tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310546519590608347.post4861998947891138609..comments2024-02-26T05:14:40.845-05:00Comments on jim jividen: Sign Barry Bonds (no, this isn't a re-post - this is brand new. July 2009. Seriously.)Jimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05482891070201124196noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310546519590608347.post-59936393147410829592009-07-18T12:54:02.843-04:002009-07-18T12:54:02.843-04:00Small upside for Sabean.
But I'm not looking ...Small upside for Sabean.<br /><br />But I'm not looking out for his career; I'd fire he and Bochy at year's end and bring in DePodesta and Manny Acta. <br /><br />Where the upside is for the ballclub; which was why, in that Mets piece from last year I attached to the bottom of this thing, I said this is evidence that organizations aren't really about winning. The upside is the Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05482891070201124196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310546519590608347.post-86754819381660010802009-07-17T17:54:39.596-04:002009-07-17T17:54:39.596-04:00I think it's a little too much of a handwave t...I think it's a little too much of a handwave to just say you could release Bonds if he makes the team worse. I don't think this is the most likely outcome, but there's a very real chance his bat speed could have gone just over a tipping point and he puts up a line more like .180/.260/.280 or something over 100+ at-bats before you give up on the experiment. If signing Bonds flopped John DeWolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06427240673240901066noreply@blogger.com