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Eric Thames: The Jeremy Lin of MLB March, 20, 2012 By David Schoenfield Player No. 467 in our ESPN 500 ranking of baseball's best players: Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Eric Thames. Player No. 467 when our NBA section did their 500 last fall: A certain point guard named Jeremy Lin. You may have heard of him. Are the two comparable? In one sense, no. In the NBA, No. 467 means you're barely hanging around for a paycheck. NBA teams can carry up to 15 players; with 30 teams that means 450 jobs. Indeed, after playing sparingly as a rookie with the Golden State Warriors, Lin was cut in training camp, signed by Houston, cut again, and signed with the Knicks. In baseball, No. 467 means you can earn a nice chunk of change. If you consider each team has 16 "starters" -- eight position players, five starting pitchers, a closer and two middle relievers -- that's 480 starting players before we start filling out the bench and the rest of the pitching staff. But in another aspect, there are similarities. Lin was undrafted out of Harvard. Thames hit .407 his junior season at Pepperdine but a torn quadriceps muscle late that spring made him fall to the seventh round. In baseball terms, not a lot of major leaguers came from that draft. Thames began his pro career in 2009 and hit .310 but was limited to 52 games due to more issues with his quadriceps. He adjusted his offseason workout routine before 2010, doing more yoga and less weightlifting to improve his flexibility. It paid off with a big season at Double-A, hitting .288 with 27 home runs. Despite those numbers, Baseball America ranked him just 12th among Blue Jays prospects. He was a prospect, but not a top prospect. Much like Lin getting overlooked perhaps because of his Ivy League pedigree, Thames was underrated due to his original draft status, injury history and concerns about his defense in left field. But like Lin getting a chance to play due to injuries, circumstances opened up for Thames in 2011. Travis Snider was supposed to be the Blue Jays' left fielder. He didn't hit. Veteran Juan Rivera was given a chance. He didn't hit. Corey Patterson got some games out there. He's Corey Patterson. Finally, Thames was given the regular job. From June 24 though July 29, he hit .313/.342/.571, providing a surprising boost to the Blue Jays offense. Sound familiar? Thames slowed down after that but finished with a decent rookie season line of .262/.313/.456. Like Lin, he has plenty of room for improvement; he needs to draw a few more walks, hit left-handers better and improve his defense. He is going to explode on the scene this season like Lin did? No, but the hitting skill is for real and he'll provide an underrated bat behind Jose Bautista and Brett Lawrie. And if the Blue Jays' pitching comes together ... well, don't be surprised if we get a small dosage of Thamesanity. Well, at least in Toronto. http://ppt.cc/Fq5- 這篇文章還蠻有趣的,可以看看 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 180.176.2.8 ※ 編輯: zkow 來自: 180.176.2.8 (03/21 16:24)
charliee:棒球新聞版有中文版本 03/21 16:29
pejahuang:Thames!!! 03/21 16:40
lawrence1778:He's Corey Patterson~XD 03/21 16:57
qw6789q:zkxw.. 03/21 17:43
qwe741:文章很有趣 所以文章內容是啥@@ 03/21 17:48
redsuck:看到ID還是得噓 03/21 18:12
david176223:zkow 03/21 18:33
sarserror:問題不是地區 而是他根本不夠強吧= = 03/21 18:35
externaload:zkow 03/21 18:50
my90181:離開幕賽越來越近 X文王也要開始暖身了? 03/21 18:53
yichenglee:zkow 03/21 18:58
skyloveshe:不轉就直接po了 03/21 18:59
ryvius0723:廢文 03/21 19:00
yichenglee:下面那篇沒噓到補噓 03/21 19:02
lookers:ZKOW 03/21 19:03
tanaka0826:2k0w牛棚暖身中 03/21 19:08
baso:問題不是文章 03/21 19:20
tony160079:你媽知道你在PO廢文嗎? 03/21 19:21
zkow:樓上請自重 03/21 19:22
zkow:不管你覺得對方文章有多麼廢,都請不要扯人家媽媽,謝謝 03/21 19:27
externaload:廢文王的春訓也開始了 03/21 19:29
aff0021:Z大推 03/21 19:45
yuliwang:知道是廢文還發 03/21 19:53
Fernandeo:板規 直接攻擊「板友or殃及其親友」,15 DL*2 03/21 20:00
dululu:zkow gogo 03/21 20:04
dululu:你Maa知道你在PO廢文嗎 03/21 20:05
拐彎抹角就不是在罵人嗎?
Betances:3Z頭之二也開始熱身了 不知道哪天Z太公會大駕光臨 03/21 20:09
※ 編輯: zkow 來自: 180.176.2.8 (03/21 20:13)
ted10: 03/21 20:28
dululu:喔 03/21 20:30
lsmking7219: 03/21 20:34
jojo2147:每次都PO廢文然後再在推文裡面模糊焦點 03/21 20:40
請你將心比心,今天人家拿你媽來說嘴,你會怎樣? 被噓廢文這種針對文章的不打緊,講到別人媽媽就太過份了 ※ 編輯: zkow 來自: 180.176.2.8 (03/21 20:44)
lychener:不意外 丟臉丟到外太空去了... 03/21 20:47
所以MLB版現在還是因人廢言嗎?這種風氣令人遺憾 ※ 編輯: zkow 來自: 180.176.2.8 (03/21 20:48)
redwing875:1壞了 03/21 20:52
redsuck:我就是因人廢言 03/21 20:53
qwe115109:又要討人注意了嗎? 啾咪^.< 03/21 20:54
bert016:原PO應證了狼來了的故事啊... 03/21 20:56
dululu:閣下春訓完了嗎 03/21 20:57
kurt28:你又來了 又搞不清楚為何被噓XD 03/21 21:05
linmelissa: 03/21 21:07
zkow:這篇文章哪裡有問題了,請說? 03/21 21:09
zkow:台灣都有中文新聞翻這篇了 03/21 21:09
david176223:2沒壞 03/21 21:11
Alexander13:鬧劇又開始了嗎... 03/21 21:12
maxspeed150:自我意識過強的人啊 永遠不知道自己到底哪裡惹人厭 03/21 21:20
flycat638:會因人廢言,大概主要原因是大部分的發言都是廢文 03/21 21:23
flycat638: 發文 03/21 21:23
zkow:所以又要來戰我了嗎? 03/21 21:31
zkow:你們認為人家在PO廢文,殊不知一直戰我也是不理性的行為 03/21 21:31
zkow:你們這樣做跟你們眼中的我有何不同呢? 03/21 21:32
zkow:難道大家不能心平氣和好好討論嗎? 03/21 21:32
zkow:一直酸人嘲諷就比較高尚,我不以為然 03/21 21:32
skyloveshe:zkow 03/21 21:33
javasakino:午夜夢迴 自己思考一下自己存在的價值吧。 03/21 21:36
zkow:樓上是高志鵬的梗 03/21 21:38
Tukiyomi:nightworker你好 又來找架吵啦 03/21 21:49
rex830521:大哥你出桶了噢^_^ 03/21 21:49
zkow:我不是nightworker 03/21 21:50
zkow:還有,是一堆鄉民找我麻煩,不是我愛吵架 03/21 21:50
pig:很抱歉你就是在引戰 下面那篇被刪的更明顯 03/21 21:52
cous:慢走不留 03/21 21:53
rocke:噓你引戰 03/21 21:54
ohb:夠囉 請不要因人廢言 03/21 21:57
ryanw1982: 03/21 22:08
AvriLavigne:→ ohb:夠囉 請不要因人廢言 03/21 22:08
sw926301:zkow 03/21 22:13
aganqq:剛看了這篇文章 被我媽罵 扯自己媽媽應該沒惹到你吧 03/21 22:17
WLR:祝令堂身體康健,福壽綿長:) 03/21 22:19
david176223:HI nightworker 03/21 22:21
Norrath:吃飽太閒逆 03/21 22:22
ryanw1982:恭喜廢文王出桶 請不要因為達比修 就來條子板假裝條子迷 03/21 22:22
我沒假裝條子迷,我支持達比修
skyloveshe:你真的很閒 03/21 22:22
※ 編輯: zkow 來自: 180.176.2.8 (03/21 22:23)
ryanw1982:那請你在總板回你的廢文就好 那叫隊板 不叫達比修板 03/21 22:25
zkow:關心達比修時當然會幫條子加油 03/21 22:27
zkow:還有,我也沒在遊騎兵版發文什麼的,只單純推文而已 03/21 22:27
zkow:單純關心賽事有何不妥呢? 03/21 22:28
ted10: 03/21 22:28
ryanw1982:最好是你沒在去年game6的時候 PO個廢新聞來討罵 03/21 22:28
去年是去年的事情,我現在沒在條子版發文啊
externaload:2沒壞耶 03/21 22:29
※ 編輯: zkow 來自: 180.176.2.8 (03/21 22:32)
zkow:我也沒攻擊遊騎兵,請你要有度量,別因人廢言 03/21 22:33
zkow:你不喜歡一個人不代表你可以完全禁止他使用條子版吧 03/21 22:34
externaload:沒禁止阿 看一次噓一次而已 03/21 22:35
ryanw1982:算了...聽不懂人話 你爽就好 反正我見你一次就噓一次 03/21 22:36
zkow:一直噓何必呢 03/21 22:37
zkow:真不曉得這樣能獲得什麼實質收穫... 03/21 22:37
externaload:一直PO廢文何必呢 03/21 22:37
zkow:我沒有PO廢文,這篇文章哪裡廢若你能指出的話 03/21 22:38
zkow:你們這些根本就只是看ID噓人罷了 03/21 22:38
ryanw1982:你以後要是在條子板po文 我一定噓到你xx 03/21 22:38
你好像對我充滿怨念,我根本不認識你OK
JinKisaragi:從nba回來後又開始在意推噓文了? 不是看很開嗎 :D 03/21 22:39
JinKisaragi:從此不在洋基板發文的發話 好像不到一季又開始心養了? 03/21 22:40
※ 編輯: zkow 來自: 180.176.2.8 (03/21 22:41)
ryanw1982:我也不懂你一直po廢文 開兩個帳號 人格分裂 有啥收穫 03/21 22:41
zkow:你們一直針對我也沒有比較高尚 03/21 22:42
zkow:說我人格分裂是人身攻擊吧? 03/21 22:42
JinKisaragi:一個ID要多高尚? 我可以學你的語氣嗎 ~~ 03/21 22:42
zkow:版主已經請你們別因人廢言了,你們還要執意攻擊我,真是惡劣! 03/21 22:42
zkow:你們根本就是來找碴也沒有要好好討論的意思! 03/21 22:43
zkow:如果版主想把MLB版變成這種版風我真的很遺憾 03/21 22:43
JinKisaragi:我想噓你還需要版主來管? 看開的zkow消失了~~~~~ 03/21 22:43
zkow:→ ohb:夠囉 請不要因人廢言 03/21 22:44
zkow:我希望版主出面宣導一下,不然未來我發文版面一堆XX很難看 03/21 22:44
zkow:我根本不想流於這種無意義的爭論 03/21 22:45
nonsence31: 03/21 22:47
nickofbsb:你也大概翻一下吧 只說個滿有趣的 可以看看... 03/21 22:47
id25394:聖光術一下XD 03/21 22:52
jojo2147:我沒提到媽媽的事情然是你自己承認了 03/21 22:54
kabigon:我覺得他蠻享受被噓的感覺 (大概是它存在的樂趣吧) 03/21 22:56
away01231259:你也知道你發文一堆XX很難看 有沒有考慮不要發文? 03/21 22:56
jojo2147:如果補翻譯後我就補推 03/21 22:56
zkow:我講的是上面那位提媽媽的 03/21 22:56
kabigon:哪邊人多 往哪邊討噓 03/21 22:56
zkow:我問心無愧,如果你們要繼續這樣噓,糟糕的是版面 03/21 22:56
kabigon:這已經是心理出現問題 我認真覺得你該找心理醫生 03/21 22:57
zkow:沒做錯事碰到一堆為噓而噓的,我當然堅持到底 03/21 22:58
zkow:請看上面噓文就知道了 03/21 22:58
zkow: 同樣一篇文章,如果不是zkow PO,會有一堆人跑來噓嗎? 03/21 22:58
zkow:此風不可長 03/21 22:59
kabigon:又不是一次兩次被XX,反正你也樂在其中,對吧。 03/21 22:59
zkow:不,一點都不有趣,我現在是跟暴民抗爭 03/21 23:00
zkow:講白點這是種群眾霸凌 03/21 23:00
kabigon:我猜你MSN都找不到人聊天只好來各大板,找人聊天? 03/21 23:00
kabigon:反正你在條子版,最好可以再出現幾次G6的那種行為。 03/21 23:01
zkow:我根本不缺朋友,我只是不滿這種為噓而噓的現象 03/21 23:02
kabigon:我會去建議版主水桶你到我們拿下世界大賽 03/21 23:02
zkow:總之我在條子版會照版規行事 03/21 23:02
zkow:我現在在條子版也推一些尋常推文而已 03/21 23:03
zkow:希望達比修這季能大展身手 03/21 23:03
WLR:說板友是暴民,板規一? 03/21 23:03
zkow:若版主真的要抓,這篇多少人對我人身攻擊? 03/21 23:05
zkow:對我人身攻擊,我說他們是暴民難道有錯嗎? 03/21 23:05
zkow:什麼媽媽的,什麼人格分裂的,試問這些版友我是認識否 03/21 23:06
zkow:就算覺得文章再怎麼廢,就可以做這種攻擊嗎?令人遺憾 03/21 23:07
qwe115109:若版主會抓,那有多少某人的文章會被刪? 03/21 23:07
qwe115109:所以你承認了,哈 03/21 23:08
zkow:你們想逼我入桶我不介意,但我無法容忍人身攻擊的事情 03/21 23:09
david176223: 03/21 23:11
Sechslee:新一季的開始 蘇胡 03/21 23:15
super31102: 03/21 23:17
JinKisaragi:沒人想逼你入桶 只希望你少發點文在這~~ 03/21 23:17
redsuck:最好開季前就入桶 不想看廢文 03/21 23:18
IvnGoran:我很忙 我根本不缺朋友 PTT保障我們發文自由.. 03/21 23:19
ryanw1982:nightworker 該看醫生了 03/21 23:20
zkow:nightworker不是我要講幾遍... 03/21 23:21
ntou92710007:Booooooooo 03/21 23:22
Westmoreland:小寫a再輸入abc12812,好好學吧...看7月能不能升AA 03/21 23:27
ryanw1982:我在噓 nightworker 幹嘛自己出來答腔 03/21 23:27
ntou92710007:God Bless You........ 03/21 23:29