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Post by greeme on Mar 31, 2015 1:39:44 GMT -5
Increasingly, teams have found success converting players to catcher from other positions in the minor leagues -- the ideal candidate being someone with a good arm, a capacity for leadership and a selfless approach that makes them willing to put a pitcher's success ahead of his own offensive numbers. The ranks of successful conversions include not only the Dodgers' Martin, but also the Yankees' Jorge Posada (a former second baseman), the Cubs' Geovany Soto (third base), the Padres' Michael Barrett (third base) and the Nationals' Paul Lo Duca (first base/third base). Even Posey, whom the Giants took with the fifth overall pick this year, was a shortstop as a freshman at Florida State before being converted. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/28/AR2008062801811.htmlRIP styro's argument
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Post by greeme on Mar 31, 2015 1:40:02 GMT -5
but he can still ask to change the rule in the sim league
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Post by greeme on Mar 31, 2015 1:40:24 GMT -5
i don't ever remember having such a bad st
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Post by greeme on Mar 31, 2015 1:40:35 GMT -5
a bunch of pds and very little good
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Post by greeme on Mar 31, 2015 1:40:51 GMT -5
ice to see miggy with the brill though
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Post by greeme on Mar 31, 2015 1:40:59 GMT -5
now i just need another 10 mil
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Post by Broph on Mar 31, 2015 1:42:19 GMT -5
I have no problem with raising the rule for discussion, but dont act like I did something fishy converting a guy to catcher in Spring training.
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Post by greeme on Mar 31, 2015 1:43:21 GMT -5
I have no problem with raising the rule for discussion, but dont act like I did something fishy converting a guy to catcher in Spring training. i have done it a few times
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Post by greeme on Mar 31, 2015 1:43:52 GMT -5
i need board cash
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Post by Free Stutter! on Mar 31, 2015 1:45:58 GMT -5
the catcher shit is a gimmick
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Post by Free Stutter! on Mar 31, 2015 1:46:13 GMT -5
lets be real now
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Post by Free Stutter! on Mar 31, 2015 1:47:08 GMT -5
Posey converted from SS to C during his sophomore year at Florida State
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Post by Broph on Mar 31, 2015 1:48:10 GMT -5
the catcher shit is a gimmick I spent two ST's teaching Healy Catcher, game decided he would learn it, teaching guys in the minors Catcher is done, as I posted in the article, not unusual, and the game doesnt treat Catcher special in anyway.
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Post by Broph on Mar 31, 2015 1:48:27 GMT -5
Posey converted from SS to C during his sophomore year at Florida State it says that........
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Post by Free Stutter! on Mar 31, 2015 1:48:43 GMT -5
And we're comparing converting guys in real life to a sim league? really? ' lol
sim league doesn't take into account everything it takes to become a catcher
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Post by Broph on Mar 31, 2015 1:49:09 GMT -5
And we're comparing converting guys in real life to a sim league? really? ' lol sim league doesn't take into account everything it takes to become a catcher Styro said it never happens, that EXACTLY why I brought that up.
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Post by Free Stutter! on Mar 31, 2015 1:49:12 GMT -5
its a gimmick
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Post by greeme on Mar 31, 2015 1:49:36 GMT -5
so bring it up in winter meetings
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Post by greeme on Mar 31, 2015 1:50:15 GMT -5
guys learning ss or cf or 2b is just as bad
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Post by greeme on Mar 31, 2015 1:50:36 GMT -5
at least in st you pay a price for teaching them
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Post by Broph on Mar 31, 2015 1:50:48 GMT -5
an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal. 2. a concealed, usually devious aspect or feature of something, as a plan or deal: An offer that good must have a gimmick in it somewhere. 3. a hidden mechanical device by which a magician works a trick or a gambler controls a game of chance.
so its an ingenious scheme? ok
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Post by greeme on Mar 31, 2015 1:51:54 GMT -5
an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal. 2. a concealed, usually devious aspect or feature of something, as a plan or deal: An offer that good must have a gimmick in it somewhere. 3. a hidden mechanical device by which a magician works a trick or a gambler controls a game of chance. so its an ingenious scheme? ok Broph the Devious
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Post by Broph on Mar 31, 2015 1:53:00 GMT -5
If I teach a player OF I typically will do at least one of the teaches in ST, same goes with Catcher, because teaching it in the minors doesnt give out an OF arm or C Arm.
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Post by stooolfan on Mar 31, 2015 5:46:45 GMT -5
Play and styro are the same person
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Post by Steve on Mar 31, 2015 8:12:05 GMT -5
Paul Ryan went up so successful ST for us.
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