I suspect Hoss is the new assistant to the General Manager in charge of finding undervalued assets in Goodwill, the Sally, and dumpsters. He is learning under the Master of Garbage.
And in regard to what someone was wondering earlier: you're right, Sparky Lyle did have a considerably lower strikeout rate than Clay Holmes does. Holmes even has a slightly better one than Mariano—though keeping in mind, this is comparing Rivera and Lyle's very long careers (19 and 16 years, respectively), to Holmes' 7.
This shows, I guess, that they knew how to use the field. Lyle, I remember, had no trouble allowing towering, mountainous flies in Yankee Stadium II...that dropped harmlessly short of the fences. But then he had to, being brutally overmatched by you-know-who (In his Cy Young year, Sparky threw 137 innings.)
I guess you could say that Holmes is handicapped by having to deal with cozier parks than those guys did. But all the more reason why he has to at least keep the ball on the ground, and not walk anyone. Good luck with that.
Hoss, I lived in NYC for 16 years before my exile to 'F-F-F-Fornia. I believe sometime around my fifth year in Manhattan whilst working on a shoot I was told something by a well weathered east village denizen. They said, "Whoever, whatever, whenever you shoot something always be aware that somebody is shooting you." That stuck with me . . .
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Is that a photo of the house that Ruth built?
ReplyDeleteHoss --- my concern is just who is wearing that cap, buried under the rest of that crap.
ReplyDeleteI suspect Hoss is the new assistant to the General Manager in charge of finding undervalued assets in Goodwill, the Sally, and dumpsters. He is learning under the Master of Garbage.
ReplyDeleteAA, I've lived in New York too long to ask questions like that. Just keep moving along, nothing to see here, folks...
ReplyDeleteAnd in regard to what someone was wondering earlier: you're right, Sparky Lyle did have a considerably lower strikeout rate than Clay Holmes does. Holmes even has a slightly better one than Mariano—though keeping in mind, this is comparing Rivera and Lyle's very long careers (19 and 16 years, respectively), to Holmes' 7.
ReplyDeleteThis shows, I guess, that they knew how to use the field. Lyle, I remember, had no trouble allowing towering, mountainous flies in Yankee Stadium II...that dropped harmlessly short of the fences. But then he had to, being brutally overmatched by you-know-who (In his Cy Young year, Sparky threw 137 innings.)
I guess you could say that Holmes is handicapped by having to deal with cozier parks than those guys did. But all the more reason why he has to at least keep the ball on the ground, and not walk anyone. Good luck with that.
Hoss, I lived in NYC for 16 years before my exile to 'F-F-F-Fornia. I believe sometime around my fifth year in Manhattan whilst working on a shoot I was told something by a well weathered east village denizen. They said, "Whoever, whatever, whenever you shoot something always be aware that somebody is shooting you." That stuck with me . . .
ReplyDeleteWhy are all those nice chairs in the dumpster?
ReplyDeleteAA...do you work in the TV/film industry?
ReplyDeleteit could have been a turkey shoot
DeleteI work in the retired industry. You meet the nicest people there.
ReplyDeleteI do know people in the film industry, weirdly. Logistics people in Australia. Long hours for a long time then a long vacation. Not for everyone.
Australia rocks - and they make great mixed drinks!
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