Weglarz power outage

Weglarz steps to the plate in Kinston. Power surge causes electrical failure in entire city. Game suspended.

We don't need to make up stories for this guy.

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Ya think this Stephen Wright guy pitches real, real slow and speaks in a monotone?

"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay

by mauichuck on Apr 6, 2008 12:33 PM EDT 0 recs

Sometimes I go to a waiting room and just wait. Nurse comes out, says, 'Are you here to see the doctor?' I say, 'No, just waiting.' She says, 'Do you WANT to see the doctor?' I say, 'I don't know. What kind of doctor is he?' 'Well, he's a foot doctor.' [beat] 'Sure, I'd like to see a man that tall.'

by fleerdon on Apr 6, 2008 2:23 PM EDT up 0 recs

I once put instant coffee in a microwave oven and traveled back in time.

by Fiddlesticks on Apr 6, 2008 7:38 PM EDT up 0 recs

I saw a subliminal advertising executive the other day ...

... but just for a second.

The other day, I accidentally put my car key into the front door of my house.... and it started. So, I got in and started driving around. Then I parked in the middle of a highway and got out and told everybody to get the hell off my driveway.

I went to a restaurant that said it served breakfast anytime, so I ordered French toast during the renaissance.

You know that feeling you get when you're balancing on the back two legs of a chair and you're about to fall over, but then you catch yourself at the last second....

... I feel that way all the time.

"It's hard to win when you don't score." Cliff Lee, 9/28/05.

by Harry Doyle on Apr 7, 2008 12:38 AM EDT up 0 recs

hire weglarz

Sizemore-Shapiro 2008. The Official Red Bull of Let's Go Tribe Game Threads.

by Gradyforpresident on Apr 6, 2008 2:23 PM EDT 0 recs

This scared me for a sec. I thought a "power outage" meant he was slumping.

by supermarioelia on Apr 6, 2008 2:47 PM EDT 0 recs

Weglarz doesn't slump... he waits.

by Fundamentals on Apr 6, 2008 3:25 PM EDT up 0 recs

Yup

I had the same thought.

by world dictator on Apr 6, 2008 3:38 PM EDT up 0 recs

Weglarz doesn't slump, he just stands tall and walks hard.

Still the local "Barfield Bounces Back Believer" but also a developing a Gutz mancrush.

by mjmarble on Apr 6, 2008 6:36 PM EDT up 0 recs

Great flick.

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Apr 6, 2008 7:58 PM EDT up 0 recs

I also liked it but I understand it was a critical and financial failure. I wonder why? Is there a Ferrell/Apatow/Rogen fatigue setting in?

by NickFantana on Apr 6, 2008 11:34 PM EDT up 0 recs

I've had it since day one.

"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay

by mauichuck on Apr 7, 2008 7:45 AM EDT up 0 recs

Is there a fatigue you don't have?

by NickFantana on Apr 7, 2008 9:52 AM EDT up 0 recs

I still can't get enough of Sam Kinnison or Richard Jenny. Course they're both dead.

"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay

by mauichuck on Apr 7, 2008 10:00 AM EDT up 0 recs

Make that Richard Jeni.

"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay

by mauichuck on Apr 7, 2008 10:26 AM EDT up 0 recs

Just saw a bit of one of his old specials yesterday ... "I didn't order them, they came with the meal."

by Jay on Apr 11, 2008 1:42 AM EDT up 0 recs

wOW.

by Voltaire on Apr 6, 2008 10:20 PM EDT 0 recs

This kid is gonna have such a mythology built up around him by the time he hits th Show, we're bound to be disappointed.

Burn on, big river, burn on...

by Turkmenbashi on Apr 7, 2008 11:06 AM EDT 0 recs

Are we?

NICK WEGLARZ, age 19, A: .395 OBP, .495 SLG, 23 HR, 15.4% BB, 1.57 K:BB
JAY BRUCE, age 19, A: .355 OBP, .516 SLG, 16 HR, 9.4% BB, 2.4 K:BB
PRINCE FIELDER, age 19, A: .398 OBP, .526 SLG, 27 HR, 12.4% BB, 1.13 K:BB

Clearly I can't say he's of that caliber with a straight face ... yet. Fielder OPS'd nearly .900 in AA his whole age 20 season, and Bruce bashed his way into AAA, from which he would already have graduated if Cincy weren't holding him down for a few more months. It's a big year for Nick, is all I'm saying. Also, 15.4 PERCENT!!!!???!?!?!?

by fleerdon on Apr 7, 2008 3:11 PM EDT up 0 recs

Let's do the math here. 15.4% BB but his K rate (from the 1.57 K:BB ratio) must be what? 24%? Damn near one strike out per four at bats. Holy batshit Batman! Who is this guy? Russelle Branyan?

"the most vehement Yankee-hating guy I know" - Jay

by mauichuck on Apr 7, 2008 3:55 PM EDT up 0 recs

Actually, Branyan's was around 35%. And Sizemore's is around 25%

by NickFantana on Apr 7, 2008 5:15 PM EDT up 0 recs

Yeah....25% isn't that high for a power hitter. Granted, Weglarz hasn't actually put up very good power numbers to this point...

by APV on Apr 7, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up 0 recs

For a 19-year-old? His power numbers are great. Not just fine, great.

by Jay on Apr 7, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up 0 recs

For some reason I had it in my head that Weglarz ISO was only ~125-150 last season. I was wrong...it was healthily about 200, comparable to both Bruce and Fielder at that age. Let the prospect dreams grow!

by APV on Apr 8, 2008 2:58 PM EDT up 0 recs

Those two were just off the top of my head, and just for fun, really. There was some trial and error involved -- Adam Jones, for example, might have been decent, had he not split his age 19 season between A+ and AA (!). Are these actually reasonable comps, ISO aside? Is there any position player in the system I should be more excited about, if I think defense is for weenies?

I'll tell you who looks eerily similar to me, though: Adam Dunn ... who, by the way, has the greatest B-Ref sponsorship ever: "May Kent shine His light and allow you to be a Cub next season. Please ignore everything Dusty Baker suggests."

by fleerdon on Apr 8, 2008 4:50 PM EDT up 0 recs

All I know is

[guy hits 24 home runs in about 533 PA] + Lake County suppresses HR a bit + 19-year-olds haven't gotten their real home run power yet anyway

Kid really could be a monster.

by Jay on Apr 11, 2008 1:40 AM EDT up 0 recs

Sure, in the majors.

by Jay on Apr 7, 2008 9:45 PM EDT up 0 recs

Well, if I've learned anything from your Prospects that Matter series its that numbers should always be viewed out of context. Just doing my part to help.

by NickFantana on Apr 8, 2008 9:47 AM EDT up 0 recs