tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post1802276023384916946..comments2023-12-15T07:22:02.492-05:00Comments on The Tao of Stieb: Notes from the Notebook: Scattered Thoughts from the Long WeekendTao of Stiebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12459135109404905466noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-8803471106059174272011-09-07T14:14:57.362-04:002011-09-07T14:14:57.362-04:00Agreed on all points. Lawrie's exuberance is j...Agreed on all points. Lawrie's exuberance is just plain infectious--in a good way.<br /><br />Lind's inability to recognize pitches and take a walk has lead this team to have 2 major needs in the off season: 1- a bat that can hit clean up and protect Bautista<br />2- another starting pitcher preferably someone to slot in behind Romero and before Morrow. Not that these guys grow on trees. I can see Molina pushing Cecil as early as mid 2012Keith72noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-6852113251912230842011-09-06T11:02:42.448-04:002011-09-06T11:02:42.448-04:00I find watching Brett Lawrie play makes me feel ev...I find watching Brett Lawrie play makes me feel every bit of my 42 years, and not all like I'm 21 again.<br /><br />Particularly, it brings home the fact that there was nothing I did at the age of 21 as well as he plays baseball. That's a bucket full of cold water in the face on a holiday Monday afternoon, let me tell you.<br /><br /><br />But I do so love to watch him play baseball...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-61887596259569397382011-09-06T10:26:58.074-04:002011-09-06T10:26:58.074-04:00"there's something refreshing about sitti...<i>"there's something refreshing about sitting back and viscerally appreciating the sight of Brett Lawrie playing baseball."</i><br /><br />More and more, this is where my headspace is. At the risk of becoming "one of them dinosaurs", I'm finding that statistical analysis overload, while not "ruining" the game for me, has become distracting at best.<br /><br />Sometimes a dude just wants to watch a guy play baseball and really get after it... fWAR and UZR be damned.<br /><br />(now I'll retreat and allow the mocking to begin....)The Ackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12374953233006854310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-56937239894743502252011-09-06T09:25:30.718-04:002011-09-06T09:25:30.718-04:00I really, really, hope McGowan gets a standing ova...I really, really, hope McGowan gets a standing ovation when he enters the game. He deserves it.Garoldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2484762138483195409.post-57800459690014678902011-09-06T07:58:08.407-04:002011-09-06T07:58:08.407-04:00Excellent and enjoyable post. That success in the ...Excellent and enjoyable post. That success in the minor leagues speaks well of the Blue Jays. I like where this team is going even though that bodes ominously for my favorite team.William J. Taskerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313204947130235560noreply@blogger.com