Comments on: You will fear any man who possesses the middle name of a Northern California suburb http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/04/26/you-will-fear-any-man-who-possesses-the-middle-name-of-a-northern-california-suburb/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:13:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: mtalinm http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/04/26/you-will-fear-any-man-who-possesses-the-middle-name-of-a-northern-california-suburb/#comment-38817 mtalinm Fri, 04 May 2007 17:52:52 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/04/26/you-will-fear-any-man-who-possesses-the-middle-name-of-a-northern-california-suburb/#comment-38817 4-for-4 last night...it's the WILY MO-MENTUM!!!!!! 4-for-4 last night…it’s the WILY MO-MENTUM!!!!!!

]]> By: rebbe sox http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/04/26/you-will-fear-any-man-who-possesses-the-middle-name-of-a-northern-california-suburb/#comment-37521 rebbe sox Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:07:14 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/04/26/you-will-fear-any-man-who-possesses-the-middle-name-of-a-northern-california-suburb/#comment-37521 It's hard not to like the big lug, but I'm running out of patience with Wily Mo. The talk had been that his big problem was that he never had a chance to play consistently. Give him time, they'd say, and he'll develop a better eye for the strike zone. I believed that once, but I don't any more. Wily Mo's had over 1,000 major league at bats and he still swings at curve balls in the dirt. I once thought he could grow up to be Dave Kingman -- you know, a lot of strike outs but enough blasts into the upper deck to make the Ks more than worthwhile. Now, I don't see even that. Everyone knows how to pitch this guy and he will get his 15 to 20 homers a year as a fourth outfielder only when the odd breaking ball doesn't break ... or someone is stupid or desperate enough to throw him a fastball in the zone. That's not enough "up side" to make him proper material for a championship team. It’s hard not to like the big lug, but I’m running out of patience with Wily Mo. The talk had been that his big problem was that he never had a chance to play consistently. Give him time, they’d say, and he’ll develop a better eye for the strike zone. I believed that once, but I don’t any more.

Wily Mo’s had over 1,000 major league at bats and he still swings at curve balls in the dirt. I once thought he could grow up to be Dave Kingman — you know, a lot of strike outs but enough blasts into the upper deck to make the Ks more than worthwhile. Now, I don’t see even that. Everyone knows how to pitch this guy and he will get his 15 to 20 homers a year as a fourth outfielder only when the odd breaking ball doesn’t break … or someone is stupid or desperate enough to throw him a fastball in the zone. That’s not enough “up side” to make him proper material for a championship team.

]]> By: chris http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/04/26/you-will-fear-any-man-who-possesses-the-middle-name-of-a-northern-california-suburb/#comment-36849 chris Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:39:36 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/04/26/you-will-fear-any-man-who-possesses-the-middle-name-of-a-northern-california-suburb/#comment-36849 WMP is really fun to watch, and I'm an optimist on where it's all headed. But I'm pretty sure Modesto is far from the burbs. I think it's more of a Central Valley farm town. WMP is really fun to watch, and I’m an optimist on where it’s all headed. But I’m pretty sure Modesto is far from the burbs. I think it’s more of a Central Valley farm town.

]]> By: tinisoli http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/04/26/you-will-fear-any-man-who-possesses-the-middle-name-of-a-northern-california-suburb/#comment-36823 tinisoli Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:36:28 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2007/04/26/you-will-fear-any-man-who-possesses-the-middle-name-of-a-northern-california-suburb/#comment-36823 Maybe he had no choice but to throw a fastball because his slider was nowhere to be found and he had to throw a strike. But Chris Ray obviously didn't get the memo that should be circulating the A.L. right now: "Wily Mo Pena can't hit anything but fastballs." Maybe he had no choice but to throw a fastball because his slider was nowhere to be found and he had to throw a strike. But Chris Ray obviously didn’t get the memo that should be circulating the A.L. right now: “Wily Mo Pena can’t hit anything but fastballs.”

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