Why did #Brewers sign Gregg Zaun? Source said Jason Kendall was seeking $5 million to come back for another year
Ed Price from fanhouse.com. Jason Kendall's .636 OPS last season was far and away the worst among MLB catchers with enough ABS to qualify for the batting title.
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Awesome.
Thanks for the chuckles Kendall.
I was watching Studio 42 w/ Bob Costas yesterday — He was interviewing Jim Bouton. Bouton is running some sort of “vintage league”, where the players dress and play 19th century baseball. They showed a clip of some dude swinging with all his might, and barely getting the ball to the 3rd baseman. I was thinking to myself, Kendall gets that ball through the hole. It then occurred to me Kendall could be the greatest 19th century player to live in the 21st century, the world has ever seen.
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by Fatter than Joey on Dec 5, 2009 7:42 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
.636
The heck with catchers – Kendall’s .636 was the worst in all of baseball except for Renteria, Betancourt and Bonfacio.
His .305 SLG was the worst in baseball as well.
He was bad at catching.
Why not ask for $10M/2yrs? — It’s not as if he hasn’t leaped over the absurdity fence a long time ago.
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by Fatter than Joey on Dec 5, 2009 8:01 AM CST reply actions
It sounds like a silly demand
But with bonuses and his vesting option, he got over $9M on a 2 yr deal coming off a .610 OPS two years ago. He even put up an OPS over .700 over the final two months, just like he did in 2007. Good job, Doug, not letting that sway you this time.
And this guy writes about baseball
For a living?
I think you're misreading it.
I think it is:
Q: Why did Brewers sign Gregg Zaun?
A: Kendall wanted $5 mil
NOT “Why did Brewers sign Gregg Zaun? That’s stupid, Kendall only wanted $5 mil to come back!”
Applying Simpsons and Star Wars quotes to Brewers discussions since 2009.
Nah.
I thought the same thing when I read it, too.
by Rubie Q on Dec 5, 2009 2:45 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
At first me too
Had to read it a third time
dickie_thon: Third baseman Bill Hall / Watches the third strike go by / Gamel grabs his glove
Plus its a Tweet
so there’s a limited amount of space.
I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."
~Jeff Sackmann
by Charlie Marlow on Dec 5, 2009 12:05 PM CST up reply actions
Fangraphs post from Nov 10 on Zaun
Very interesting…seems like a smart signing:
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/zaun-on-the-market/
by Milwaukee's Gr8est on Dec 5, 2009 9:58 AM CST reply actions
This circles back to the why does a crappy hitter play so much question
But it’s hard for a catcher to qualify for the batting title. Only nine of them did it last year and one of those spent half the year at first base.
Really...
who cares, as long as they call a good game. And grit.
I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."
~Jeff Sackmann
by Charlie Marlow on Dec 5, 2009 11:51 AM CST up reply actions
We are keeping the KUG system right? RIGHT??
Be cool, and relax. Take a breath, take ten paces back.
The coolest motherfunker on the planet.
by Dikembe Meiztombo on Dec 5, 2009 3:44 PM CST reply actions
What happened?
Did Weekend Dad have a little too much fun on Friday night again and forget to pick us up from Weekday Dad’s?
BCB, the preferred above replacement level sarcasm supplier.
I'm assuming there will be a weekend Mug tomorrow morning
In the meantime, I didn’t see much news break today, and there’s still some conversation going on regarding yesterday’s moves.
That's all I've got for you today, unless you're interested in some Chris Capuano/Tom Haudricourt Fan Fiction.
Ouch
And Weekday dad doesn’t want us either.
Just playing though, not that it matters much to me other than the fact that I’m looking for something to help me procrastinate writing papers.
BCB, the preferred above replacement level sarcasm supplier.
by MadJimiBrewha on Dec 5, 2009 10:11 PM CST up reply actions
Weekend Dad took his kid to Ninja Assassin
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by Fatter than Joey on Dec 5, 2009 11:08 PM CST up reply actions
Yeah, It wasn't great, but it was something that Weekend Dad lets you watch
much like scrambled porn.
They need to make more ninjas if there is going to be a sequel
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by Fatter than Joey on Dec 5, 2009 11:17 PM CST up reply actions
I don't think I am old enough to be dad to anyone on this site.
But the weekend mug is up now. I’m still trying to decide if its best posting it for saturday night or sundaya morning. Would you (or anyone) prefer saturday nights better?
I'm totally indifferent
but if there needs to be a tie breaking vote, I will cast it!
I don’t have a category for "washed-up guys who may or may not be dominant big-league closers sometime soon."
~Jeff Sackmann
by Charlie Marlow on Dec 6, 2009 12:34 AM CST up reply actions
I think how you did it works well --
I like the Sunday AM
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by Fatter than Joey on Dec 6, 2009 9:10 AM CST up reply actions
You can do what I do
I’ve been posting daily mugs at 3 in the morning every day for years. I only leave it up for one minute, though, before deleting it. It’s like the Great Pumpkin of daily mugs.
"I will agree that the attitude [at BCB] is ridiculous and they have done so much to instigate animosity and then block us from responding. Real mature!"
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