Tuesday, March 25, 2008

How To Be a Good Outfielder

Watching the Red Sox-A's postgame breakdown by ESPN... and for some reason the talking heads solicit Bobby Valentine's advice on the quality of Japanese players. Bobby decided to address Kosuke Fukudome first [paraphrased from TV]:

He's a very good player.

Great.

He can really play the outfield - always throws to the right base.

Wow. Really, Steve? You're touting the guy as a legitimate major-leaguer, and you decide that the first detail you need to mention is not that he has power, or a sweet swing, or a strong arm... but that he THROWS TO THE RIGHT BASE?! Third graders can do that!



Thanks, Bobby. Go back to your hole.
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6 comments:

  1. DerpsauceMarch 25, 2008 at 9:21 AM

    Kobe Bryant is a very good basketball player....always shoots at the correct hoop and everything.

    Heh....that at least does give him one-up on Dolibor Bagaric.

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  2. DerpsauceMarch 25, 2008 at 9:21 AM

    Dalibor...dammit.

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  3. TonusMarch 25, 2008 at 10:19 AM

    So we know that Fukudome has one of the two critical baseball skills. Now we need to know... is he gritty?

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  4. AnonymousMarch 25, 2008 at 10:28 AM

    Definitely falls into the category of "damning with faint praise".

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  5. larry bMarch 25, 2008 at 4:28 PM

    Isn't Valentine's hole somewhere in Japan these days? I can't believe they haven't deported him yet.

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  6. UnknownMarch 27, 2008 at 7:22 AM

    Kobe is also one up on Ricky Davis...

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