10 Reasons To Throw In The Towel

Written by Colin on July 10, 2008 – 8:28 am

Yesterday we looked at 10 Reasons To Pull Out The Stops and go for broke in a quest to make the playoffs.  Today is time to look at the opposite side of the coin – with nearly an even split in our “Should we trade Mark Teixeira” poll, it’s clear fan opinion is split. Without further ado – 10 Reasons To Throw In The Towel.

  1. A Mark Teixeira trade would bring in young talent to build into the next few years.
  2. The entire outfield has been a bit of an offensive disappointment with Kotsay being the hot spot.
  3. The Phillies are rumored to be looking for ace-quality pitching talent.
  4. We’ve had 9 different starting pitchers, and Charlie Morton has as many starts as John Smoltz.
  5. The Braves going on a winning streak seems synonymous with Mike Hampton and his trip back to starting big league games.
  6. There is practically no winning record on the road.
  7. We’ve been starting Greg Norton in left field.
  8. John Smoltz will be back next year if he has anything to say about it.
  9. We’re too bogged down with big contracts on the DL ($37M) to make any legitimate moves for talent that would put us in serious contention (Hampton – 15M, Smoltz – 14M, Glavine – 8M).
  10. All of our starting position players except Mark Teixeira and Brian McCann have missed time due to injuries.  To boot, three of our starting pitchers are on the DL and at least two of those are done for the year.

There ya go – 10 Reasons To Throw In The Towel.  Should we be done with the year?  Speak up – I know 43% of you (at time of writing) think we should trade Tex.

Please jump in and comment and critique my thoughts – I’m sure I left some out and made up others in a poor attempt to be witty.  Speak up especially if you want to throw in the towel this season.


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8 Responses to “10 Reasons To Throw In The Towel”

  1. By Akshay on Jul 10, 2008 | Reply

    Mariners just released Richie Sexson, I heard he’s kind of a clubhouse cancer and was hitting as poorly as Andruw was last season. They also put Bedard on the DL, that might scare other teams away from pursuing him.

  2. By Andrew Vazzano on Jul 11, 2008 | Reply

    Tex for Carlos Delgado, straight up?

    :-)

  3. By Colin on Jul 11, 2008 | Reply

    Haha, nice try Andrew. I don’t think we’ll go for that. Delgado is almost as old as Moises Alou :)

  4. By Neal on Jul 12, 2008 | Reply

    I never thought we should have traded for Tex in the first place. I really liked Salty, but since we have Tex, we should trade him now to get SOMETHING for him.
    I have tried to be as optimistic as I can, but this season is done.
    What really ticks me off is that NOTHING is being done in order to change things. If something isn’t working, you change it. Shake things up, DO SOMETHING Cox and Wren, but don’t
    just sit there night after night thinking things are going to get better, because they are not.
    I am not a fan of having old rejects on a team, like Greg Norton. Get rid of him, DROP CORKY MILLER, FINALLY get rid of Mike Hampton who I have never liked, and DROP TOM GLAVINE, for starters.
    I don’t know all the nuances of hitting, but how is it possible for one team to DO NOTHING for most of the season. How many times have we been shut out, for God’s sake? I have always been a proponent of going with younger players and let them develop. There is pleny of dead weight that needs to GONE!
    This is too damn excruciating to watch!

  5. By PapaGLP on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply

    If anyone ever gives Hampton a contract again, something is seriously wrong with them.

  6. By Akshay on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply

    Mariners just released Richie Sexson, I heard he's kind of a clubhouse cancer and was hitting as poorly as Andruw was last season. They also put Bedard on the DL, that might scare other teams away from pursuing him.

  7. By Colin on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply

    Haha, nice try Andrew. I don't think we'll go for that. Delgado is almost as old as Moises Alou :)

  8. By Neal on Feb 2, 2009 | Reply

    I never thought we should have traded for Tex in the first place. I really liked Salty, but since we have Tex, we should trade him now to get SOMETHING for him.
    I have tried to be as optimistic as I can, but this season is done.
    What really ticks me off is that NOTHING is being done in order to change things. If something isn't working, you change it. Shake things up, DO SOMETHING Cox and Wren, but don't
    just sit there night after night thinking things are going to get better, because they are not.
    I am not a fan of having old rejects on a team, like Greg Norton. Get rid of him, DROP CORKY MILLER, FINALLY get rid of Mike Hampton who I have never liked, and DROP TOM GLAVINE, for starters.
    I don't know all the nuances of hitting, but how is it possible for one team to DO NOTHING for most of the season. How many times have we been shut out, for God's sake? I have always been a proponent of going with younger players and let them develop. There is pleny of dead weight that needs to GONE!
    This is too damn excruciating to watch!

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