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Baseball Prospectus on Barton

It would be really out of character for the Indians to ''whisper concerns about Barton's makeup'' in the sense they describe, but it's good to know for sure it wasn't them.

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Okay, that's reassuring, and consistent with everything we know about the Indians' front office. At the same time, given his obvious athleticism, I was surprised that they left him exposed to the Rule 5 draft.

It might be interesting to see how Barton and Tony LaRussa get along.

by ken from alexandria on Apr 1, 2008 8:48 PM EDT   0 recs

I read the original note as saying that the 'concerns' came during his final year in Miami. Either way, racial profiling certainly does occur (and clearly not only in baseball!) but great to see the Indians' defended in this way.

Now for that dang Chief Wahoo . . .

by macasson on Apr 1, 2008 9:06 PM EDT   0 recs

Dennis Nosco has a nice piece on Barton and Matt Whitney over on Swerb's Blurbs: http://www.swerbsblurbs.com/article_detail.php?blgId=3056

Also, Barton got his first major league hit last night.

by ken from alexandria on Apr 2, 2008 12:12 PM EDT   0 recs

I'm a fan of KG, but nothing at all impressed me about this.

My guess is that if there's a bias involved with Barton, it's not racial, it's his being not just smart, but exceptionally smart. There's a pretty rich vein of anti-intellectualism in this country to begin with. Add that to the usual suspicions against "thinking" in baseball, and it may well be that exceptional intellect is viewed as a possible makeup issue. And I'm not sure that's all wrong.

by Jay on Apr 2, 2008 11:21 PM EDT   0 recs

And I'm not sure that's all wrong.

You've got to be a little stupid to play good ball?

Formerly known as "tribefan stuck in boston"

by BostonWahoo on Apr 3, 2008 9:44 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

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