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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Willie Bloomquist on the cusp of a MLB record
Do you know who Sammy Strang is? Yeah, me neither. However, in 1908, he had 23 walks without an extrabase hit. Willie Bloomquist is sitting there with 17 walks (including one intentional!!). The dude is close. Real close.
You guys know how much I like the guy. He is the prototypical replacement-level player. I would even say we should change the name of Replacement Level to Bloomquist or Willie. It’s not WAR, but WAB or WOW (wins over willie).
It would be so sweet if he were to do the one thing that he was perfectly designed to do. We’re pulling for you Willie!
I can’t believe a GM would prefer seeing his signature on the same page as this guy, instead of Bonds. It’s like in Little League, where everyone gets to play, and it doesn’t matter who wins. “Yay Willie! Get a double! We’re rooting for you! We don’t care if we win, as long as we have fun! Uhh… we’re not having fun in Seattle are we? So… uh… why can’t we sign Bonds for charity money?… Uh… Hurry up already Willie. Can you believe we’re paying Willie more than we’d be paying Bonds? Boy, I sure hate the thought of winning more games.”