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Spring Training Poll

This is a poll to gage your interest in what Halos Heaven should be covering this Spring. Please fell free to discuss other options in this thread's comments section.

Poll
What Spring Training activity would you like to see more coverage
Individual Player Profiles
30 votes
Assessments of Team Strengths and Weaknesses
54 votes
Statistical Analysis and Projections
17 votes
Positional Battles
98 votes
Coverage of Spring Training Games
81 votes

280 votes | Poll has closed

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Comments

Positional battles?

What battles are we talking about? 5th starter? 7th reliever? That’s about it, right?

Shortstop?

3rd base, outfield vs DH, catcher if Napoli is out for a while.

I'd be surprised if those were battles.

Figgins will start at 3B. There will be a 4-man rotation through the OF/DH spots. If Naps starts the season on the DL, Mathis will catch most games and Budde will back him up.

I mean, you never know, but I doubt if there will be any suspense outside the #5 pitcher.

Agree Ark.

Maybe shortstop…

If it isn’t Wood the team is blowing it.

That's probably the biggest battle there is

Wood vs. Aybar vs. Izturis

It'll be Aybar on Opening Day

Wood would have to tear the cover off the ball all Spring.

So then exactly what youngsters are we going to play?
On a regular basis?

My guess would be Aybar, Kendrick, and Morales. Unless you count the starting pitchers. They’re pretty young.

Um those young guys already had a job. Morales not included.
You asked "What youngsters are we going to play?"

I answered your question.

Well I took Tony's statement to mean

“New” young guys would get a chance.

Besides it is not like they were going to sign a veteran SS, 2B or catcher.

When Reagins said "We are going to let the youngsters play"

he meant “we dont want to sign any of the FAs left on the market unless they throw themselves at us, naked and crying, and play for 25% of their value”

So how does Abreu look naked?

Sounds like you were there…

can't we have it all?
Nothing about the night scene in Tempe?

Seems to me that the first four choices have been hammered to death around here already, with all possible data and opinions accessible via archives. The fifth choice is a step towards the dark side, as the Mariners found out last season. That leaves only my Option #6, which is not on the poll.

I like this idea

so after option #5 in which we get to watch more games we hit this place up and then talk about options 1-4!

Night scene in Tempe?

When I have gone there, it’s seemed like Leisure Village…without the bingo.

Dude. Really. You need a new wingman.

Tempe is home to Arizona State University.
ASU is home to the hottest coeds in America. As voted by many.

sweet bro! lets bust out the video tape and go looking for some talent dude!
It's true

I’ve only been to Tempe once and I thought all that talk was just a bunch of cliches. But when I got down to Mill Ave. guess who was there doing their thing? Girls Gone Wild.

Mrs. Wing-chick might have something to say about that suggestion!

OK. Your’e right. I mis-took Tempe for Mesa (or Chandler or Guadalupe or ???).

3B

If Wood shows big improvement they may feel comfortable enought to put Figgy on the market. A lot can happen with injuries (even those on other teams) that can lead to moves. Wood need to show this spring that he belongs in the show.

Brandon Wood: Hype Machine or the Real Deal?

Next on HH.

I would love to participate in this discussion...

but what is a “gage”?

Wikipedia says...

Something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.

or

Gage is the generally used term in the mechanical engineering field in reference to various instruments for geometric dimensioning and tolerancing

Uh, the Engineering term would be

“Gauge”

I am just

going by what Wikipedia is telling me.

Instead of Gauging your eyes out

I wrote the word as it sounds

A little less talk

Spring? Game threads, of course.
Let stat men quack about doom.
Play ball and haiku.

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http://www.halosheaven.com/2006/3/20/41846/8435

http://mobile.halosheaven.com/2006/4/10/4916/22514

down with the pos battles

Im ready for some baseball………It’s time to be thankful for a winning sports organization for a change instead of the crap fest that is the Buffalo Bills…….

the bills....

Who said anything about the lowly Bills. But I agree on one thing….bring on the baseball season already. I want to see some spring games. It passes the time when I’m not watching Nascar on Sunday’s, and college/pro basketball the rest of the week. That is until the regular season starts, then it’s all baseball all the time. GO HALOS!

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