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Beltran Stays (New York): Steve, while I respect your work, I disagree with your statements about...

jasondg — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:02:46 -0000

Beltran Stays (New York): Steve, while I respect your work, I disagree with your statements about Carlos Beltran on Sunday Night Baseball. The guy has done nothing but produce, and name me a CF who's better in the game right now.

Steve Phillips: If the Mets don't make the playoffs, I firmly believe they need to reconfigure the core of this team. While Beltran does have talent, I just don't see him as a winning player. Even after my comments on Sunday night, Beltran let a fly ball drop in between himself and Angel Pagan in the Dodger game. I see him putting up numbers but not making plays to win games. I would take Torii Hunter, Grady Sizemore, Curtis Granderson, and Nate McLouth over Beltran, and use the financial difference to improve the team in other ways. Beltran isn't a $17 million dollar a year player. He just doesn't have the kind of impact for that kind of money.

Steve Phillips: Still An Idiot

Phillies GM Ruben Amaro, on defensive metrics

jasondg — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:44:42 -0000

Phillies GM Ruben Amaro, on defensive metrics

"I do not buy numbers defensively. At all," Amaro said. "I look at fielding percentage. But that other business? I don’t buy it a lick. I think defense is subjective. You know, if you watch a guy, whether he has range or not. You can’t study a guy’s routes to the ball by the numbers. It doesn’t happen.

"We subscribe to what our guys see with their eyes, especially when it comes to defense."

Murphy -- first baseman of the future?

jasondg — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:49:23 -0000

Murphy -- first baseman of the future?

Murphy and Reed take grounders at 1B; Lennon suggests we'll see Murphy to 1B, Manny in LF in 2009.

"You got to celebrate when you're doing well," Sheffield said. "You got to be up there on the top...

jasondg — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:59:58 -0000

"You got to celebrate when you're doing well," Sheffield said. "You got to be up there on the top step of the dugout letting teams know, 'We're going to beat you.' If you do that, teams will quit a lot of times."

Sheffield, on grit.

Klaw Chat: "I'd Have Fired Jerry On the Spot"

jasondg — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:54:30 -0000

Klaw Chat: "I'd Have Fired Jerry On the Spot"

Jerry Manuel: I pinch-hit Omir Santos for Ramon Castro last night. Then I said sometimes players in the bullpen are more involved in the game than the actual players. The night before I dodged a question about overusing Sean Green by saying "the bullpen will give up runs, I'm not worried about that." Am I the worst manager in baseball?

SportsNation Keith Law: (1:51 PM ET ) I would have probably fired him on the spot for the Omir/Castro stunt.

Hamels to have elbow examined

jasondg — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 15:37:18 -0000

Hamels to have elbow examined

Could be nothing, but 'persistent elbow discomfort' usually portends something worse. Plus, there's that Verducci Effect thing.