Hampton

"Jon Richardson" <jonrichardson RemoveThis @rogers.com> wrote

> I suppose it won't make you feel better to know that Hampton is under
> contract for 4 more years after this one, the last three at $15M each?

John Schuerholz at his happy best.

Cheers,
Jolly Rogers
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> I suppose it won't make you feel better to know that Hampton is under
> contract for 4 more years after this one, the last three at $15M each?

seriously, if he doesn't come around soon, there are going to be some hard
questions about years 4-6 on that contract. it will be, by far, the worst
contract the team has.

i still believe hampton is going to be a better-than-average pitcher, but i'm
running out of patience.

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"Ben" <bblankin.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:

> seriously, if he doesn't come around soon, there are going to be some
hard
> questions about years 4-6 on that contract. it will be, by far, the
worst
> contract the team has.

I'm glad some folks are finally coming around tho the truth. It's quite
good to see.

> i still believe hampton is going to be a better-than-average pitcher,
but i'm
> running out of patience.

You're not really holding your breath, are you?

Jolly Rogers
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"Ben" <bblankin.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:

> seriously, if he doesn't come around soon, there are going to be some
hard
> questions about years 4-6 on that contract. it will be, by far, the
worst
> contract the team has.

I'm glad some folks are finally coming around tho the truth. It's quite
good to see.

> i still believe hampton is going to be a better-than-average pitcher,
but i'm
> running out of patience.

You're not really holding your breath, are you?

Jolly Rogers
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"Ben" <bblankin.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:2fvjkmF2u25jU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > I suppose it won't make you feel better to know that Hampton is under
> > contract for 4 more years after this one, the last three at $15M each?
>
> seriously, if he doesn't come around soon, there are going to be some hard
> questions about years 4-6 on that contract. it will be, by far, the worst
> contract the team has.
>
> i still believe hampton is going to be a better-than-average pitcher, but
i'm
> running out of patience.

I don't think he pitched as poorly as the score would indicate yesterday. A
couple of wind-aided homers in the first and some really poor defense didn't
help matters. Having said that, he isn't pitching well. OTOH, It's still
early enough in the year that guys like Zito, Ponson, Mussina, and Maddux
all have ERAs over 5. I'm not giving up on him yet.
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Alan Honeycutt wrote:
> A couple of wind-aided homers in the first and some
> really poor defense didn't help matters.

He is the victim of wind-aided homers.

"Yeah, that's the ticket!" $1 to John Lovitz

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It reminds me a bit of Steve Avery's transition. He's not getting on top of
the ball. His arm is dragging behind his momentum and consequently he's lost
the little bit of movement he had on his pitches. Hampton is a borderline
pitcher who needs both some zip and good location to succeed. Without it,
he's just serving up good batting practice. Maybe some work with Leo can
make the adjustment, but there's also the confidence factor that Hampton
seemed to indicate effected his ability in Colorado and NY.

Robert
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