Soriano Injury...

On Apr 17, 8:13 am, "Claude" <cla....TakeThisOut@hatesspam.com> wrote:
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> > On Apr 16, 8:36 pm, "iGenNews" <Gro....TakeThisOut@theLOCALfolks.com> wrote:
> >> A minor injury to Soriano could be a great opportunity for the team to
> >> bring up Pie to play centerfield and, move Soriano to rightfield upon his
> >> return if Pie hits well enough to remain at the Major League level. He
> >> certainly has the fielding ability and would improve the outfield
> >> defense.
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> >> GEO.www.theLOCALfolks.com
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> > Wait a minute now, lets think about this for a bit. Jones in center,
> > Murton in right and Floyd in left
> > This could be history in the making. We could be witnessing one of the
> > all time great defensive outfields.
>
> > Lance
>
> You're probably not old enough to remember that great defensive outfield of
> Sauer, Kiner, and Baumholtz. Every ball hit to the outfield made it seem
> like the game went into slow motion. However, all those guys, though slow
> and not blessed with good arms, were fairly sound in fundamentals and could
> hit the cut-off man.

For some reason my recollection of Sauer is that he was a decent
fielder. Don't know why but thats just what pops into my mind when
I hear his name...

Anyway, I'm curious to see what Jones looks like in centerfield. If he
doesn't
cover a LOT of ground out there I feel very sorry for our pitchers. I
also have
this picture in my head of runners merrily taking extra bases anytime
the ball
goes his way.

On the plus side, maybe we'll get to see a line up of Theriot leading
off and
Murton hitting second. I've want to see that combination since the end
of
last season.


Lance
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<yumyum123.TakeThisOut@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> On Apr 16, 8:36 pm, "iGenNews" <Gro....TakeThisOut@theLOCALfolks.com> wrote:
>> A minor injury to Soriano could be a great opportunity for the team to
>> bring up Pie to play centerfield and, move Soriano to rightfield upon his
>> return if Pie hits well enough to remain at the Major League level. He
>> certainly has the fielding ability and would improve the outfield
>> defense.
>>
>> GEO.www.theLOCALfolks.com
>
>
> Wait a minute now, lets think about this for a bit. Jones in center,
> Murton in right and Floyd in left
> This could be history in the making. We could be witnessing one of the
> all time great defensive outfields.
>
> Lance

You're probably not old enough to remember that great defensive outfield of
Sauer, Kiner, and Baumholtz. Every ball hit to the outfield made it seem
like the game went into slow motion. However, all those guys, though slow
and not blessed with good arms, were fairly sound in fundamentals and could
hit the cut-off man.
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<yumyum123.TakeThisOut@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> For some reason my recollection of Sauer is that he was a decent
> fielder. Don't know why but thats just what pops into my mind when
> I hear his name...

He was a decent fielder with an average arm. He was just slow, and couldnt
get to balls a faster fielder would.
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On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:13:47 -0400, "Claude" <claude DeleteThis @hatesspam.com>
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><yumyum123 DeleteThis @sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>> Wait a minute now, lets think about this for a bit. Jones in center,
>> Murton in right and Floyd in left
>> This could be history in the making. We could be witnessing one of the
>> all time great defensive outfields.

>You're probably not old enough to remember that great defensive outfield of
>Sauer, Kiner, and Baumholtz. Every ball hit to the outfield made it seem
>like the game went into slow motion. However, all those guys, though slow
>and not blessed with good arms, were fairly sound in fundamentals and could
>hit the cut-off man.

I am old enough to remember Dave Kingman in left, Jerry Martin in
center and Mike Vail in right, though. Yuck.

--
Lance

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"Lance Freezeland" <freezelandlaw.nospam.TakeThisOut@consolidated.net> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:13:47 -0400, "Claude" <claude.TakeThisOut@hatesspam.com>
> gave us:
>><yumyum123.TakeThisOut@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>news:1176792866.606539.90380@d57g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>
>>> Wait a minute now, lets think about this for a bit. Jones in center,
>>> Murton in right and Floyd in left
>>> This could be history in the making. We could be witnessing one of the
>>> all time great defensive outfields.
>
>>You're probably not old enough to remember that great defensive outfield
>>of
>>Sauer, Kiner, and Baumholtz. Every ball hit to the outfield made it seem
>>like the game went into slow motion. However, all those guys, though slow
>>and not blessed with good arms, were fairly sound in fundamentals and
>>could
>>hit the cut-off man.
>
> I am old enough to remember Dave Kingman in left, Jerry Martin in
> center and Mike Vail in right, though. Yuck.
>
> --
> Lance

I do believe they were worse than the present bunch.
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He probably caught more Tobacco Boxes then baseballs. But Hammering Hank
was a pretty fine power hitter and with kiner in right, they kept old
Frankie lean and mean.
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Looks like the Murton | Jones position shift is part of a long-term plan to play Soriano in leftfield and play Pie in center. Jones is probably the odd man out. I'm not sure what will happen to Floyd? However, Pie and Murton could also platoon in right while Floyd plays left until Pie proves that he can hit at the major league level. Either way, Jones is likely to be gone upon Soriano's return.

GEO.

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"iGenNews" <Groups DeleteThis @theLOCALfolks.com> wrote in message
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Looks like the Murton | Jones position shift is part of a long-term plan to
play Soriano in leftfield and play Pie in center. Jones is probably the odd
man out. I'm not sure what will happen to Floyd? However, Pie and Murton
could also platoon in right while Floyd plays left until Pie proves that he
can hit at the major league level. Either way, Jones is likely to be gone
upon Soriano's return.

GEO.

If that scenario is correct, it looks like Floyd is without a position until
Jones is traded or Pie is sent back down.
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