posted on Saturday, October 25, 2008 2:17 AM by Jim

Weekend link dump

Reading Scott Merkin's piece on Chris Getz, I came to a dead stop when I hit this sentence:

Getz has been compared favorably to an established Major Leaguer such as Minnesota's Nick Punto.

I did not think it was possible to be compared favorably to Nick Punto, at least in a way other than "Player X is way better than Nick Punto."  Does this mean Getz gets paid $25,000 for every unnecessary headfirst slide into first base, or that he's able to make his manager believe that he's better than he really is?

(Ozzie Guillen does "like the way he does stuff."  Uh oh.)

Anyway, some more links for your enjoyment:
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Arizona Fall League roundup:

Comments

# re: Dan Higgings

Saturday, October 25, 2008 6:07 PM by The Cheat
just so long as you don't have to cover the dangerous restaurant review beat.

# re: Weekend link dump

Saturday, October 25, 2008 8:39 PM by Conor
Damn. I didn't know Haeger even went anywhere. How did I miss that one?

# re: Weekend link dump

Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:10 PM by Jim Margalus
Ha. I forgot that story made Gawker.

Looks like I never mentioned the Haeger thing the first time around.

# re: Weekend link dump

Sunday, October 26, 2008 10:53 AM by Florida Jim
The Dan Higgins lack of telephone number was very funny. You may be being sarcastic but I am not.