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Fairy ExplanationsRemember Rich Loiselle, you know our closer back in '97. The following year he couldn't quite hold onto a lead and the coaches explained that Rich always prepared in the spring as a starter, it messed with his approach to prepare as a reliever. So we all accepted this magic explanation and thought that by taking a different preseason approach, we'd see the old Rich, but he never showed.Now magically Oliver Perez was wild last year because he didn't pitch winter ball. Everyone's buying into it. Excuse me if I don't. But I have trouble believing that beaning hitters in Chihauhua is going to make Perez the total package this year. If you ask me, something is either physically or mentally wrong with Perez, any explanation ignoring either of these two aspects is ignoring the problem and is just PR. Now I will hope that Perez does come back as much as the next guy, let's not let one shaky appearance in the WBC shake that. Do you remember Perez's 2004 spring? Probably not. That's because it became inconsequential once he started striking out 10 batters a game (for the record, he sucked). I think its foolish we put so much weight into these preseason performances, lest we forget the feats of Ryan Vogelsong and Mark Johnson. posted by Rory at 8:37 PM | |
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