Gary Sheffield
by MidwayCityLivestock on Mar 31, 2009 1:03 PM PDT
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PrintFor some reason, Mason and Ireland (and the at least two fans who have called in so far) think that signing Gary Sheffield is a no brainer. The Tigers are on the hook for the bulk of his $$$, leaving anyone who choses to sign him a League minimum contract.
Now I would take Gary Sheffield for league minimum if we didn't already have 4 aging past their prime outfielders, but apparently they have somehow overlooked that our opening day starting rotation will be:
Joe Saunders
WTY
Dustin Mosely
Nick Adenhart
Shane Loux
They seem to have stopped talking about it for now but here's the link to the audio (live)
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BIG BAT, BIG BAT, BIG BAT, BIG BAT, BIG BAT, BIG BAT...
BIG BAT, BIG BAT, BIG BAT, BIG BAT, BIG BAT. sorry guys i can’t help my when there’s a BIG BAT, BIG BAT, BIG BAT, BIG BAT, BIG BAT, BIG BAT available on the cheap.
unless sheffield
has worked on his ability to throw a major league curve, 2-seam and a change-up i say no thanks!
There is an "Angel in the outfield" and his name is GA! ps. he is lazy but not a bum GO HALOS!
Agreed entirely.
Sheffield can’t hit for average anymore and he’ll only hit 20+ homers if he gets 450+ ABs but with that many ABs, his hitting would probably hurt the team more than his power would help us. Plus, there is no spot for him.
by Chzburger Jones on Mar 31, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
Signing Shef is a no-brainer
It would require an absolute absence of brains by Reagins and Moreno to draw the contract.
Shef only this season admitted that he was no longer a defensive player, something which occurred to just about every onlooker about 2 seasons ago. He was whining about being seen as just a DH.
Now it is clear that is all he is, and if he isn’t good enough to DH on the Tigers, how exactly does he fit on the Angels?
And finally, stop complaining about the rotation. We’re looking at a situation which should look radically different by June 1. There is no need to panic. Thinking Sheffield is an answer to any shortcoming on this team is a living definition of “panic”.
by George Kaplan on Mar 31, 2009 2:22 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
but somehow theres rumors of him going to the phils
at least we wont have anywhere near the worst OF defense now
That'll only happen if that one prospect is the second coming of Christ and redemption for mankind can only be achieved by smacking many balls out of the yard.
-The Limey
by anaheim angels on Mar 31, 2009 9:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Shef's attitude + NO spot for him = Huge mistake.
There is no way Sheffield will be an Angel, no matter how good it might sound.
Period.
Why would we give Gary Sheffield a chance
and not BRANDON WOOD???
give me a break livestock.
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Mar 31, 2009 3:21 PM PDT reply actions
Umm.....
I have re-read my Post three times now and still can’t figure out where I would have given the impression that I think it’s a good idea.
Perhaps you read: “Now I would take Gary Sheffield for league minimum….” and STOPPED reading there, but that’s all I got.
by MidwayCityLivestock on Mar 31, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, it don't see where you said it was a good idea either.
But I did read where you wrote maybe if the Angels didn’t already have 4 aging OF.
Which I agree with.
I was uncool before uncool was cool.
That wasn't written in any negativity...
The lacking of tone on the internet can be problematic. I suppose a comma after "break"and “livestock” would have helped?
Anyways, yeah…no Sheff.
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Mar 31, 2009 6:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Call me biased
But even if he is having a respectable season, Sheffield will find something to bitch about.
Six years ago, with his supposed baggage – he would fill the ‘big bat’ requirement just fine.
At this point, he isn’t even the big bat guy anymore, but someone who is looking for one more home run to cap off his career.
Jose Guillen and fans’ reactions to players of Guillen, Sheffield and HGH’s ilk make it a very unlikely situation Sheffield is going anywhere close to Anaheim, except as a visiting player.
Golden memories of Shef
But even if he is having a respectable season, Sheffield will find something to bitch about.
It was 2000, and Sheffield was making $10M a year, which, back then, was the 8-figure stratosphere of the elite. Only the very, very few made $10M or more at that time.
Shef was selected to represent the NL in the All Star game, which was held in Cleveland that year. Always one to find something to complain about, and having an inexhaustible ego to stoke, Shef said he wouldn’t go to the game because the Dodgers disrespected him by not offering to fly his family, First Class, from Atlanta to Cleveland for the game.
Just let that roll around in your head for a second: At this point, Sheffield is clearing about $500K a month for each month of the season, after deducting for commission, dues and taxes. Somehow, though, the man netting more money in one month of playing a children’s game than most folks make in a decade of hard work feels it isn’t his financial responsibility to fly his family to see him play an exhibition game.
No, it was the job of those cheap bastards, the Dodgers.
The Dodger front office relented, of course, because they wanted Shef’s face in Dodger blue at the game, and I suspect they were concerned he might wish them all into the corn field if he became any more angry.
That little incident shaped my opinion of the man. From there on out, he could well have spent every free weekend working for Habitat for Humanity or in a Calcutta orphanage. I wouldn’t care. I still think of him as the preening, egocentric asshole he was that Summer.
by George Kaplan on Apr 1, 2009 3:41 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
No Room
I think that is the biggest issue. If you sign Sheffield, then there is only one real position he can fill and that is DH. With already having four outfielders, one of them is going to have to rotate in at DH so there is not a spot for him in the lineup.
You must mean
“outrageously good,” i assume?
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 1, 2009 12:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Maybe 5 years ago
Sheffield is now below average with the bat and nonexistant in the field. HELL NO
That'll only happen if that one prospect is the second coming of Christ and redemption for mankind can only be achieved by smacking many balls out of the yard.
-The Limey
I think our friend Ted Stevens
Has something to say about this issue.
Light Up That Halo!
by Clutch on Mar 31, 2009 10:45 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Heard some radio show arguing that Gary's a future Hall of Famer
I laughed so hard I had to pull over
Netherlands-2 Dominican Republic-0
Did they say WHICH Hall of Fame?
The Self-Centered Asshole Hall of Fame could construct an entire wing for Gary.
The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY? Not too damn likely, with or without 500 HR.
by George Kaplan on Apr 2, 2009 3:35 PM PDT up reply actions
He probably is
He is one of the best hitters of the last 20 years, and in his prime a decent fielder.
vivaelbeñsheets
by vivaelpujols on Apr 4, 2009 11:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Shef
Good hitter? Sure, at one time.
Major League Baseball Hall of Fame? Not in this universe.
by George Kaplan on Apr 5, 2009 12:59 AM PDT up reply actions
We’ll probably hear him complaining how he’s been disrespected when he gets just above the minimum number of votes to stay on the ballot, but enough to be elected. Odds that he plays the race card? 2 to 1….he’s done it before and will do it again.
Confounding bloggers, one post at a time.
-Slasher52
Just wondering...
Did everybody notice how the teams which showed even modest effort to obtain Sheffield were NL teams? Dusty Baker was lobbying for him in Cincy, and the Mets, of course, did sign him.
But even for the MLB minimum of $400K, no AL team took a flyer on him to be their DH, whereas in the NL he’s going to have to contribute on the field as well.
Not desirable enough for even one of the AL teams…wow.
You guys are high
The guy hit 20+ homers in 14 seasons. 30+ in 8 seasons. He has over 1600 career RBI’s. 251 career SB’s and a career .292 batting average (over 2600 hits).
Can someone come up with a realistic arguement as to why he should not be in the Hall of Fame? Please… something other than you just don’t like him. He’s a sure first ballot guy.
It could happen
…once the threshold is lowered sufficiently. As soon as Fred McGriff makes the HoF, then the comparably-statted Sheffield should follow in a subsequent year.
Of course, McGriff never had the stink of steroids about him that Sheffield has had. That could cost Shef as well.
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