Comments on: Will the Thrill or Barry? http://baybridgebaseball.com/2009/01/will-the-thrill-or-barry/ An A's-Giants blog Sat, 18 May 2013 11:46:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Anonymous http://baybridgebaseball.com/2009/01/will-the-thrill-or-barry/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Anonymous Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:26:00 +0000 http://fletcherfamily.com/blog/?p=81#comment-217 Wouldn't trade what happened for anything. Will Clark was the ultimate Giant. I love Robby Thompson but we should have signed Will in '93 and kept him, Matt Williams & Bonds together. Instead of having Bonds' prime wasted with Cory Snyder, Todd Benzinger & Mark Carreon. Wouldn’t trade what happened for anything. Will Clark was the ultimate Giant. I love Robby Thompson but we should have signed Will in ’93 and kept him, Matt Williams & Bonds together. Instead of having Bonds’ prime wasted with Cory Snyder, Todd Benzinger & Mark Carreon.

]]> By: johnthecomicguy http://baybridgebaseball.com/2009/01/will-the-thrill-or-barry/comment-page-1/#comment-219 johnthecomicguy Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:24:00 +0000 http://fletcherfamily.com/blog/?p=81#comment-219 I could not imagine a young Barry fitting in on the Humm Baby Giants. I could not imagine a young Barry fitting in on the Humm Baby Giants.

]]> By: David Frank http://baybridgebaseball.com/2009/01/will-the-thrill-or-barry/comment-page-1/#comment-218 David Frank Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:55:00 +0000 http://fletcherfamily.com/blog/?p=81#comment-218 That was an interesting thought. I think that things turned-out just right. Both players are SF legends in my mind. I would like to see the Giants bring back Bonds, in the same type of capacity as Clark. I think the fans would enjoy seeing Barry, amp; he has a ton of baseball knowledge. It would be a nice way to reward their greatest player of the modern baseball era. That was an interesting thought. I think that things turned-out just right. Both players are SF legends in my mind. I would like to see the Giants bring back Bonds, in the same type of capacity as Clark. I think the fans would enjoy seeing Barry, amp; he has a ton of baseball knowledge. It would be a nice way to reward their greatest player of the modern baseball era.

]]> By: obsessivegiantscompulsive http://baybridgebaseball.com/2009/01/will-the-thrill-or-barry/comment-page-1/#comment-215 obsessivegiantscompulsive Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:47:00 +0000 http://fletcherfamily.com/blog/?p=81#comment-215 I'm OK with how that turned out. Who knows, maybe Barry wears out his welcome and takes off when he goes free agent.<BR><BR>I think the bigger question is what if instead of selecting Alan Cockerell, the Giants instead selected the player I wanted them to pick: Mark McGwire.<BR><BR>Now, the defense would be horrible on the left side of the infield, but can you imagine if the Giants fielded Clark at 1B, Thompson at 2B, Williams at SS, and McGwire at 3B (he played 3B for the A's his first full season until the rookie 1B played his way off the team), with Kevin Mitchell in LF, Brett Butler in CF, and Barry Bonds in RF (because that's the other fantasy portion of his post, the Giants signed Barry out of HS instead of letting him go; now THAT GM was an idiot).<BR><BR>Sigh... I’m OK with how that turned out. Who knows, maybe Barry wears out his welcome and takes off when he goes free agent.

I think the bigger question is what if instead of selecting Alan Cockerell, the Giants instead selected the player I wanted them to pick: Mark McGwire.

Now, the defense would be horrible on the left side of the infield, but can you imagine if the Giants fielded Clark at 1B, Thompson at 2B, Williams at SS, and McGwire at 3B (he played 3B for the A’s his first full season until the rookie 1B played his way off the team), with Kevin Mitchell in LF, Brett Butler in CF, and Barry Bonds in RF (because that’s the other fantasy portion of his post, the Giants signed Barry out of HS instead of letting him go; now THAT GM was an idiot).

Sigh…

]]> By: Mark http://baybridgebaseball.com/2009/01/will-the-thrill-or-barry/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Mark Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:51:00 +0000 http://fletcherfamily.com/blog/?p=81#comment-216 I think things worked out about as well as they possibly could have. Will Clark peaked earlier the Barry Bonds and was the better player in the last 80's. It took Barry until 1990 to become the better player. Having Barry 90-92 instead of Will would not have mattered much as the rest of the Giants were no match for the rest of the Pirates. Plus things could have gotten worse. It could have been the Giants that lost Bonds to free agency after 92 and then responded by signing Clark in free agency after 93. I like the reality that actually happened much better then this alternative. I think things worked out about as well as they possibly could have. Will Clark peaked earlier the Barry Bonds and was the better player in the last 80′s. It took Barry until 1990 to become the better player. Having Barry 90-92 instead of Will would not have mattered much as the rest of the Giants were no match for the rest of the Pirates. Plus things could have gotten worse. It could have been the Giants that lost Bonds to free agency after 92 and then responded by signing Clark in free agency after 93. I like the reality that actually happened much better then this alternative.

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