Paragraphical Thoughts

[DOUGHBOYS]

Just a bunch of paragraphical (made up word) thoughts....

Smokey Burgess, Jerry Lynch, Manny Mota, and Lenny Harris.
Today's game has taken away the pinch hitter deluxe.
More pitchers in the bullpen and the dh which forces multi/positional players have conspired to make the specialization of pinch hitting obsolete.
Now, it is a matter of a Manager finding a lefty to face a righty or vice versa.
Good bye pinch hitter deluxe. We'll miss you.

I get a kick from NFBC'ers responding to the first six rounds of drafts posted with "He took all pitchers, he's sure to lose!"
Or, "What a moron, he started out with six hitters."
Nobody has uncovered the secret formula. Yet, some think they know what is NOT the right formula.
Humorous.

Along the same lines as the last paragraph.
Sometimes I'll experiment in drafts. I've taken five outfielders to start a draft (and actually won that league).
I've also started out with three Starters and two Closers (In the money).
The reason why I do this is to try and open some creativity in my drafting.
If you've done two or three DC's and found similarities in your teams, I might suggest to try this.
It opens doors, that before were walls.
You may look at players numbers in another way.
If an NFBC veteran, try it. You may surprise yourself.

I respect teams that make no bones about what they are doing.
The Phils needed to be rebuilt. It's fans have known this for the last five years. Now, with Amaro gone, the Phils have started rebuilding.
Same for the Braves. They're taking a hit now, for the future.
It may or may not work. But, I give them credit for having the path and a plan.

Opposite of the last paragraph is the Rockies.
The Rockies don't rebuild. They don't reload. They simply exist.
The Rockies have no course. They seem to be never too young. Never too old.
Always have hitting. Never have pitching.
The Rockies three best pitchers of all time are Ubaldo Jimenez, Pedro Astacio, and Jorge De La Rosa.
These pitchers would be footnotes for other organizations.
This organization has given up on pitching and at the same time blamed pitching for their woes.
How can pitchers outside of the organization buy into pitching in Denver if the organization does not even sell itself.

The Padres had fun last year.
They brought in Kimbrel, Upton, Kemp, Shields, Norris, and Myers.
The Padres sold lots of tickets.
The first time the fans were excited in years about their franchise.
It didn't work. And it doesn't matter.
The act itself of trying to get together some of the best talent for one year is not lost on fans.
It showed the fans that the Padres were vested in winning.
They didn't choose the Phils or Braves way of rebuilding.
They tried a different method.
The first two words of the last sentence being the most important to their fans.

Yasiel Puig doesn't see how his weight correlates to playing baseball.
Here is the blurb...
'Puig was listed at 255 pounds last season, which Friedman said last month "may not be the optimal size for him to play 150 games, 150-plus games." The Cuban outfielder doesn't believe that it led to his struggles and injuries last season, but he worked over the winter to make a change. "You're right, he did suggest I lose a few pounds, for that exact reason," Puig explained through a team official. "For me, I don't see the correlation between weight and how well one plays baseball, or how that affects one or the other. However, of course, I'm taking him up on that suggestion. Everyone else has encouraged me to do the same. But really, I don't see much correlation." '

As a reminder to Puig, some folks do not understand the correlation of an adult playing a boys game.
Or the correlation of man receiving millions of dollars for playing a game.
If taking away that money, I believe the correlation would become crystal clear to Puig.