Hardball Times article on Marco Scutaro

[Hoopstarr]

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/artic ... le-things/

Last sunday I was watching the Orioles @ Jays game.

Marco Scutaro had committed an error in the top of the third inning that eventually resulted in the O's taking the lead. In the bottom frame he was at the plate trying to redeem himself, when the men in the booth started an eulogy of his talents.

Jamie Campbell started by saying "he's an absolute bargain at just more than one million dollars this year the way he's playing", and suggested that he "should generate a lot of interest in the free agent market".
Sam Cosentino followed depicting Scutaro's qualities this way: "[he's] doing a lot of the little things that help your ballclub win: he can bunt, he's a good two strikes hitter"; he then added some considerations on how well he plays defense and that he "runs the bases well".
Back in play-by-play mode, Campbell concluded by saying he "really knows how to work the count, never afraid to hit with two strikes".

I could not refrain from smiling, thinking in my head "here goes another story of an athlete who does the little things, that excels in everything that is not measurable..." and so on; meanwhile a couple of events took place.

The first, on the field, was that Marco hit a line drive that cleared the left field wall, putting his team on top - so much for the little things.

The second, inside my mind, was that I realized that most of the "little things" they were talking about were not unmeasurable; they were measurable and, in fact, for the most part already measured - this last part of the sentence implying somebody else is already doing the painful work of writing the code to parse and summarize the data.

Let's go surfing now.

[wicked_crossova]

Marco's having a good year. Nice to see him succeed, hes been one of the bright spots this season.

[squeekysneakers]

I hope The Jays bring him back. I do not see any young kids ready to come in and play short so hopefully Scutaro gets a 2 or 3 year deal to stay with the Jays. He has been a reason to watch this team this year. One of the only ones.