you can't be right all of the time

On Sat, 3 May 2008 00:22:02 -0700, "Awesome Lincecum"
<Lincecum DeleteThis @sf.giants> wrote:

>
><srubio DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Ten years ago today, I posted the following, in a discussion about the
>> Giants giving Jeff Kent an extension:
>>
>> "[F]or the next four years I'd also rather have Quilvio Veras, or
>> Delino Deshields, and I don't think Kent is gonna get any better in
>> the next few years. By the time 2001 comes around, the Giants will be
>> paying $6 million for an aging secondbaseman who wasn't great in his
>> prime. I predict his OBP by then will be about .290."
>
>I agree about one thing you said recently: You really have too much time on
>your hand.
>
>What made you suddenly thought of Kent? With the Feliz reunion in this
>series, I was fully expecting you to make a post about Feliz, not Kent,
>since we all know you're Feliz's #1 fan.
>

It came from a different little project to fill all that time I have.
I sat next to a journalist the other day at the ball game, and the
subject turned to the most infamous of my obsessions, Todd Benzinger.
After listening to me rant, the guy said that I could be right, but
since teams continued to sign Benzinger, he had value. I wondered what
people thought back when Benz was signed by the Giants, but the
Chronicle online archives only go back to 1995. So I searched the
earliest days of this newsgroup ... I'm the only sucker left, BTW, far
as I can tell ... to see what we thought. Then I wasted some more time
trying to decide if Benzinger really was a reasonable option in 1993
when the Giants signed him. (Short answer: no. They signed Carreon the
same day, he was just as capable of filling the role of Will Clark's
caddy. Gary Redus was also available for a similar price to Benz. And,
of course, when Todd hit fairly well for 170 or so AB in '93, the
Giants gave him the regular 1B job when Will Clark left. And he
sucked. OK, that wasn't so short.)

Anyway, looking up the newsgroup archives got me thinking about all
the dumb things I've said ... if you read what I wrote about Benzinger
in 1993, you realize I haven't come up with a new idea in 15 years. So
I searched just for posts by me, choosing May 2 as a date to narrow
things down. And that's how I came across my stupid post from May 2,
1998.

Steven
 >> Stay informed about: you can't be right all of the time 

Veras is the same age as Aurilia. Maybe he can make a comeback.LOL
 >> Stay informed about: you can't be right all of the time 

<srubio.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 3 May 2008 00:22:02 -0700, "Awesome Lincecum"
> <Lincecum.DeleteThis@sf.giants> wrote:
>
> >
> ><srubio.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:68un149ihm80l49aedttp9ujujuln9v2m4@4ax.com...
> >> Ten years ago today, I posted the following, in a discussion about the
> >> Giants giving Jeff Kent an extension:
> >>
> >> "[F]or the next four years I'd also rather have Quilvio Veras, or
> >> Delino Deshields, and I don't think Kent is gonna get any better in
> >> the next few years. By the time 2001 comes around, the Giants will be
> >> paying $6 million for an aging secondbaseman who wasn't great in his
> >> prime. I predict his OBP by then will be about .290."
> >
> >I agree about one thing you said recently: You really have too much time
on
> >your hand.
> >
> >What made you suddenly thought of Kent? With the Feliz reunion in this
> >series, I was fully expecting you to make a post about Feliz, not Kent,
> >since we all know you're Feliz's #1 fan.
> >
>
> It came from a different little project to fill all that time I have.
> I sat next to a journalist the other day at the ball game, and the
> subject turned to the most infamous of my obsessions, Todd Benzinger.
> After listening to me rant, the guy said that I could be right, but
> since teams continued to sign Benzinger, he had value. I wondered what
> people thought back when Benz was signed by the Giants, but the
> Chronicle online archives only go back to 1995. So I searched the
> earliest days of this newsgroup ... I'm the only sucker left, BTW, far
> as I can tell ... to see what we thought. Then I wasted some more time
> trying to decide if Benzinger really was a reasonable option in 1993
> when the Giants signed him. (Short answer: no. They signed Carreon the
> same day, he was just as capable of filling the role of Will Clark's
> caddy. Gary Redus was also available for a similar price to Benz. And,
> of course, when Todd hit fairly well for 170 or so AB in '93, the
> Giants gave him the regular 1B job when Will Clark left. And he
> sucked. OK, that wasn't so short.)
>
> Anyway, looking up the newsgroup archives got me thinking about all
> the dumb things I've said ... if you read what I wrote about Benzinger
> in 1993, you realize I haven't come up with a new idea in 15 years. So
> I searched just for posts by me, choosing May 2 as a date to narrow
> things down. And that's how I came across my stupid post from May 2,
> 1998.

Well, it wasn't stupid at the time, but looking at things after the fact can
often make things look stupid. The Pierzynski trade was a prime example.
I've always felt that joining the Giants and batting around Bonds helped
Kent's development as a hitter tremondously; I don't think he would've
become nearly as good otherwise, but of course, it's just an opinion.

Damn, still couldn't squeeze a word about Feliz out of you. Shucks!
 >> Stay informed about: you can't be right all of the time