Comments on: California, here you come

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 03:00:53 +0000

I am sorry about Pat’s leaving. I am glad to see Scott fail, spectacularly.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:54:54 +0000

Yeah, they let him go in Free Agency. I don’t know what my brain was doing.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:34:36 +0000

I really don’t understand what it is with Burrell and the AL, either. It sure seems like that would be the place for him given he’s such an awful outfielder. I don’t think it’s a matter of the AL being better, but I don’t know what it is. He sure is consisent with it, though. In addition to being terrible with the Rays, he also has a career 205/332/393 mark in 671 plate appearances in Inter-league play. That’s a lot of at-bats.

I agree the Giants are pitching really well. I think it’s going to be fun.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:32:00 +0000

As I recall, Burrell wasn’t traded. It was a contract year, and the Phils declined to resign him. Primarily because he couldn’t play from the 7th-8th inning onwards in a close game.

I have no idea why he can’t hit in the AL. But not being able to field and not being able to hit in the AL is not a good formula for career longevity.

By: DaMannse

DaMannse — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:58:31 +0000

Stats from the field. Giants season ERA=3.36, leading the majors, as did their 1,331 strikeouts and .236 batting avg. against. Their September ERA of 1.78 was the best ever for the month. The Phillies, since being swept by the ‘Stros Aug. 23-26, have gone 30-8, including the playoffs. GAME ON.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:25:42 +0000

I always liked Burrell and felt real bad when he was traded. Not the fact that he was traded in and of itself, but that he was traded to the AL where his deficiencies as a hitter would have an incredible opportunity to be exploited, and they were.

It makes me wonder…was it just a case of him playing terribly over a relatively small sample size or is that really how much better the AL tends to be? If it’s the latter, what does that do to you as a player to know that, in the grand scheme of things, you’re pretty much irrelevant because on the biggest stage, you basically don’t compare to your peers at all?

Man. Pat Burrell depresses me all of a sudden. Thanks, Pat. I hope your stupid Giants get swept.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:15:21 +0000

I agree about Burrell. He must be pretty psyched about the chance to play against the Phillies. Tough matchups for him against Hallady, Oswalt, Madson and Lidge, but I still wouldn’t be surprised to see him have a big series offensively. It’s nice he still misses an at-bat or two a game cause he’s such a slug defensively.

Werth has been the best offensive player for either team this season, so let’s hope he shows up.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:11:53 +0000

Definitely not going nuts/too worried about Burrell. He just always had a soft spot in my heart. Rolen on the other hand, for some reason I really enjoyed his struggles.

By: egrissom

egrissom — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:23:13 +0000

Burrell is good. I mean, except when he isn’t. He had a really productive run with the Giants this year. It makes it a little hard to figure out what was going on with the Rays, but he sure helped San Francisco. Being a huge liability defensively hurts your value, however. I don’t think we should be going too nuts about his year, since he didn’t even play a full season with the Giants.

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