Knowledge is power
My new favorite last-place manager: Joe Maddon of Tampa Bay.
Third baseman Aubrey Huff was playing your basic left field. Left fielder Carl Crawford was playing in left-center. Center fielder Rocco Baldelli was playing in right-center, shaded slightly toward center. Right fielder Russell Branyan was playing right field. Shortstop Julio Lugo was playing second base, in something approaching double-play depth. Second baseman Jorge Cantu was stationed in right field, about 30 feet onto the outfield grass. First baseman Ty Wigginton was playing a fairly normal first base, favoring the line, of course.
The Devil Rays' skipper says he's never seen a picture of the original Boudreau Shift on Ted Williams. He's just doing what comes naturally. "It's not just Ortiz," he said. "We do the same thing on [Jim] Thome and [Jason] Giambi."
Maddon says he can't understand why anyone wouldn't do it. "The information is there," he said. "Everyone has it. You pay for it, so you might as well use it. If you do something over and over and over again, and it's not working, then you're the fool."
Third baseman Aubrey Huff was playing your basic left field. Left fielder Carl Crawford was playing in left-center. Center fielder Rocco Baldelli was playing in right-center, shaded slightly toward center. Right fielder Russell Branyan was playing right field. Shortstop Julio Lugo was playing second base, in something approaching double-play depth. Second baseman Jorge Cantu was stationed in right field, about 30 feet onto the outfield grass. First baseman Ty Wigginton was playing a fairly normal first base, favoring the line, of course.
The Devil Rays' skipper says he's never seen a picture of the original Boudreau Shift on Ted Williams. He's just doing what comes naturally. "It's not just Ortiz," he said. "We do the same thing on [Jim] Thome and [Jason] Giambi."
Maddon says he can't understand why anyone wouldn't do it. "The information is there," he said. "Everyone has it. You pay for it, so you might as well use it. If you do something over and over and over again, and it's not working, then you're the fool."
posted by Josh at
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
2 Comments:
They pay for it? That statement implies most teams pay for it and don't use it.
"Sorry, we can't afford to go after Soriano this off-season. We're simply paying some guy too much money to give us information we won't use on what shifts we could be using on David Ortiz."
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dl004d, at 2:03 PM
The Nationals pay for information, and hire Jim Bowden anyway.
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Josh, at 12:26 PM
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