From: navarra@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (John Navarra)
Subject: Re: Sabo out
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 21:44:35 GMT

In article <1992Apr13.221040.29507@Princeton.EDU> niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc Nieporent) writes:
>
>>	No, that means I would rather pay the big money to a guy I know
>>who will go all out everyday than a guy who is repeatedly out of the lineup
>>for soreness, illness etc and/or who is on the DL constantly (Eric Davis).
>
>But you're changing the subject.  If Dykstra or Sabo are out of the
>lineup, how is that better than Davis being out of the lineup?  Sure,
>they play hard, but they're out a lot of games, too.  

	only recently (past year) has lenny been out of the lineup for
a prolonged time. If you want me to say that if lenny is out and eric is
out, there is no difference, I would say that there is -- you have eric
when he comes back and I have lenny. Because he does play hard, he is
likely to get more injuries (and just many bumps and bruises). However,
lenny can and will play with MOST of the stuff that will keep eric out
of the lineup. Thus, I want lenny on my team because he is NOT A WIMP!
 
>
>>he is a little too daring out there. But I like that attitude ANYDAY.
>>(yeah, even when he is in the hospital.)
>
>I'm glad you're a doctor.  So YOU know whether a guy is injured or just
>faking it?  If he's in pain, don't you think that signifies an injury?
>Eric Davis is fragile.  I'll admit that.  That makes him less valuable
>than a player of similar skills who is durable.  But it doesn't make him
>a wimp.  It makes you an idiot, but not him a wimp.

	Well, I am not just saying this because I think he is faking it.
Team doctors and other specialists in Cincy have certified him to play 
and he wouldn't! Now, look. I don't want Eric to play with an injury.
However, what are the chances that if  lenny was certified to play tomorrow
by the team doctors that he would take himself out of the lineup because
of too much pain????? (NONE!)  What are the chances that if the Phils were
in a heated battle for the division and he was sore with a muscle pull or
sick with the flu that he wouldn't play unless the manager set him down???
(NONE!)
	What are the chances that when the reds are in a heated battle for
their division that eric can be out dancing at some nightclub not a half
mile from Riverfront Stadium with Darryl but at the same time be in too 
much pain to help his team???????????? (pretty good since it happened) 

Lou Pinella (to Eric Davis): "*You* tell *me* when you are ready to
play."

>
>Rose certainly played every day.  He killed the team, being the worst
>first baseman in the league, but he played.  Of course, when you're the
>manager, you get to make awful decisions like that.
>
	When are you refering too? When he was player-manager? I hope it
wasn't any time before that because that would be totally ridiculous.
	As I recall, when Rose was managing, there were really no great
firstbaseman sitting on the bench. Rose brings more than his ability to
the feild, however. And I highly doubt he was the worst first-baseman in
the league. 

-tms
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