because of the seating.

]]> By: Pramit http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35935 Pramit Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:38:00 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35935 Hey Mike, I want to run this potential line up by you (vs. righties that is) and see what you think... Scutaro Hill Overbay Rolen Lind Wells Rios Barajas Adams MW: I don't have a problem with it, but I don't think at this point that Wells deserves to be hitting ahead of Rios. Hey Mike, I want to run this potential line up by you (vs. righties that is) and see what you think…

Scutaro
Hill
Overbay
Rolen
Lind
Wells
Rios
Barajas
Adams

MW: I don’t have a problem with it, but I don’t think at this point that Wells deserves to be hitting ahead of Rios.

]]> By: Terry Bradley http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35933 Terry Bradley Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:21:12 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35933 Hey Mike, hope you're feeling better. You've obviously spoken to Vernon on many occasions, if only at a cursory level. What do you think the chances are that he'd be willing to renegotiate his contract (aka Chipper Jones) in order to free up $$$ for Halladay? I'd become a Vernon Wells fan right quick if I read in the paper that he walked into Beeston's/JP's office and asked that $5 million a year be moved from his salary to Roy's over the the duration of his contract. MW: I wouldn't bet on it. Hey Mike, hope you’re feeling better.

You’ve obviously spoken to Vernon on many occasions, if only at a cursory level. What do you think the chances are that he’d be willing to renegotiate his contract (aka Chipper Jones) in order to free up $$$ for Halladay? I’d become a Vernon Wells fan right quick if I read in the paper that he walked into Beeston’s/JP’s office and asked that $5 million a year be moved from his salary to Roy’s over the the duration of his contract.

MW: I wouldn’t bet on it.

]]> By: marco http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35932 marco Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:03:08 +0000 http://blog.rogersbroadcasting.com/mikewilner/2009/06/30/docs-back-im-next/#comment-35932 1/2 of jays remaining games are against red sox, yankees and rays. jays will be lucky to win 40% of them at best. the jays will prob be below .500 at season's end. what an embarassing end to a team that was 14 games above .500. and then we have to go through this all over again next year! MW: Weren't you one of those who said they were all but guaranteed to be in the playoffs after the hot start? 1/2 of jays remaining games are against red sox, yankees and rays. jays will be lucky to win 40% of them at best. the jays will prob be below .500 at season’s end. what an embarassing end to a team that was 14 games above .500. and then we have to go through this all over again next year!

MW: Weren’t you one of those who said they were all but guaranteed to be in the playoffs after the hot start?

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