Comments on: Anthony Castrovince rewrites Jose Bautista’s history

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:09:00 +0000

They do test in MLB.

By: spudchukar

spudchukar — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:46:39 +0000

What makes the Pirates look exceptionally bad here is the choice to opt for LaRoche and move Bautista. Giving up on Bautista wasn’t criminal. Giving up on Bautista for LaRoche should be a baseball misdemeanor at least.

By: dirtyharry1971

dirtyharry1971 — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:11:12 +0000

still waiting for someone to hand Jose a pee cup!!

By: cur68

cur68 — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:15:39 +0000

Holy PR piece Batman. Is Anthony Castrovince writing for Disney? This looks like a treatment for script or something. The feel-good tale about the poor misunderstood hero who makes good in spite of the odds. I think I saw this before in Flubber.

Mathew is right; JB had his chances to show up and play for the Pirates. The trouble was a hitting coach never looked the kid over and noticed the good hand eye coordination in spite of the lousy plate approach. The Pirates must be just kicking themselves.

I think Cito Gaston and Dwayne Murphy deserves a lot of the credit here. They got his swing re-tooled to take advantage of his excellent hand eye coordination and the rest was down to JB’s hard work. And, let’s face it, Rogers Center is pretty hitter friendly.

By: Paul Zummo

Paul Zummo — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:53:03 +0000

I think Pouliot’s point is that this line was underwhelming for Triple A.

By: Matthew Pouliot

Matthew Pouliot — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:51:58 +0000

Yeah, it’s a fine OBP. My point was that he wasn’t exactly busting down the door for a promotion. Maybe underwhelming wasn’t the best word to use.

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:46:59 +0000

Echoing this, a .370 OBP would have put him third behind Jason Bay and Freddie Sanchez (not counting Sean Casey since he only played in 59 Games).

By: Matthew Pouliot

Matthew Pouliot — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:46:48 +0000

I agree… he’s a very good writer. That’s why I clicked on the article and one of the reasons I was so disappointed. If this was a Richard Griffin piece, I wouldn’t have cared enough to bother.

By: shellvice

shellvice — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:26:38 +0000

Matthew Pouliot rewrites definition of “underwhelming”:

A .370 OBP?

Point is, you’re reaching here. Castrovince is one of the good ones.