Official Game Thread - 8/14 - Bucs @ Padres

[Ecbucs]

It's quite a sheetz storm!

Yes, Bob has 3 lawyers who happen to be triplets. They sit at a table next to each other - one has his hands over his eyes, one has his hands covering his ears, and one has his hands covering his mouth. When not doing lawyerly things, they instruct at the minor league level so that Bob gets his retainers worth.

He hired the firm of Dewey, Cheatum & Howe.

And Nutting was heard to exclaim, "You'll be hearing from my attorney. As soon as he graduates."

and the team has the ex-Penguin executive to handle business matters. Nutting might be asking, why am I paying you and Ben?

[Doc]

Hard as it is to believe, there have been some bright spots among the position players this season. Joey Bart has been a wonderful acquisition. I hope he’s not a one-year wonder. Nick Gonzales has shown he’s more than capable. Reynolds is having the kind of year he’s supposed to have. McCutchen has been better than I thought he’d be, (but I don’t think he should be brought back). IK-F is solid but what position will he (or Gonzales) play in the future?

IKF is having probably the best season of his career. That said, the bar isn't very high if you look at his time in the majors. He won a Gold Glove with the Rangers one year, but he has never really been an offensive threat. What is that you guys see that I am missing? Not knocking the acquisition, but he was a last minute trade at the cost of a productive minor league hitter in McAdoo, which are in short supply in our farm system.

IK-F is batting in the high .200s so he looks like Tony Gwynn when compared to the guys we’re running out here every night. I think that’s why he was a welcome addition. Agreed, he’s not going to win a batting title but I believe the team can win with him if two legit power bats were added to the line-up with him. If he were to replace Hayes at third, the team would get a big enough boost offensively to put the team that much closer to really competing.