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Lawrie back @ 3rd base
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:09 pm
by changes
On Thursday afternoon, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons went on MLB Network Radio on Sirius XM and told Jim Duquette that the club's experiment of trying out Brett Lawrie at second base is "over" and that the young Canadian will return to the hot corner for the remainer of this season.
http://www.bluebirdbanter.com/2013/7/25 ... of-puttingWell, that happened.
Re: Lawrie back @ 3rd base
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:10 pm
by -MetA4-
Thank the lord. This was one of the dumbest experiment projects I've ever seen.
Re: Lawrie back @ 3rd base
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:27 pm
by FlutieX
What a waste of time that was.
Re: Lawrie back @ 3rd base
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:32 pm
by Geddy
gee I wonder why they decided to end the experiment
Re: Lawrie back @ 3rd base
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:41 pm
by Wo1verine
Pretty much everybody thought Lawrie at 2nd was stupid.
Thankfully AA and Co also finally realized this..
Re: Lawrie back @ 3rd base
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:06 pm
by DonYon
What was the rationale behind making a gold-glove caliber defender switch positions in the first place?
Re: Lawrie back @ 3rd base
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:10 pm
by changes
DonYon wrote:What was the rationale behind making a gold-glove caliber defender switch positions in the first place?
Re: Lawrie back @ 3rd base
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 8:19 pm
by DonYon
I'm going to incorporate this into my dating life
Re: Lawrie back @ 3rd base
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:04 pm
by Schad
DonYon wrote:I'm going to incorporate this into my dating life
Make a desperate attempt to secure second base, and when that's failed, go for third base instead? Cannot say that I recommend it.
Re: Lawrie back @ 3rd base
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:29 pm
by dagger
If this was 2016, and Mitch Nay was tearing it up at Buffalo, I'd understand the desire to maybe open up 3B to promote him, but looking at this monster called Izturis/DeRosa/Bonafacio, with org guys playing 3B in the high minors, i completely fail to see where the urgency was to even experiment with this switch
Re: Lawrie back @ 3rd base
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:30 pm
by tiger7
DonYon wrote:I'm going to incorporate this into my dating life
LOL play for third but always try for the inside the park home run
Re: Lawrie back @ 3rd base
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:37 pm
by Randle McMurphy
Figured this was coming when Gibbons moved him in-game to 3rd base when they got a lead on Tuesday. Still have no idea why they would start this experiment in the middle of the season.
Re: Lawrie back @ 3rd base
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 10:54 pm
by Schad
dagger wrote:If this was 2016, and Mitch Nay was tearing it up at Buffalo, I'd understand the desire to maybe open up 3B to promote him, but looking at this monster called Izturis/DeRosa/Bonafacio, with org guys playing 3B in the high minors, i completely fail to see where the urgency was to even experiment with this switch
Yeah, even if we thought that it might be easier to acquire a 3B than a 2B, it's rather much putting the cart before the horse, especially when you're messing with a kid that is still a very important asset.
Re: Lawrie back @ 3rd base
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:04 am
by Rhettmatic
I really hope a reporter delves deeper into the rationale behind this experiment.