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"Brian Whiting" <CompAid.TakeThisOut@rcn.com> wrote in message
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> "FSogol" <FSogol.TakeThisOut@nospamplease.org> wrote in message
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>> Corey Patterson. This is a head scratcher. Why sign him? He could only
>> hit 8 hr at homer-friendly Camden Yards. What makes him better than
>> Church?
>
>
> Have they already signed him? It sounds the way you put it that it's a
> no-brainer that they blew.


Looking at his career stats, he's only had a couple close to full seasons.
Given his lack of durability (or maybe it's a lack of staying in the
starting lineup), I'd say a resounding NO!

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Brian Whiting wrote:
> "FSogol" <FSogol.RemoveThis@nospamplease.org> wrote in message
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>> Corey Patterson. This is a head scratcher. Why sign him? He could only
>> hit 8 hr at homer-friendly Camden Yards. What makes him better than
>> Church?
>
>
> Have they already signed him? It sounds the way you put it that it's a
> no-brainer that they blew.
>
Sorry. He has not been signed.

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Say it anit so. Patterson stinks - going all the way back to his Cub days.
This would be like someone going at and signing Nook Logan. Unreal it is
even a consideration.

"FSogol" <FSogol DeleteThis @nospamplease.org> wrote in message
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> Corey Patterson. This is a head scratcher. Why sign him? He could only
> hit 8 hr at homer-friendly Camden Yards. What makes him better than
> Church?
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"Bill Delmore" <bdelmore.TakeThisOut@cox.net> wrote in message
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> "FSogol" <FSogol.TakeThisOut@nospamplease.org> wrote in message
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>> Corey Patterson. This is a head scratcher. Why sign him? He could only
>> hit 8 hr at homer-friendly Camden Yards. What makes him better than
>> Church?

> Say it anit so. Patterson stinks - going all the way back to his Cub
> days. This would be like someone going at and signing Nook Logan. Unreal
> it is even a consideration.

According to the website, it seems like he has the interest in playing here
more than the other way around. I wouldn't be surprised to see that being
the case more often. The Nats are an up and coming team, were much better
than they were supposed to be, and have a brand new stadium to boot. The
Nationals may be the place for decent but not super money people to come.
Now if the Lerner's don't become like Snyder or Steinbrenner and just decide
to throw money to get names here we'll do just fine.

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Lerners don't seem to be Stienbreener or Snyder types so I don't fear that.
If anything, they seem more like Junior Kent - counting the revenue stream
in a nickle, nickle fashion and not really caring too much about the team or
the fans. It would be nice to just keep building with youngsters and
perhaps a blue collar guy here and there. Manny got them through what
should be their toughest season and they escaped with something to build on.

"Brian Whiting" <CompAid RemoveThis @rcn.com> wrote in message
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>> "FSogol" <FSogol RemoveThis @nospamplease.org> wrote in message
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>>> Corey Patterson. This is a head scratcher. Why sign him? He could
>>> only hit 8 hr at homer-friendly Camden Yards. What makes him better
>>> than Church?
>
>> Say it anit so. Patterson stinks - going all the way back to his Cub
>> days. This would be like someone going at and signing Nook Logan. Unreal
>> it is even a consideration.
>
> According to the website, it seems like he has the interest in playing
> here more than the other way around. I wouldn't be surprised to see that
> being the case more often. The Nats are an up and coming team, were much
> better than they were supposed to be, and have a brand new stadium to
> boot. The Nationals may be the place for decent but not super money
> people to come. Now if the Lerner's don't become like Snyder or
> Steinbrenner and just decide to throw money to get names here we'll do
> just fine.
>
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"Bill Delmore" <bdelmore DeleteThis @cox.net> wrote in message
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>>> "FSogol" <FSogol DeleteThis @nospamplease.org> wrote in message
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>>>> Corey Patterson. This is a head scratcher. Why sign him? He could
>>>> only hit 8 hr at homer-friendly Camden Yards. What makes him better
>>>> than Church?
>>
>>> Say it anit so. Patterson stinks - going all the way back to his Cub
>>> days. This would be like someone going at and signing Nook Logan.
>>> Unreal it is even a consideration.
>>
>> According to the website, it seems like he has the interest in playing
>> here more than the other way around. I wouldn't be surprised to see that
>> being the case more often. The Nats are an up and coming team, were much
>> better than they were supposed to be, and have a brand new stadium to
>> boot. The Nationals may be the place for decent but not super money
>> people to come. Now if the Lerner's don't become like Snyder or
>> Steinbrenner and just decide to throw money to get names here we'll do
>> just fine.

> Lerners don't seem to be Stienbreener or Snyder types so I don't fear
> that. If anything, they seem more like Junior Kent - counting the revenue
> stream in a nickle, nickle fashion and not really caring too much about
> the team or the fans. It would be nice to just keep building with
> youngsters and perhaps a blue collar guy here and there. Manny got them
> through what should be their toughest season and they escaped with
> something to build on.
>

I don't know if I agree with part of that assessment. I don't think there's
much danger of them becoming the newest Steinbrenner imitators, but at the
same time, I don't think they are anti-fan either. They've built a very
excellent farm system and the future with or without the stadium looks very
good. Remember, the stadium is being micromanaged by the DC council and
their resident bitch-on-wheels. For someone to be part of the negotiations
until they're through, and be up on stage with Williams saying "c'mon let's
all get behind our new team", and then afterwards start rewriting (without
any further negotiations) what the agreement to bring the Nationals here
said, and to put an unrealistic cap on the cost of the stadium before you
even know who's going to build it is unconscionable. This was all before
the Lerner's came on board, so there's not much they can really do about it.
The situation at RFK is that the stadium is almost 50 years old. I don't
remember when it officially opened, but I remember seeing a press conference
of JFK's talking about DC Stadium as it used to be called. Let's give them
a few years before passing judgement about the Lerners not respecting the
fans.

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>>>> "FSogol" <FSogol RemoveThis @nospamplease.org> wrote in message
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>>>>> Corey Patterson. This is a head scratcher. Why sign him? He could
>>>>> only hit 8 hr at homer-friendly Camden Yards. What makes him better
>>>>> than Church?
>>>> Say it anit so. Patterson stinks - going all the way back to his Cub
>>>> days. This would be like someone going at and signing Nook Logan.
>>>> Unreal it is even a consideration.
>>> According to the website, it seems like he has the interest in playing
>>> here more than the other way around. I wouldn't be surprised to see that
>>> being the case more often. The Nats are an up and coming team, were much
>>> better than they were supposed to be, and have a brand new stadium to
>>> boot. The Nationals may be the place for decent but not super money
>>> people to come. Now if the Lerner's don't become like Snyder or
>>> Steinbrenner and just decide to throw money to get names here we'll do
>>> just fine.
>
>> Lerners don't seem to be Stienbreener or Snyder types so I don't fear
>> that. If anything, they seem more like Junior Kent - counting the revenue
>> stream in a nickle, nickle fashion and not really caring too much about
>> the team or the fans. It would be nice to just keep building with
>> youngsters and perhaps a blue collar guy here and there. Manny got them
>> through what should be their toughest season and they escaped with
>> something to build on.
>>
>
> I don't know if I agree with part of that assessment. I don't think there's
> much danger of them becoming the newest Steinbrenner imitators, but at the
> same time, I don't think they are anti-fan either. They've built a very
> excellent farm system and the future with or without the stadium looks very
> good. Remember, the stadium is being micromanaged by the DC council and
> their resident bitch-on-wheels. For someone to be part of the negotiations
> until they're through, and be up on stage with Williams saying "c'mon let's
> all get behind our new team", and then afterwards start rewriting (without
> any further negotiations) what the agreement to bring the Nationals here
> said, and to put an unrealistic cap on the cost of the stadium before you
> even know who's going to build it is unconscionable. This was all before
> the Lerner's came on board, so there's not much they can really do about it.
> The situation at RFK is that the stadium is almost 50 years old. I don't
> remember when it officially opened, but I remember seeing a press conference
> of JFK's talking about DC Stadium as it used to be called. Let's give them
> a few years before passing judgement about the Lerners not respecting the
> fans.

I agree. I don't see them as cheap or anti-fan.

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