John, 

This has been my second season mostly lurking here, but I wanted to be sure to say a huge THANK YOU for all the time you put into Field Gulls.   I learn something every time I come by, and I find the writing -- especially the details on OL and DL play -- to be fascinating and instructive...Please keep up your excellent work, and I think I speak for a lot of folks when I say we all enjoyed this pretty awful season a little more, because of the work you do.

Kudos!

Brian

From this link in the Times, Brian Russell is taking reps preparing to be the 3rd string quarterback for this weekend...  He was a QB in college thru his Junior year... 

Yeah, that's the ticket!  We replace him at Safety so he can get some reps with the offense!  It's not a benching, see?  It's an OPPORTUNITY!   Plus he can work out with our two kickers on our double-secret-dual-kicker trick plays.

Apologies if this was covered elsewhere, but why in the world did Perlazzo hold Ichiro at third base on Sunday?    It was 2 outs in the bottom of the 8th, Ichiro represents a KEY insurance run, and he's off on contact when Lopez doubled into the corner.  I'm watching on TV, and see the ball hit off two walls, and then the RF has a tiny bit of trouble picking it up.  With Ichiro flying from first, I thought there was 100% chance he'd score on the play, but he's held up at 3rd....

Did anyone who went to the game see why he was held?

After all the "aggressive baserunning" talk this year, this sure seems like the defining situation where you should be aggressive, yet he's held up.

What is Perlazzo thinking?

[Edit:  It's Eddie Rodriguez who's coaching third now, since Perlazzo's surgery]

Is this for real?

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