Comments on: For the love of God, Ron Washington: get Vlad out of right field http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/28/for-the-love-of-god-ron-washington-get-vlad-out-of-right-field/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:08:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ultimately, Ron Washington didn’t put Guerrero in a position to succeed. It didn’t cost the Rangers… - Texas Rangers Baseball Blog http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/28/for-the-love-of-god-ron-washington-get-vlad-out-of-right-field/comment-page-1/#comment-87671 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:20:59 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=22575#comment-87671 [...] Craig Calcaterra on Vlad in the outfield [...]

]]> By: larrytsg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/28/for-the-love-of-god-ron-washington-get-vlad-out-of-right-field/comment-page-1/#comment-87609 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 22:18:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=22575#comment-87609 Um, I know it was 6 years ago, but it was a bit surprising how “not awful” Ortiz was in the 2004 WS. I remember him playing 1B (which might have been a good choice for Vlad) and freezing a runner off of 3rd base, or picking him off after a routine infield play.

]]> By: Pinstriped Bible » Love The One You’re With http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/28/for-the-love-of-god-ron-washington-get-vlad-out-of-right-field/comment-page-1/#comment-87578 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:31:41 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=22575#comment-87578 [...] of Game 1 of the World Series yesterday. After watching Vlad stumble about out there in Game 1, Craig Calcaterra and Rob Neyer chimed in this morning, and my preview of Game 2 revisits the [...]

]]> By: Rangers bench Vladimir Guerrero for Game 2 | HardballTalk http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/28/for-the-love-of-god-ron-washington-get-vlad-out-of-right-field/comment-page-1/#comment-87576 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:30:53 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=22575#comment-87576 [...] For the love of God, Ron Washington: get Vlad out of right field [...]

]]> By: thebaseballidiot http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/28/for-the-love-of-god-ron-washington-get-vlad-out-of-right-field/comment-page-1/#comment-87460 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:45:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=22575#comment-87460 But Vlad has to play in the outfield, so he can hit the game winning 3-run homer off of Lincecum, then throw the tying run out at the plate in the bottom of the 9th. It’s even be foretold by Nostradamus:

At the final battle near the great bay
When men still wield their own sword
In the span of a week
Vlad the Impaler will slay the mighty Giants

He will toil the whole day
When three score shall topple the wall
And he will break the weak Linc of the chain
With a mighty clout

And his great arm will stay the renewed attack
When the last of the gargantuan fall
They will not be safe in their home
When only one star shines bright

It must be true.

If

]]> By: Jonny 5 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/28/for-the-love-of-god-ron-washington-get-vlad-out-of-right-field/comment-page-1/#comment-87368 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:50:07 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=22575#comment-87368 I get the pinch hitting thing, but keeping Vlad on the bench until a pitching change is obviously not in Washingtons plans. And frankly if i were him I’d feel the same way about it. It’s Freaking Vlad we’re talking about, and that guy makes things happen, even if it is by accident most of the time.

]]> By: easports82 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/28/for-the-love-of-god-ron-washington-get-vlad-out-of-right-field/comment-page-1/#comment-87366 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:42:25 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=22575#comment-87366 Why not do a Pat Burrel type deal and take him out in the 6th or 7th for defense? Giants’ put up a 3 spot in the 8th with a couple huge assists from Vlad. Pull those 3 and if the 9th played out how it did (though most likely, the Beard comes in sooner) and it’s a one run game. Starting the game is fine, get a couple AB’s, then pull him.

Though, I am rooting for the Giants, so forget I brought this up.

]]> By: Lukehart80 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/28/for-the-love-of-god-ron-washington-get-vlad-out-of-right-field/comment-page-1/#comment-87353 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 14:19:15 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=22575#comment-87353 If Vlad is an “offensive game changer,” let him change the game by pinch hitting until they get back to Arlington.

]]> By: Jonny 5 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/28/for-the-love-of-god-ron-washington-get-vlad-out-of-right-field/comment-page-1/#comment-87332 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:49:21 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=22575#comment-87332 What’s Ron to do? Where should Vlad be placed? You can’t bench him, he’s an offensive game changer as much as a defensive one in the OF.

]]> By: BC http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/28/for-the-love-of-god-ron-washington-get-vlad-out-of-right-field/comment-page-1/#comment-87327 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:34:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=22575#comment-87327 The parallels to Dave Winfield abound. Winfield was a GOD in the outfield, but once he hit about 35, he was a DH. And a good DH. That’s what Vlad is.
Putting Vlad in the field would be like putting David Ortiz or Jim Thome in the field at this point. Not happening, unless a game goes 37 innings or something.

]]> By: texasdawg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/28/for-the-love-of-god-ron-washington-get-vlad-out-of-right-field/comment-page-1/#comment-87318 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:53:46 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=22575#comment-87318 Guerrero played 18 games in the outfield this year. He’s not fast, but in none of them did he look like that. (Small sample size, yes, but he was a +2.7 UZR/150 in those games.)

I’d be fine with Murphy (against the RHP Cain), but I’m OK with Guerrero as well. He’s not likely to play that poorly again tonight.

]]> By: Ari Collins http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/28/for-the-love-of-god-ron-washington-get-vlad-out-of-right-field/comment-page-1/#comment-87317 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:51:13 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=22575#comment-87317 Mostly unrelated, but I found your must-click link of the day. Seemingly the entire BP staff talks about their favorite World Series memory. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=12312

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