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They can play there in reality, especially in the short term. Huff played 90 games at third last year! And he was decent according to BP. He's played there a couple times this year as well.

And even with only one utility IF, we would need two guys to get hurt before having Mora move to SS and Huff move to 3B.

El Gordo believes Huff can't play third because he doesn't look great at first.

Nevermind the stats, the fact that Huff has said he isn't comfortable at first and is at third....None of those facts mean anything apparently.

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El Gordo believes Huff can't play third because he doesn't look great at first.

Nevermind the stats, the fact that Huff has said he isn't comfortable at first and is at third....None of those facts mean anything apparently.

I think he can't play 3B because he has looked lousy there every time he has played there this season and because Houston didn't keep him at 3B even though they weren't happy with Ensberg.

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I think he can't play 3B because he has looked lousy there every time he has played there this season and because Houston didn't keep him at 3B even though they weren't happy with Ensberg.

He played there twice this year. He can play there, maybe not that well, but well enough to fill in occasionally, that's for sure.

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Have you applied for a job in the front office? Because you understand the Oriole Way as well as anyone I've encountered lately:

- You understand that anyone who isn't a star is a scrub.

- You understand that other teams' opinions are worth more than your own

- You understand that other teams' needs define who the Orioles should play

- You know that all players the O's release will end up doing nothing (like Terrero and Cust)

- You understand that all players in the majors are better than all players in the minors

- You understand that players with flaws are not players the Baltimore Orioles want or need. Well, unless that flaw is the inability to hit.

- You understand that big contracts and major league performance from 3-4 years ago proves you're a major leaguer today

That's 100% the company line, all in one paragraph.

You may well be in line for GM when Flanny retires.

Holy crap. The Perfect Post. :eek:

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I think he can't play 3B because he has looked lousy there every time he has played there this season and because Houston didn't keep him at 3B even though they weren't happy with Ensberg.

I think he had like 2-3 balls hit to him the first game he played there.

If you think you can determine him at third based on that, you are crazy.

All the defensive stats say he is slightly below average at third.

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A couple of weeks ago, bigbird posted this:

"The reason Knott was brought up instead of House is because House does not have any options left and the person brought up will most likely be sent back down when Tejada comes off the DL. Plan is to add House to the 40 man when rosters expand so he'll still be under our control in 2008."

So my question is this...why on earth was this the Orioles' plan when they knew that House had an out clause in his contract that could let him leave in July? Or were they completely oblivious to the out clause? Was this miscommunication between F & D and MacPhail? With this organization, anything's possible. Just when you think they couldn't get more backwards.

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A couple of weeks ago, bigbird posted this:

"The reason Knott was brought up instead of House is because House does not have any options left and the person brought up will most likely be sent back down when Tejada comes off the DL. Plan is to add House to the 40 man when rosters expand so he'll still be under our control in 2008."

So my question is this...why on earth was this the Orioles' plan when they knew that House had an out clause in his contract that could let him leave in July? Or were they completely oblivious to the out clause? Was this miscommunication between F & D and MacPhail? With this organization, anything's possible. Just when you think they couldn't get more backwards.

Don't be so hard on the little front office, Paul. This is only the second time this year the O's have lost a player who they could have desperately used, and planned on using, because of fantastically awful roster management. What's the league average? 15? 20? I heard there was a season back in the 1970s where the A's had to forfeit the whole year because their entire team was taken in the Rule 5 draft. :rolleyes:

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So because of that statement, you think this?

I am mostly upset they didn't give him any time at DH. I understand if he can not catch at the ML level, but we do have a DH for a reason.

Yea, pretty much.

That is really the only thing we have heard from them about his defense...the lack of arm strength.

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