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Paul Swydan

9:58

See, Jeff knows people with the Angels, he should write it up. No thumb war needed, boom!

Dirk Hayhurst

9:58

Did either of you read the 9/11 Seinfeld episode? If so, what are your thoughts on it?

Paul Swydan

9:59

No, I'm not familiar with this.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:59

No, not my thing

Minty

9:59

What do you think happens when Mookie quits getting poorly located/planned pitches?

Paul Swydan

9:59

His walks and stolen bases will go up.

Jeff Zimmerman

9:59

Walk more, always had good rates

Rick

10:00

I tried to buy some FG merch. but $15 international shipping really hurts the pockets.

Jeff Zimmerman

10:00

Not my area, but will pass it on

Paul Swydan

10:01

Sorry. We're not a big outfit. My advice would be, if possible, to have them mailed to someone stateside, and then have that person ship it to you internationally or hold it until you visit.

Kevin

10:01

Follow-up to catcher thing: Is the wear and tear really such a detrimental thing that you would instantly want to move guys off the position at the first sign of trouble/ineptitude (Harper, Myers, Santana, soon to be Schwarber, etc.) ? The Giants have won 3 championships recently with Buster Posey as their best player, and everyone seems to be in agreement that catcher has the most un-quantifiable value. Couldn't it be reasonable to say that if for example a good Manager is worth 2-3 wins, an elite game caller/framer could be worth an additional 2-3 wins? This puts Posey into 9-10 WAR territory. It just seems like teams are often too impatient with this, and maybe teams refusal to let a good bat develop there is costing them some market inefficiency.

Paul Swydan

10:02

I don't think that you are wrong, Kevin. But if there is superstar potential in the bat but not behind the dish, then it's not exactly the worst decision to move a player out from behind the plate. This is one of those developmental decisions where I think the teams know their players best.

Jeff Zimmerman

10:02

Maybe, but people point out the season Posey missed to injury.

Paul Swydan

10:03

Definitely a factor. The same thing happened to Carlos Santana. And then he had to move off catcher anyway.

Jeff Zimmerman

10:03

Or Mauer

Paul Swydan

10:03

And we have to move off of this chat, because it is past our bed time. Thanks as always for hanging out. See you next week!

Jeff Zimmerman

10:03

Bye

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