David Dellucci lies to the press... the linked article Here's a link for the really curious

David Dellucci lies to the press... the linked article
Here's a link for the really curious

almost 3 years ago westbrook 30 comments 0 recs |

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I had to edit this like 10 times before I realized that clicking the chain-linky-button only provides half of the HTML.

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Feb 22, 2009 2:37 PM EST reply actions

No, it provides all of it, but you have to know where to insert the link data.

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

by Jay on Feb 22, 2009 5:43 PM EST up reply actions

It’s February baseball

by Roger Dorn on Feb 22, 2009 3:02 PM EST reply actions

So David’s a good storyteller, which would make him a clubhouse hero, if not a hero hero.

Note that the Dellucci signing was a popular one among avid Tribe fans (including myself), especially those who posted on LGT. He looked like a good bet to be a pretty good hitter then, and it wasn’t all that long ago.

The third year always was always a little obnoxious but hey, here we are, and I hope he does well in it.

Now that the ridiculous Dellichaels platoon is gone, David’s my new Gutz.

by jhon on Feb 22, 2009 3:33 PM EST reply actions

I didn’t hate the Looch signing nearly as much as I hated the Michaels signing. Yet, by the end of 07, I liked Michaels 5 times more.

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Feb 22, 2009 4:28 PM EST up reply actions

I’ll admit, I like what I know of Dellucci’s personality enough that I can’t summon up any hatred for him. I divorce it completely from my feelings about his contract.

Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile

by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Feb 22, 2009 4:55 PM EST up reply actions

Would it help you to realize that José Guillen’s three-year contract was for $21M? And that he hasn’t done much more for the Royals than Looch has for the Tribe?

"I've never complained about it. I'm thankful to have a jersey." Mark DeRosa, 22 Aug 2007

by DeRoMyHero on Feb 23, 2009 3:19 PM EST up reply actions

The Royals wish the deal was only 3/21. It’s actually 3/36. Horrible contract.

by ClarkM on Feb 23, 2009 4:32 PM EST up reply actions

Well it mostly helps that $4 million isn’t really sinking them in the first place. It doesn’t come close to that Guillen monstrosity.

Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile

by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Feb 23, 2009 6:02 PM EST up reply actions

I wasn’t a member but I recall complaining specifically to tsn.com about how terrible this move would be. All that said I root for David to do well but I have no expectations.

by mjschaefer on Feb 23, 2009 10:17 AM EST up reply actions

This move, like Ricky Gutierrez earlier in the decade, has never had the proper expectations attached. Ocker recently said DD was expected to provide solid production in the middle of the order. As if you could buy that for $3.75 million a year or $11 million total.

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

by Jay on Feb 23, 2009 1:13 PM EST up reply actions

I also expect Ocker to write good stuff, so I guess we all get a little bit ahead of ourselves in retrospect.

I’ve always said to put me in the camp that thought the Dellucci signing was great. He could slug the hell out of the ball in a platoon role. Why not?

Steel Nick

by nickjs21 on Feb 23, 2009 2:16 PM EST up reply actions

Well, look at it another way … if he manages somehow to post a VORP of 23 in any one season, that would match the whole market value of his contract.

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

by Jay on Feb 23, 2009 2:35 PM EST up reply actions

woohoo?

(knows it won’t happen)

Travis Hafner is overrated. Clarity is underrated. David Dellucci is David Dellucci.

by westbrook on Feb 23, 2009 5:32 PM EST up reply actions

I don’t think you’re managing our expectations properly

Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile

by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Feb 23, 2009 6:03 PM EST up reply actions

Remember when one of the arguments for the signing was that his contract made him eminently “tradeable”? Um… not so much.

by JulioBernazard on Feb 23, 2009 1:03 PM EST up reply actions

If DD could extrapolate those 3 weeks in 08 where he didn’t suck into even half a season, I would be thrilled.

by Toxicadam on Feb 22, 2009 4:10 PM EST reply actions

Something about his face in that picture just freaks me out. I can’t pinpoint why, though.

by matt7 on Feb 22, 2009 5:54 PM EST reply actions

It is worth noting here that Garret Anderson’s new contract with the Braves ($2.5 million) is less than that remaining on Looch’s ($3.75 million).

It is fascinating how much the market has corrected on old outfielders.

Pronk Needs You

by woodsmeister on Feb 23, 2009 3:02 PM EST reply actions

This whole market correction has sort of blown my mind.

by afh4 on Feb 23, 2009 3:14 PM EST up reply actions

amen

So 2009.

by Gradyforpresident on Feb 23, 2009 4:34 PM EST up reply actions

Have you taken a look at the economy lately?

by JulioBernazard on Feb 23, 2009 5:09 PM EST up reply actions

Carlos Lee got 6/100 just two seasons ago.

by ClarkM on Feb 23, 2009 4:39 PM EST up reply actions

And yet they felt the need to hire Ed Wade on top of that!

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

by Jay on Feb 23, 2009 4:40 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

rec for not rooting for that team

Though I look right at home, I still feel like an exile

by Manhattan Tribe Fan on Feb 23, 2009 6:03 PM EST up reply actions

I feel like this whole thing has been pretty misleading.

The story, as far as I can tell:

DD comes to camp with thumb injury.
DD tells tall tale to credulous teammates involving rescuing a child from a gator.
DD tells reporter tall tale, waits a few seconds to see if he’s buying it, then says “Just kidding.”
DD tells the real story.

He let some of his teammates walk away believing it — no “just kidding” — but we all might put on our friends and coworkers like this. He never let a reporter believe it for more than a few seconds, nobody in the media walked away believing it, and it never got reported.

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

by Jay on Feb 23, 2009 4:44 PM EST reply actions