Re: Guzman bench
再來一篇毒舌的 :p
http://nationals.scout.com/2/397377.html
Distinguished Senators: What to do about Guz?
By Ryan Moore Distinguished Senators
Date: Jul 21, 2005
By trying to talk Barry Larking out of retirement, Jim Bowden
has essentially admitted that he blew it in signing Cristian Guzman.
But aren't there other alternatives?
I've been waiting pretty much since the day he was hired for Jim Bowden
to admit he sucks. It's a lot to ask, I know, but he's finally done it.
Alert Nats fans may have noticed that Cristian Guzman didn't start
last night, sitting in favor of Jamey Carroll. Guz wasn't injured,
and it wasn't a senior moment from Frank Robinson. It was totally
on purpose.
"It comes to a point where, for me, we're struggling and we need
offense wherever we can get it," Robinson said of Guzman, who is
hitting .189 after grounding out in a pinch-hit appearance last night.
"You eliminate the weakest guy in your lineup."
That's not the end of it. Bodes continues to seek a replacement for
his $16 million dollar extravagance.
Before last night's game against the Colorado Rockies at RFK Stadium,
Bowden said he had called Nationals special assistant Barry Larkin to
try and persuade the 12-time All-Star to come out of retirement and
play for the rest of the season.
Bowden has realized -- and bear in mind that this is not a recent
development -- that his big acquisition, allegedly a player you
"build around," is so bad that he'd rather have a 41 year old
who hasn't played in the better part of a year suit up. But the fact that
it's Carroll replacing Guzman is an even more amazing development.
I don't know if you've noticed, but Bodes seems to hate guys
he hasn't acquired. Remember Brendan Harris? The Nats have done
everything they could to keep him off the field.
Baerga has the same portfolio as Harris (2B/3B) but is fat and slow
and just generally embarrassing to justify to friends who are
fans of other teams. It was decided that Jamey Carroll couldn't
adequately fill in at second, but instead of giving Harris a chance,
valuable starter/Frank casualty Tomo Ohka was jettisoned for
a month of Junior Spivey. So poor Brendan is slaving away in
New Orleans while anyone -- anyone -- Bodes brought on board gets to e
njoy the limelight of the majors. So believe me when I say that it's
a big damn deal that a guy whose performance can in no way make Bodes
look good is playing instead of Guzman.
The rough part for Bowden is that this is his legacy. Let's look
three years into the future, after Vinny Castilla retires and
is elected Mayor of Mexico. After Jose Guillen is booted off his
twelfth team for kicking the bat boy in the head. It's 2008, and
the only remnant of the mercifully short Bowden Era is the pudgy,
annoyed-looking shortstop enjoying his third season on the pine
and making a cool $4 million doing it.
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