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re: Nola
Posted on 5/22/09 at 10:27 pm to lsudupont82
Posted on 5/22/09 at 10:27 pm to lsudupont82
Jesus, how many "Nola is great" threads can people start? He has got to have more support than any 220 hitter in the history of baseball.
And for the record, Ozzie Smith hit 262 on his career and stole 580 bases. When Nola is stealing tons of bases and playing better defense than anyone ever... then you can make the comparison. A more fair comparison is Mark Belanger, a great glove and terrible hitter.
Nola plays good defense. But so does DJ. Any praise of Nola comes at the cost of tearing down DJ. And DJ is a much better hitter. Nola will be a great player for us. But he's a freshman right now. And he looks like a freshman who isn't ready. No shame in that. Plenty of players were overmatched as freshmen before turning it on the rest of their careers.
And for the record, Ozzie Smith hit 262 on his career and stole 580 bases. When Nola is stealing tons of bases and playing better defense than anyone ever... then you can make the comparison. A more fair comparison is Mark Belanger, a great glove and terrible hitter.
Nola plays good defense. But so does DJ. Any praise of Nola comes at the cost of tearing down DJ. And DJ is a much better hitter. Nola will be a great player for us. But he's a freshman right now. And he looks like a freshman who isn't ready. No shame in that. Plenty of players were overmatched as freshmen before turning it on the rest of their careers.
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Posted on 5/22/09 at 10:29 pm to Baloo
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Nola plays good defense. But so does DJ. Any praise of Nola comes at the cost of tearing down DJ. And DJ is a much better hitter. Nola will be a great player for us. But he's a freshman right now. And he looks like a freshman who isn't ready. No shame in that. Plenty of players were overmatched as freshmen before turning it on the rest of their careers.
I agree with you. But right now he is our best SS in the field to win games
Posted on 5/22/09 at 10:32 pm to Baloo
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Nola plays good defense. But so does DJ.
I think Nola is clearly a better SS than Lemahieu. I also think Lemahieu is clearly a better 2B than Shimpf. To me, that's why playing Nola makes sense...because we've upgraded the entire middle infield...not just one spot.
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