Also, I was unable to find the answer to the question of why Duncan
(he is the son of ex-Oriole catcher Dave Duncan, BTW, should anyone
actually care) had only 375 at-bats. Did he have an injury
(acceptable if resolved) or was he being platooned (unacceptable)?




--- In BaltimOrioles@yahoogroups.com, "hbc_7840" <fang_guy@...> wrote:
>
> Duncan is a hell of a possibility of a young player, but scary as
> hell. His cut-and-pasted stats last year were:
>
> AVG .259 | HR 21 | RBI 70 | OBP .354 | SLG .480 (OPS .834) in
only
> 375 at-bats.
>
> At 6-5, 230, he's another Ryan Howard physically. But he strikes
out
> way too much (123-55 K-BB ratio) and, at 26, he's no longer a
> prospect. The right batting coach might be able to make this guy a
> star, but (a) do we have the right batting coach? or (b) is he the
> Daniel Cabrera of batters, i.e., uncoachable?
>
> Bottom line: Ok as part of a Miggy package, unacceptable for
Bedard.
>
>
>
>
> --- In BaltimOrioles@yahoogroups.com, SC Zepp <sczepp@> wrote:
> >
> > Cardinals fans are talking about Tejada and Bedard. Trading
Bedard
> could land you 3 ready MLB players including Duncan at 1B. Bedard
> does not look happy here anyway, so what do i care. what tejada
would
> get is some young phenom the cars fans are saying they hate to give
> up but would be worth it. they also plan on signing tori hunter
these
> fans do.
> >
> > hbc_7840 <fang_guy@> wrote: I saw somewhere that the
> O's won't be trading Tejada for another week
> > or two. I stated in here that he wouldn't make it through this
week.
> >
> > Do you guys know what this means?? It means I was wrong! Can you
> > imagine?
> >
> > Now I am not as wrong as when Joe swiped the wrong hand under the
> > stall divider at the Minneaoplis airport men's room.
> >
> > Nor am I as wrong as Chris Matthews who, just today, when
> discussing
> > Hillarys' illegal immigrant / driver's license / debate faux
pas /
> > gaffe, said she was - and I quote - "flip-flamming". LOL. Flip-
> > flamming! How great is that? Is that like flim-flopping?
> >
> > Anyway, I was wrong nonetheless. But whenever it happens, I am
very
> > very curious to see the return. I predict the White Sox and will
> > simply pray that Jon Garland is not included.
> >
> > And finally, for those who missed it, Curt Schilling posted on
his
> > web site the 29 teams for whom he would be willing to play in
2008,
> > and guess who was not amongst them? Ok, it was actually 15 teams,
> > but the same insult applies. The guy is forty years old and being
> > picky about not playing for the O's. Mr. MacPhail, you have your
> > work cut out for you.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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