Winning cures everything. If the Braves are in a playoff race come August then everyone will be watching. I don't like that we signed a character like this but the money is minimal and it was a positional need.
Winning cures everything. If the Braves are in a playoff race come August then everyone will be watching. I don't like that we signed a character like this but the money is minimal and it was a positional need.
Natural Immunity Croc
OkieBrave (04-18-2015)
Braves1976 (04-18-2015)
Should have mentioned this sooner, but back when this survey originally came out, it was largely ignored. The "stathead" clown car over at Scout insisted that the Braves should sign Nick Swisher as a FA. So, just to understand the rationale, I asked simply, "what do you like about him?" Nobody replied. To keep the discussion alive, I demonstrated that Nick Swisher was, in fact, a bozo. One poster actually compared him to Maddux. Yes, really...and only because Maddux told fart jokes.
Then attempting it by another angle, the favorite statistic of the time OPS was cited. You never hear much about OPS from this crowd much though now. Swisher's lifetime post-season OPS was in the .500 range. They, of course, neglected to acknowledge this vital bit of information. Another intrepid poster PM'd that since he was in Oakland for a period of time, there was the Billy Beane connection.
Last edited by Knucksie; 04-19-2015 at 04:43 PM.
Hawk (04-19-2015)