tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post7486712965666710767..comments2023-06-25T04:47:18.160-04:00Comments on NationalsFanboyLooser: Bacsik v. ReddingMikeHarrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15120210292656990693noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post-49108868159414520872010-01-31T13:04:28.144-05:002010-01-31T13:04:28.144-05:00Who knows who was in on it? Ball Four (I think) t...Who knows who was in on it? Ball Four (I think) talked about some wink-wink arrangements. Could have been a few, could have been just one. Or I could be full of crap. But I'll stick to my story to my grave.MikeHarrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120210292656990693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post-55463370132311521072010-01-30T17:20:05.357-05:002010-01-30T17:20:05.357-05:00In that case, was Barry in on it? Or Schneider? D...In that case, was Barry in on it? Or Schneider? Did he know to wait for a late-in-the-count pitch ahead of time, so he knew to foul off that ball that dribbled down the 1B line instead of taking a real hack at it to see what happens?<br /><br />I don't mean this sarcastically (and I hope it doesn't come across that way). I wonder if your trusted source let you in on whether it was a full blown conspiracy (see: Strahan, Michael and Favre, Brett), or just one man's plan that worked perfectly?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06585304213621604104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post-60648230253471193682010-01-29T15:05:54.374-05:002010-01-29T15:05:54.374-05:00Sass - everything you say makes perfect sense, of ...Sass - everything you say makes perfect sense, of course. I still believe it was a groove job. Just something about Bacsik's personality (and his Twitter background) that leads me to think that.<br />The guy wasn't a very memorable pitcher. This may be the only way anyone ever remembers he was in the big leagues.<br />And while he wasn't a very good big-league pitcher, he WAS one so by nature he's more capable than your average Joe. Just as the worst golfer on the PGA Tour would look amazing next to the rest of us, the worst pitcher in big league history can still do things with a ball most can't.<br /><br />Also, got this e-mail from someone who was around the team that year (not Svrluga), someone whose judgment I trust 100 percent:<br /><br />grooved it. there were 24 other people in that locker room that knew he grooved it, but only one of them actually said it on the radio.MikeHarrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120210292656990693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post-20106150369909329892010-01-29T15:00:17.574-05:002010-01-29T15:00:17.574-05:00Just sign Hudson. Please. Your pitchers will thank...Just sign Hudson. Please. Your pitchers will thank you, your fans will thank you. He'll generate more than the 6mill you pay him in wins/attendance. Just get it done.<br /><br />Re Bacsik- It doesn't make sense to me that Bacsik would grove the 7th pitch of the at-bat if he wanted to be famous. It would have been that 3rd pitch which, if you read Barry Suvulga's (sorry for butchering the spelling) piece in NJ, even the Giants play-by-play described as a perfect pitch. If he wanted fame it would be ball, ball, over the middle. Or ball, ball, good pitch, HR-express. Not ball, ball, perfect pitch, really good pitch (fouled), good pitch off the plate, really good pitch off the plate (swinging), HR. That's a lot more work than is worth it for giving up a home run to a steroids-fueld HR hitting machine. Also, I don't give Bacsik that much credit as a pitcher to have the control to intentionally make pitches 3-6 un-hitable, only to "disguise" his purposfully bad pitch 7, without walking him. I think he was trying to get the K and, being the bad pitcher he was, left it over the plate. Just my opinion, but it doesn't add up to me.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06585304213621604104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post-630827537671493082010-01-29T12:37:40.257-05:002010-01-29T12:37:40.257-05:00They gave Pudge 2yr/$6M and Marquis 2yr/$15M. I co...They gave Pudge 2yr/$6M and Marquis 2yr/$15M. I could see them giving Hudson 2yr/$10-$12M. Once he comes to the realization that he's not going to get $9M from anyone (and he'll have to figure that one out pretty soon), a second year should look pretty attractive to him. Surely he doesn't want to be doing the FA dance again next year for like the third year in a row. And with Guzman gone after this year, the Nats will still have a need for Hudson next year - even if both Desmond and Espinosa arrive.An Briosca Morhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855174362787324401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post-87448990847232613892010-01-29T11:28:31.114-05:002010-01-29T11:28:31.114-05:00What's fair for Hudson? Nine mil does seem hi...What's fair for Hudson? Nine mil does seem high. Three mil does seem low.MikeHarrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120210292656990693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1478750914084047598.post-25083047501198626862010-01-29T11:14:40.767-05:002010-01-29T11:14:40.767-05:00The caravan is hitting a lot of chili places up he...The caravan is hitting a lot of chili places up here. Stick your head out the window, take a deep sniff and I'm sure you'll get a good whiff of the blowback from it down there.<br /><br />As for Bacsik, all he needs to say is "Of course I didn't groove that pitch. My pocket-size sample tubes of the cream and the clear both just happened to run dry right before I threw it."<br /><br />The Nats-Hudson dance seems to be a line-for-line rerun of last year's Nats-Dunn dance. I predict the same ending for it. So did Jon Heyman last night on MLB Network.An Briosca Morhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06855174362787324401noreply@blogger.com