tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post3102816437768420730..comments2024-03-29T02:42:01.539-04:00Comments on IT IS HIGH! IT IS FAR! IT IS... caught.: Jeepers, it's sure a good thing we got rid of that there AJ Burnett. The last thing we needed was a 16-game winner.Stanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17758839786688249648noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-46966191653872931052012-09-25T15:49:39.510-04:002012-09-25T15:49:39.510-04:00If he stayed with us he'd be 3-10 with an ERA ...If he stayed with us he'd be 3-10 with an ERA of 5.95.<br /><br />- B3BernBabyBernnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-17293571641120536602012-09-25T10:32:56.869-04:002012-09-25T10:32:56.869-04:00People. Duque won't stop AJ-trolling as long a...People. Duque won't stop AJ-trolling as long as we keep paying attention. I am urging you to please ignore him.Stanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17758839786688249648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-23714416768676600732012-09-25T08:45:21.519-04:002012-09-25T08:45:21.519-04:00I feel like a folk-singer in the last stanza of &q...I feel like a folk-singer in the last stanza of "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" It's the chorus that goes...<br /><br />"When will they ever learn? When... will... they... ehhhhhhhh-ver learn?"el duquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263977201552650862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-22053217946398439132012-09-25T08:37:19.248-04:002012-09-25T08:37:19.248-04:00AJ is like the lottery...hey, ya never know. Could...AJ is like the lottery...hey, ya never know. Could we have got more for him? I suppose so, that seems obvious. <br /><br />Would he have been better than Freddy? Probably, but this is not exactly a slam dunk, given the past couple years. <br /><br />Is he pitching for a sub-.500 team, in a podunk media market, where the fans (both of them) don't expect much of anything from anyone in a Pirates uniform? Yes. <br /><br />And what did he do in New York? Not what he did this year. <br /><br />So, look, you can carp all you want about tossing him to the Appalachians (although he does look kind of like one of those guys in 'Deliverance'), but touting 16 wins and all those strikeouts (against powerful division foes like Houston, Chicago, Milwaukee) as if he would have done the EXACT SAME THING in the Bronx is what the egghead types call a logical fallacy. <br /><br />The thing about AJ is, his entire career has been built on his 'great stuff' even in the face of the fact that he's basically a .500 pitcher. Mechanics, head case, whatever it is, one good year in Nowheresville is pretty meaningless.<br /><br />That's why nobody ever wrote a song about Pittsburgh that said, 'if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere'.<br /><br />If you can make it in Pittsburgh, you can make it in Kansas City.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876016557456927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-86537282174144896012012-09-24T17:51:01.583-04:002012-09-24T17:51:01.583-04:00I've been with duque on this from day one. You...I've been with duque on this from day one. You never have too many decent [or better] starting pitchers because some of them always get hurt or turn into the real Ivan Nova.Joe De Pastrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3932285159851204335.post-69222695221163912332012-09-24T17:37:24.075-04:002012-09-24T17:37:24.075-04:00Who knew? AJ sure did suck last year and the year ...Who knew? AJ sure did suck last year and the year before that. Nonetheless, Cashman is s'posed to be a smart guy. Seems to me that he should have some s'plaining to do, but other than this web site, nobody calls him on it. (OK, I admit I stopped reading the fan boys at RAB -- way too practical and parsimonious with the Steinbrenner fortune, but still, I haven't heard a word about it.) I mean, is there no accountability for guessing wrong, repeatedly?Gabe Paulnoreply@blogger.com