Your chance to show up the statheads
by Suboptimal on Sep 8, 2009 12:28 AM PDT
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Tom Tango's defensive scouting report sample test. Multiple choice. Answer (A) - (D) to each of the following:
1. Chone Figgins' reflexes at third base are ____________
A. cat-like.
B. ninja-like.
C. spider-like.
D. girl-like.
More questions after the jump.
2. Reggie Willits' defensive play ___________.
A. is bad.
B. is really bad.
C. doesn't matter--he's the designated pinch runner.
D. ...wait, Reggie Willits is still on a major league roster?
3. Kendry Morales:
A. Has been worse at first base than I expected.
B. Has been as good at first base as I expected.
C. Has been better at first base than I expected.
D. Doesn't even know how to spell "Teixeira." T-E-S-H-A...uh, X...
4. Crack! A screaming line drive is headed for right field, where Bobby Abreu is playing. Your reaction?
A. Ohgodohgodohohgod...
B. That's a sure double, but maybe Bobby can throw him out digging for third.
C. Just go over the fence. I can't suffer the humiliation of watching Bobby try to play it off the wall.
D. Whatever. His contract was the steal of the off-season.
5. A base runner is attempting to steal second base on Jeff Mathis! Where is the throw most likely to end up?
A. Center field.
B. The dugout.
C. The bullpen.
D. Third base--how do you know the runner plans to stop at second?
Isn't this fun? I could answer these questions all day. So why not fill out a defensive scouting report right now? These statistics, some of the best available today, are compiled entirely from fan input. But the Angels have got only 21 submissions this season. Even Seattle has done better than that--a lot better. Do it because you care. Do it because you hate pencilnecks telling you who's good and bad at baseball. Do it to beat Seattle.
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A, D, C, E (all of the above in random order as the ball is travelling toward him), and A.
Is the link your site or are you simply “pimping” for the tiger?
I love this team.
pimping for Tom Tango...
not sure where I got the tiger from …. grrrr!
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Sep 8, 2009 12:47 AM PDT up reply actions
I did my report when you first posted it.
I did it last year too and god willing I will do it next year as well. It is kind of fun.
Hey la, hey, Halo...
B - D - C - A - A
I would also like to buy a vowel.
The Big Red Machine V.2 is coming this Fall 2009. Go Halos!
My answers
A C C C B (although you didn’t specify which dugout – it may not even be one of the two on the field)
I feel the need, the need...for speed!
BDCAA
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart, Marquis Cooper, Steve McNair, and Frank Grimes, or Grimey, as he liked to be called
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