Nats set to sign Tony Womack

In article <d6Odnb8KMK265zLYnZ2dnUVZ_rylnZ2d RemoveThis @cavtel.net>,
FSogol RemoveThis @nospamplease.org says...
> Good move IMO. Womack gives some protection should Lopez or Zimmerman,
> go down and if Guz really is finished. I guess we are on the verge of
> becoming the Ex-Reds. I think we are down to 5 Ex-Expos (Schiender,
> Rauch, Blanco, Ayala, and Cordero.

A player must be truly awful if Womack's a suitable Plan B.
Having Tony Womack on your team is like using lottery tickets as
your car insurance.

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Dan Szymborski
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"A critic who refuses to attack what is bad is not
a whole-hearted supporter of what is good."

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>
> Ok, I forgot some, but Hill couldn't have pitched more than 4 games for
> the Expos could he? Plus, I'd never want to forget the 'spos. They
> were my favorite team
>

Hill did not pitch very much in Montreal. So the Expos were your
favourite team and then they moved to where you live?? I suppose that
is a good consolation.
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Marc-NS wrote:
>
>>becoming the Ex-Reds. I think we are down to 5 Ex-Expos (Schiender,
>>Rauch, Blanco, Ayala, and Cordero.
>
>
> Now...now don't try to kill off the Expos just yet... Off the top of
> my head there is also John Patterson, Shawn Hill, Nick Johnson and Ryan
> Church.
>

Ok, I forgot some, but Hill couldn't have pitched more than 4 games for
the Expos could he? Plus, I'd never want to forget the 'spos. They
were my favorite team

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Dan Szymborski wrote:

> A player must be truly awful if Womack's a suitable Plan B.
> Having Tony Womack on your team is like using lottery tickets as
> your car insurance.
>
What's wrong with having a journeyman player to play some backup IF
positions? Womack can also play the outfield. Good guy to have around
with a young inexperienced team with a young manager. Womack avg .273
for 13 seasons seems ok. How would our season look if Lopez got hurt?
Lopez is currently our best healthy hitter/run scorer.

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FSogol
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Marc-NS wrote:
>>Ok, I forgot some, but Hill couldn't have pitched more than 4 games for
>>the Expos could he? Plus, I'd never want to forget the 'spos. They
>>were my favorite team
>
> Hill did not pitch very much in Montreal. So the Expos were your
> favourite team and then they moved to where you live?? I suppose that
> is a good consolation.
>
Yup. It also must be a first given the fact that teams don't move very
often. What are the odds that a MLB team that you have rooted for since
1973 moves to your town?

I did felt guilty because I hung out on the Expos board and was excited
about the move during everyone's misery.

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In article <FJadnbP7AIWPODLYnZ2dnUVZ_tqnnZ2d.DeleteThis@cavtel.net>,
FSogol.DeleteThis@nospamplease.org says...
> Dan Szymborski wrote:
>
> > A player must be truly awful if Womack's a suitable Plan B.
> > Having Tony Womack on your team is like using lottery tickets as
> > your car insurance.
> >
> What's wrong with having a journeyman player to play some backup IF
> positions?

When the journeyman player can't hit or field. Womack's a
horrific defensive infielder and would have to improve
substantially to be an awful hitter.

> Womack can also play the outfield. Good guy to have around
> with a young inexperienced team with a young manager. Womack avg .273
> for 13 seasons seems ok.

Not when the .273 is by far the *best* part of your offensive
profile. 273/317/356 is terrible for a second baseman and worse
for a second baseman who has no glove.

Him being in the outfield doesn't help things - if you're
playing a hitter as wretched as Womack is in the outfield, you
might as well just quit.

There is no role that Womack can contribute in.

> How would our season look if Lopez got hurt?
> Lopez is currently our best healthy hitter/run scorer.

Doesn't the Baltimore/DC area have any homeless left? Most of
them are probably better players than Womack.

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Dan Szymborski
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"A critic who refuses to attack what is bad is not
a whole-hearted supporter of what is good."

-Robert Schumann
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