The Answer in Left Field
by daveh873 on Jan 8, 2009 4:26 PM EST
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We all love Luuuuke, but this guy might be an even bigger fan favorite in the Baltimore area. And Luke can always DH.
Yea, THAT Ed Reed. Sure, maybe it's just a pipe dream of his, but he can't be any worse than, say, Larry Bigbie. And defensively? I'd imagine he could track down a fly ball or two.
It's kind of a pointless article, but I enjoyed it. And it kinda pertains to baseball and Baltimore, so I figured what the hey. Enjoy.
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If he ever got to third, I’d love to see him bowl over the catcher.
I wonder if I can bill Jeff Lurie and Peter Angelos for the years of therapy their teams are going to put me through.
by BrianS on Jan 8, 2009 5:59 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Ray Fosse's play at the ASG
would look like two-hand touch compared to what Ed would do…
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by duck on Jan 8, 2009 9:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And as a poster at baltimorebeatdown has as a sig...
“Water covers 2/3 of the Earth. Ed Reed covers the rest.”
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by duck on Jan 8, 2009 9:05 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
he could always pinch run.
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by getxstoked on Jan 8, 2009 6:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
The last time we let an Ed play left field, he got a ball stuck in his jersey.
"I decided to become a basketball fan this year and it’s not working out so well because the Wizards SUUUCK. So then I shifted to hockey. That’s pretty fun except there are a lot of flashing lights and horns and shit at the game."
by SC on Jan 8, 2009 9:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
That guy ruined it for Eds everywhere
Ed Reed would not make such a mistake.
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by Stacey on Jan 8, 2009 9:28 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
just plays in to the whole...
“special ed” strereotype.
"When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: Money."
--Jerry Reed, on acting
by j.q. higgins on Jan 9, 2009 11:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Saw it right in front of mine eyes...
…in the only O’s game I ever attended at Shea. What was more amazing than the play was looking around the stadium moments later and watching tens of thousands of people motioning through their sleeves as they explained what happened to the guy sitting next to them.
by Jonny Pops on Jan 11, 2009 11:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That guy plays back in the cover one all day long
he has ridiculous range. He could be a major league center fielder.
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by jobe on Jan 8, 2009 10:39 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
funny story
I’m no Ravens fan. I think Ray Lewis is one of the most annoying non-Brett-Favre players out there.
But here’s the thing…I’m a huge fan of Ed Reed. He’s just a great player and I can’t get enough of watching him return it. The lateral thing is a little weird, but I’ll live with it to see plays like his TD return last week.
by pipkin on Jan 9, 2009 1:26 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Can I say a bad word?
Thoughts on Nick Swisher?
The MFY are peddling his wares, he might be cheap, and they would eat salary.
He’s 28… seems about the right age to me
2008 Season
.219/.332/.410/.743
Career
.244/.354/.451/.805
Last season seemed to be well below his potential, I think due to moving around on defense so much…
Games by position 2008
1B: 72, LF: 20, CF: 70, RF: 18, DH: 1, PH: 6
How could he be doing his job when he didn't throw me out of the game after the things I called him?
On arguing with ump Russ Goetz.
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by Birdland in NC on Jan 9, 2009 12:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
If we didn't already have
22 outfielders I would say maybe to Swisher. But as is, I don’t see it as necessary.
There is no way in hell that the blind can lead the blind...someone has to be the dog.
by sickuvitall on Jan 9, 2009 1:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Truth.
I will admit it, I am just not a big Swisher fan. No particular reason, I just don’t want him on our squad. I was at the game at OPACY when Swisher busted his ankle rounding 3rd for the A’s…by far the highlight of my afternoon.
There is no way in hell that the blind can lead the blind...someone has to be the dog.
by sickuvitall on Jan 9, 2009 1:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Kind of like the idea
He had a bad 2008…Big deal, I really don’t think that he’s washed up at 28. Kind of makes sense to buy low.
Of course we’d have to fit him in somewhere. Move Luke to DH, Huff plays first and Swisher in LF. Only problem with that is Luke is kind of a light hitter for a DH.
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by BirdFanInPhilly on Jan 9, 2009 4:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
“I’m a professional player right now,” the Baltimore Ravens Pro Bowl safety said. “I feel like — not that I’ll be better than [Michael Jordan] — but with a little practice, I definitely could be effective in the outfield, stealing some bases and pinch-hitting.”
You’ll need to be better than Jordan, he was terrible at baseball.
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by CoachOfEarl on Jan 11, 2009 8:45 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Jordan
playing baseball was almost as bad of a marketing gag than the Turn Ahead the Clock jersey day
by blawk359 on Jan 13, 2009 9:38 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Dear God, were those some ugly unis
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by duck on Jan 13, 2009 5:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
That jersey
Makes me want to grow a mullet and listen to Alice in Chains.
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Mark’s mom - Boooooo! Booooooo!
by CoachOfEarl on Jan 13, 2009 6:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm ... the MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN....
in the BOX….
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by duck on Jan 14, 2009 6:54 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
really
All things considered, MJ wasn’t so bad.
"I decided to become a basketball fan this year and it’s not working out so well because the Wizards SUUUCK. So then I shifted to hockey. That’s pretty fun except there are a lot of flashing lights and horns and shit at the game."
by SC on Jan 13, 2009 4:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
But you gotta admit....
those unis? They were bad.
by blawk359 on Jan 13, 2009 5:39 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
the Twins definitely had the best
"I decided to become a basketball fan this year and it’s not working out so well because the Wizards SUUUCK. So then I shifted to hockey. That’s pretty fun except there are a lot of flashing lights and horns and shit at the game."
by SC on Jan 13, 2009 6:58 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Uh
He was Adam Dunn, without the walks, power, or BA, in AA
http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=7485
Good considering it wasn’t his primary sport, I guess
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Mark’s mom - Boooooo! Booooooo!
by CoachOfEarl on Jan 13, 2009 6:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
right exactly
He was a basketball player who hadn’t played baseball in butt forever, playing at an advanced level (AA is pretty good baseball) at age 31 and having to learn how to catch a fly ball, yet as a hitter he wasn’t tremendously worse than Luis Hernandez, who plays baseball because someone thinks he’s good at it, and not because he’s Michael Jordan, Global Superstar Who Can Do What He Wants.
"I decided to become a basketball fan this year and it’s not working out so well because the Wizards SUUUCK. So then I shifted to hockey. That’s pretty fun except there are a lot of flashing lights and horns and shit at the game."
by SC on Jan 13, 2009 6:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The Answer
When I read the title of this post, I thought you were going to tell me the Os signed Iverson
by blawk359 on Jan 13, 2009 9:40 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
iverson was a damn fine wide receiver in high school
was he not?
by pipkin on Jan 14, 2009 1:21 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought he was a qb/cb
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by wscott on Jan 14, 2009 2:25 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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