Cleveland Indians

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Originally Posted by horseofcourse

HE gets to plenty of balls and has a very good arm. His assists, putouts, DPs are in the upper tier every single year. He simply is not a bad defensive player. You are like the LeBron witnesses...they see no wrong...there are Peralta witnesses who have taken to the theory that he is the worst defensive player ever and it simply is not true...or even close to that...the same thing you criticize witnesses for you do EXACTLY the same thing with Peralta. He made an excellent defensive play in the 9th inning of a tie game and it played a key part in a win. Your response to that?? you don't have a TV...excellent. Yet somehow you watch him play. Of course I always lie so what I said couldn't be true. Would Cabrera be a better defensive player there...of course. I think you lose a lot more offense with Barfield instead of Peralta than defense playing Cabrera at short and Barfield at 2nd. IN other words, I think you're losing more offense than what you may be gaining defensively with Barfield at 2nd and Cabrera at short. The Indians had the best record in baseball last year with Peralta playing short. They really did. So his defense cost them what??? Who was their best hitter in post season last year??

Exactly.

Your arguments are pathetic..they really are.



Why did they do so poorly in '06 then? He was the ss...right?


EXACTLY.

They got as far as they did because of their pitching last year.When it went south...so did the Indians.The hitting was bad the last third of the year...it continues now,although the pitching looks like it just may well be as good as last year.

They had a chance to tighten up the defense and they just won't do it.

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I'm wondering if BrownSugar has one of those false bottom horsey caskets ??

[horseofcourse]

Originally Posted by Avery_Smartman

Your arguments are pathetic..they really are.



Why did they do so poorly in '06 then? He was the ss...right?


EXACTLY.

They got as far as they did because of their pitching last year.When it went south...so did the Indians.The hitting was bad the last third of the year...it continues now,although the pitching looks like it just may well be as good as last year.

They had a chance to tighten up the defense and they just won't do it.

My point being his defense is not the determining factor in their winning or losing. This post just supports everything I've said. Thank you. they had great pitching in 2005 and nearly made post season. The bullpen was wretched in 2006 and they lost, their pitching was great last year and they were in the playoffs.

In essence, Peralta's defense really plays no part in anything...it doesn't really hurt or help them at all...(despite the terrific play in the 9th yesterday!!) Which is what I've been saying all along. Thank you for finally agreeing with me here. At last.