re young catchers in article qlnkninn sh aludra usc edu sheehan aludra usc edu joseph sheehan writes most of the points you made about lopez v berryhill olson have been made by others and realizing that lopez must be the second coming of frank thomas i have relented and praised the unmistakeable wisdom of his supporters nope they re baseball management possible the most short sighted collection of people in the nation do you not believe this goes on mark do you think frank thomas needed those three months in aaa in see this is essentially what everyone was doing comparing lopez to one of the best players in the game i m really looking forward to seeing this can t miss superstar now as for thomas i remember being an advocate of his being brought up in even though he was only or can t remember but who did the sox have at first calderon martinez kittle the spot was there the talent was there sure i say go for it i am not convinced that lopez is anywhere near as talented as thomas was after his aa season in and i am not convinced that olson berryhill are nearly as bad as kittle martinez were btw i don t think thomas was hurt by those three months or cal eldred wasn t really better than ricky bones last year well if we can t compare our guy to one of the best in the game let s compare our decision to one of the most boneshead right cal eldred was when he came up with a full season at aaa and a longer minor league career frankly i don t know why he didn t make the club in bones is a year younger with a lousy prior history and just watching him makes me think that i missed a career as a big league pitcher no one i repeat no one laughed louder than i did at the sheffield trade though i guess mieske has a future i take it back mcilvaine may have laughed louder you re mostly polite make defensible if flawed cases have wit and have in the past admitted being wrong that does qualify you on r s b we ll make an sdcn out of you yet aw gee shucks thanks guy except i missed the part where sdcn s admit they re wrong the beastmaster mark singer mss netcom com
