tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27163465.post3712943828120007566..comments2008-08-12T22:02:41.410-04:00Comments on Triple Steal: The NLCSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27163465.post-69739093366257222332007-10-12T10:25:00.000-04:002007-10-12T10:25:00.000-04:00It's a bit hard to remember with the Dice-K insani...It's a bit hard to remember with the Dice-K insanity last offseason how big a star Kaz was supposed to be. I had been vaguely following him for years in the hopes he would somehow get to the Mets one day. This is a guy who hit .332/.389/.617 with 33 steals in 2002, while getting the equivalent of the Gold Glove at shortstop. <BR/><BR/>It was the defense that was the biggest disappointment. You can understand how it's hard for scouts to gauge how a guy's hitting will translate, but the fielding? <BR/><BR/>Ah, screw it. Now I'm pissed off again.Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09549212529481086642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27163465.post-59108303188145982522007-10-11T23:14:00.000-04:002007-10-11T23:14:00.000-04:00One last Rockies observation: if someone had asked...One last Rockies observation: if someone had asked a million baseball fans at the start of the season which Matsui would make it further in the playoffs this year, how many would have said Kazuo? The answer would have to be in the single digits, right? Maybe double digits, depending on how many members of the O'Dowd family were included in the million. That's amazing, and since I just realized that this must upset both of you, I'll stop typing now.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17042654493802816115noreply@blogger.com