Craig Wilson

To give credit where it is due, Paul and other statheads have been screaming to
get Wilson some more at bats.

To bad it took this long for Mac to figure it out.

Wick Deer
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Alan & Erin Williams wrote:

>
> I'd naturally love to see Craig Wilson succeed, but I *really* don't
> like his batting stance. I'm thinking that as a ballplayer, CW will
> experience a very rapid decline phase, that once his reflexes become
> only slightly slower, he'll be unable to hit the low, outside strike.

I won't argue the point except to ask - since he's only 26 why would you
expect any of that to happen in the next few years?

Even if you're right I can't see any reason he wouldn't be a cheap,
adequate or more first baseman for the next four years before any
decline starts to set in.

Paul Galvanek - Ver. 4.0


--
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government.
It can only exist until the voters discover that they can
vote themselves largess from the public treasury.”

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Wickdeer3 wrote:

> To bad it took this long for Mac to figure it out.

Are you sure he's figured it out?

Even with everything that's transpired this year his playing time is
going to finish up somewhere between his 2001 season and 2002.

At this point it looks simply like Rivera's failure to hit and the Giles
trade have left few other options as the season winds down.

If the Pirates were smart they'd avoid any arbitration nastiness and
give Wilson a modest 4 year deal and stick him at first full time, but
his strike out totals aren't ever going to endear him to McClendon and
as long as he's manager Wilson is going to be the odd man out.

Hope I'm wrong, but doubt I am.

Paul Galvanek - Ver. 4.0

--
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government.
It can only exist until the voters discover that they can
vote themselves largess from the public treasury.”

-- Sir Alex Fraser Tytler
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Wickdeer3 wrote:

> To give credit where it is due, Paul and other statheads have been screaming to
> get Wilson some more at bats.

Is that all we get credit for? How many currently on the Wonder Hamster
bandwagon were ripping "the signing of Milwaukee's cast offs" in the off
season?

Paul Galvanek - ver. 4.0

--
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government.
It can only exist until the voters discover that they can
vote themselves largess from the public treasury.”

-- Sir Alex Fraser Tytler
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Paul wrote:

>Wickdeer3 wrote:
>
>> To give credit where it is due, Paul and other statheads have been
>screaming to
>> get Wilson some more at bats.
>
>Is that all we get credit for? How many currently on the Wonder Hamster
>bandwagon were ripping "the signing of Milwaukee's cast offs" in the off
>season?
>

I was not trying for a comprehensive evaluation of all you comments.

Accept the compliment, and move on.

I will produce a detailed evaluation of all your comments right after I finish
reading War and Peace. In Russian, which will have to wait until I learn
Russian, which is currently fourth on the list of languages I want to teach
myself, which . . .

Well, you get the idea.

Wick
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