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QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 2, 2010 -> 10:40 PM)
Oh come on, the only reason they sent Cuddyer is because Griffey Jr's defense had become such a joke. That ball wasn't more than 75 feet into the outfield.

It was a pretty bad throw, too. He was very lucky to get Cuddyer at the plate.

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QUOTE (bucket-of-suck @ Apr 2, 2010 -> 10:19 PM)
Case and point: Anderson: Game 163. If BA is in the game earlier, I'm not sure he throws out Cuddyer at home the way a declining Griffey did. Griffey knew where to be, took his time to set up correctly and made the throw under control. Anderson, would have made the catch, but he also would have gotten crazy excited to show off his arm and probably would have air-mailed AJ. That ties the game. Everything changes...

 

Again, my point is in his prime or now, Jones still has more positive impact effect on plays in CF based on his experience and ability than another player on the Sox roster. You can take a kid like Jared Mitchell who (without injury) has more athletic skill than Jones does, but I would still play Andruw in CF more often. There is so much more that goes into playing CF than the speed/arm component. That's what makes the position so unique.

And the last time he played a decent amount of games in CF he was average at best, just getting in shape isn't enough to proclaim him back he needs to prove it in the field over a sufficient number of innings. To rate his defensive ability at this point would be nothing more than a gut feeling.

 

Think about the sample from which we are working with here:

 

today was Andruw's 18th spring game

 

now subtract all the games in which he didn't start in CF from those 18

 

now subtract all the innings he didn't play because he was pulled halfway through the game

 

now how many of those games were available to be seen by those not in attendance?

 

now in however many innings he did spend in CF (it can't be too many at this point) how many balls were hit to CF and were playable? Over the last 3 years Jones played in CF he averaged a ball in his zone about once every 3.29 innings.

 

now how many of those plays could any one person who has been anywhere but Arizona for the past month possibly have seen and got a good enough angle from which to judge reads?

 

now how many plays are we actually talking about here?

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sox looked good, as did atl women.....

 

highlight of the night:

 

some punk ass 18 year olds drinking behind sox dugout were ripping on ozzie and alexei for awhile. ozzie took a cup of sunflower shells and threw them on the kids and motioned for them to zip it after we took a big lead. the kids left quite scared.

 

juan pierre could have a hell of a year by the way.....

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QUOTE (jhonnydanks @ Apr 2, 2010 -> 09:45 PM)
sox looked good, as did atl women.....

 

highlight of the night:

 

some punk ass 18 year olds drinking behind sox dugout were ripping on ozzie and alexei for awhile. ozzie took a cup of sunflower shells and threw them on the kids and motioned for them to zip it after we took a big lead. the kids left quite scared.

 

juan pierre could have a hell of a year by the way.....

i was wondering who he looked pissed off at when he kept turning around

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QUOTE (jhonnydanks @ Apr 2, 2010 -> 10:45 PM)
sox looked good, as did atl women.....

 

highlight of the night:

 

some punk ass 18 year olds drinking behind sox dugout were ripping on ozzie and alexei for awhile. ozzie took a cup of sunflower shells and threw them on the kids and motioned for them to zip it after we took a big lead. the kids left quite scared.

 

juan pierre could have a hell of a year by the way.....

 

How do you define "hell of a year?"

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