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Monday, February 19, 2007
The Slump and the Jolt
I don't know whether Jupiter has collided with Mars a bit too heavily, or the Moon couldn't find the Seventh House and went to the corner bar instead, or what. All I can tell you is every time I've picked up my needles lately, something stupid has happened.
Take the second Mother Earth sock. It's nothing remarkable, just another garter rib out of Sensational Knitted Socks–the sixth such I've made. I'm working it on two circulars and haven't had to pull the book out, because at this point the pattern has burrowed its way into my skull. This makes it all the more puzzling that I knit blithely down the leg, zipped through the heel flap, and then neatly and flawlessly picked up stitches for the gusset without turning the fricking heel first.
One of my other assignments is a piece of mystery knitting, courtesy of She Who Cohabits with the Black Bunny. I received by a post a nice parcel of her yarn, gorgeous as always, with a note instructing me to pick a stitch pattern, knit a square, and return it to her with no questions asked "or the mouthy sheep gets it."
You would think such a simple, straightfoward task is well within my grasp, no? She's basically asking for a washcloth, albeit in yarn you'd never want to touch a dirty dish. So why, darlings, why, have I had to rip back twice after inadvertently creating an amoeba and a trapezoid?
I'm hoping the deep freeze (which may, just may, be ending) has caused some lever in my brain to become stuck temporarily in the "off" position, and with any luck the onset of spring will unstick it. If not, I'm afraid my niecephew is going to be christened in a shawl that looks like it was knit in the dark, on a moor, during a windstorm, by one of the hounds of the Baskervilles.
On the Other Hand...
It was not a weekend without high notes.
First, in tandem with a good buddy I produced a chocolate soufflé (the first for both of us) with crème chantilly that, were it human, would be husband material. We shoveled it down with cries of delight, then felt rather sick, then realized what we'd just eaten was intended to serve eight.
It was still worth it.
And then my brain got a much-needed jolt of creative energy when Leigh Witchel parachuted into town and whisked me over to the Auditorium Theater to see what the Joffrey Ballet is up to.
I will admit that I'm not entirely in my element watching dance. I come to it with no more than layman's knowledge. I don't know Who is Who as I do in opera, so I can't keep score. I always enjoy myself, but with limited pocket money for tickets, opera wins. I only make it to the ballet when sponsored by a Generous Benefactor. Thanks to Leigh, I'm considering whether I ought to revisit that policy.
The Joffrey presented a triple bill under the title of Destiny's Dances. The first piece, Les Présages, is a period piece–an allegory (with appearances by Fate, Frivolity, Energy, et al) choreographed by Massine to music by Tchaikovsky. It wasn't engaging emotionally; few of the dancers seemed to buy into such drama as there was. So it came across as a series of extremely pretty late-deco café murals come to life. Me, I loved it. Chiffon, bouncy music, and symbolic characters striking portentous "Ode on a Grecian Urn" postures? Yes, please. And I'll have seconds.
The second piece was Balanchine's Apollo. I have a feeling this production won't be hailed by the cognoscenti as an immortal interpretation, but it was charming. And the fellow who danced the title role has what my late grandfather would have referred to as An Ass That Won't Quit. I was also deeply amused by Calliope. She was...qu'est-que c'est le mot juste...animated. So animated that from our seats in the fifth row she came across as both cross-eyed and insane. If Ricky Ricardo decided to do a Balanchine night at the Tropicana, and Lucy secretly locked the prima ballerina in a closet and took over the part herself, this is how she would have looked.
They wrapped up with The Green Table, an anti-war period piece. At first, it worried me. After a stunning opening involving grotesque diplomats dueling around a (surprise) green table, suddenly there were Weeping Women and Grim Soldiers and I thought...ugh. I'm a devoted peacenik, but it seemed a bit ham-fisted. I won't summarize what came after–I'll just tell you that within five minutes, I'd changed my tune. By the curtain call, I was damn near devastated.
Between the performance and the opportunity to Talk Knitting with Leigh, I'm feeling re-energized about picking up my needles and getting some real work done. So thank you, Leigh. If I manage to produce a square with four even sides that meet at right angles, I'm totally going to dedicate it to you.
37 comments:
- Sister Sue said...
You know I know next to nothing about ballet, but this post reminded me of a certain performance we got to see at the Wang--remember seeing Romeo and Juliet? I still get misty when I hear that music--I play it for my students--and when I remember Lady Capulet whipping out that knife over the slain Tybalt! I also will not forget stuffing my purse with toilet paper during the intermission. It had not occurred to me until that moment that ballet could bring me to tears (in a good way), and I knew what was coming in the second half. I remember wondering if I'd have to be carried out in a swoon after the final scene, or if at the very least I'd make a nuisance of myself with my sobs. While I still know next to nothing about ballet, I certainly have a profound respect for it. One of my fondest memories, and it comes courtesy of my marvelous brother. Not surprising!
- K8 said...
(delurking) I hadn't thought about the Green Table for a long time - not since I took dance classes in college. It's interesting to hear other reactions to it.
- ted said...
I think several of us are in a knitting slump.
On Friday, just as I'd finished a *large* square of Shetland lace I put the piece down and saw a rather obvious mistake that I'd not previously noticed. It was about an inch above the cast-on edge, or about 15 inches below where I'd left off. Much kabuki followed.
- whichy said...
Maybe the knit-fu was just whisked away by the below 0 wind chill.
I am also in the chicago area, and I have felt like my usually nimble fingers are betraying me. I Re-knit the heel turn of a sock 6 times friday night before I did it successfully.
- Mary Peed said...
I don't get to see much ballet, but did see quite a bit when I was in Russia some years ago. The highlight was the Nutcracker performed by the Kremlin Ballet. The low was the very strange ballet we saw in St. Petersburg. The prima ballerina was *thunking* when she landed. Like a basket of bricks hitting the floor. We started taking bets 1/2 way thru on whether she was going to fall thru the stage. Apparently she was supposed to be jumping like a construction worker... very strange.
Hope your knitting mojo comes back soon...
- john said...
Want me to be wearing ballet tights when I pick you up at the airport???
- Barb Brown said...
Every now and then, when we get too uppity, our knitting likes to kick our asses in line. Don't worry about it.
Sometime in about my 25th year of knitting socks, I knit an entire pair, and didn't realize till I went to put them on, that I done the decrease for the gusset across the instep. I still can't figure out how I managed to shape the toes.
Barb B.
- meg said...
I did the same thing you did on a second sock once - the entire experience bugged me so much that once I ripped back, reknit and finished the sock - I sent it to Afghans for Afghans. Spring is coming. Hold on.
- Carol said...
Well, if we're telling sock stories, in addition to having done the same thing you did, I have also finished grafting a toe, only to find that my stitches were divided in half on the two circulars the other way, such that the grafted toe seam runs at a right angle to the ground.
- Cindy said...
Hi, Franklin. I don't have any sock stories, and I'm sorry to be stalking you, but I sent you an email about commissioning your work last week. If it didn't get through, would you contact me (if you click on my name, my blogger account allows you to email me), thanks!
- =Tamar said...
Hey, I've grafted vertical toe seams on purpose. They still fit.
But seriously, Mercury is retrograde. A friend has spent the last two days trying to leave town; things keep happening to keep her here. It's time to read, contemplate, be an audience.
- marjorie said...
Yes, I've done it too--completely forgot to turn the heel. Swore a lot, ripped it back and fixed the mistake. I've never been able to abide opera, in spite of my mother's best efforts to convert me. I'm over 50 and still don't enjoy being screamed at by an operatic soprano.
- Mel said...
Just remember, unless you're Lily Chin, nobody gives a damn how fast you crank it out. So if a bit of tinking and frogging has to happen, you're still pretty much par for the course.
Now about that chocolate soufflé....
- Catherine said...
I've been knitting socks for years, and I frequently forget that pesky little heel turn. It's the price we pay for having gotten beyond the point of having to check the pattern for every round. Welcome to the club.
- Lisa said...
Ahhh, Apollo, took me back to fond memories of my PR internship with the Pittsburgh Ballet. I would have given anything to see Lucy dance Calliope! Oh yeah and I used to live for pay day and all those perfect sets of buns in tights sitting on my desk...sigh...drool...
- AnnaMarie said...
Well, if you knit another funky square there's always SEVERE blocking. Use handcuffs.
- Yvonne said...
Well, Franklin, I hear that Mercury is in retrograde. At least, that's what my friend said last Tuesday night as we *all* managed to screw up our lace knitting into unrecognizable mutated tangles. As for the ballet - wish I had been there, too. I gave up my season tickets when we moved away from Seattle. Sigh.
- April said...
Yeah, Mercury is in retrograde. Well at least it's not conjunct with Uranus. Thank you very much, I'll be here all week.
I always, ALWAYS, pick up the gusset stitches before turning the heel. How many pairs of socks have I knit? Oh, a dozen or so.
- Leigh Witchel said...
I had as marvelous a time as you did; thank you for accepting my invitation. I'm working on my review; it will be in Ballet Review (I'll send you a sneak preview so you can see if our perceptions gibed.)
You know, Boston Ballet's R&J was the first live performance of ballet I ever saw, in 1981. I had been studying ballet for two years but hadn't ever seen a a real performance.
See you in April!
- koffeefiend said...
You write humorously and entertainingly. I check you and Brooklyn Tweed daily to read your knitting ruminations. You give this novice knitter inspiration.
- KellyD said...
Franklin, I have found that I simply cannot knit while ill. I was working on the We Call Them Pirates hat and was decreasing to the end when I noticed that it didnt look right. I ripped it out, tried it again. Still not right. Finally, I realized I had completely read the very basic graph wrong. Moral: no more knitting while flying with cough syrup.
Of course this isnt as bad as my having a brain f**t one night and not remebering how to turn a heel. I thought I was having a stroke, literally.
We all have our moments I guess. C'est la vie.
- ElbowGrease said...
Good morning, Franklin. There's definitely bad juju in the knitting universe this last week. I won't enumerate my own debacles (see my latest post on elbowgrease.typepad.com), but I will say that reading your post reassured me that it's not just menopausal mind melt that has my 35 years of knitting experience feeling like so much OCD with sticks. (NIMH says this about OCD: "People with OCD may be plagued by persistent, unwelcome thoughts or images, or by the urgent need to engage in certain rituals." Ring a bell?
- BrooklynMom said...
The sock error? Yup, been there!
- Wystful said...
There is some kind of knitting hex in the air - I did the exact same thing yesterday, as if I hadn't made enough socks to do this in my sleep.... At least I didn't get more than two rows before I came to my senses....
- AuntyNin said...
Don't know if it's Mercury being retrograde of just February blahs, but knitting mistakes seem to proliferate this time of year.
Case in point: this weekend, I managed to sew a cardigan front to the wrong shoulder of the back, not once but twice. Sigh.
- TheAmpuT said...
Lucy at the Tropicana. hahaha.
I SO need you to review my next performance. You'd have a field day.
- Tomme said...
Oh, my gawd, your review of Ballanchine's Apollo made me spew Dr. Pepper out my nose. That'll teach me to read your blog while drinking!
- KnitNana said...
I did the same thing to my second Feather and Fan sock! Too funny (ok, no it wasn't funny at the time...)
And Ballet? (sigh) I studied for years, would have been a Prima Ballerina (if wishes were horses) and came to OPERA late! So glad you're revisiting ballet - I had to be coerced by working for an opera company to fall in love with it! They are both life-long loves, now...
- knitica said...
I have seen many an experienced knitter make exactly the same sock mistake you did. Warmer weather is coming soon, so the brain should start moving again!
- junior_goddess said...
Just chalk it up to the Lunar New Year...it's gonna be fine, lil' bubba!
- anno said...
my husband got a bonus pair of socks I really couldn't afford to be his during the flurry of christmas knitting, when I closed the toe and weaved in the edges of the second sock (gift socks!) and sat back to admire them, and realized I'd 1x1 ribbed the cuff of the first one and 2x2 ribbed the cuff of the second..
there really just was no way I was going to frog back either one of those socks, they were finished and otherwise.. as perfect as I can get.. and also no way I was going to gift them to someone since they weren't..but really, who's going to ever even notice, but me.. eh.. my husband was glad to have 'em so it worked out.. but I had to step up the knitting a bit to get all the socks finished by my mail-by dates, since I was suddenly a pair behind schedule!
I'm looking forward to seeing what you knit for that new baby coming... my sister just got engaged over the weekend which means I'm officially expecting a future great-step-grand-neice or nephew in september.. eh.. it's complicated but I'm so jazzed that there's a baby I can knit for! but.. what to knit... I really am only good at socks and dishrags..
- Anonymous said...
Ballet, knitting, opera -- I can't believe no one has commented on the really improtant thing -- the souffle! When I was in the ninth grade, a friend and I did the exact same thing: We made a chocolate souffle with Chantilly cream for 8, and ate the whole thing. It was perfect, even the queasy feeling afterward.
- Anna-Liza said...
Well, the Asses that Won't Quit are a big part of the draw to ballet for most het women I know.
I'm glad to be warned about the universal knitting funk--I've started a work-related knitting group that meets for only the second time tomorrow, so I won't attempt anything too complicated. Only stuff I don't mind frogging!
- David said...
I wish I had a niecephew. That sounds neat.
You would have had to call the paramedics if I attempted to consume a dessert that served eight.
I haven't seen dance in ages. I miss those buns..I mean the culture terribly.
- Anna said...
I did the exact same thing you did with the picking up of gusset stitches without turning the damn heel. Luckily for me, it's just for some tiny baby socks I made, and although I hate that kind of mistake, I've decided to let it go. The kid's gonna grow out of 'em in a week and probably never catch the mistake.
Famous last words.
- Andrea Rusin said...
I wandered in, lost and confused, to a performance of The Green Table (about 100 years ago, it seems). Holy CRAP! It blew me away, and at the time I saw it there was no US led invasion of random countries going on. I'm glad you liked it, too!
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I have 2 dogs, 20 mos old each: a large Weimaraner and a small Beagle. My dogs love this chew. I use it for the times that I will be gone from the house for awhile and want the dogs tokeep busy. It works because it takes a while for the dogs to chew this product down, Also, whenthe chew is 1/2 gone I put it in the microwave for40 seconds and the chew expands!
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We give Ruby some kind of chew everday. The Himalayan treat is a favorite, maybe one every week or so. She loves it, keeps her occupied, and is not too messy.
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from Chicago,Il
I am always looking for new things for My dog to chew a play with,thought I'd give this pricey item a shot.....Good size, I got the largest one, my dog is a 73 lb Dutch Shepard/pit mix,not many things last very long with her.She chewed for about 2-2 1/2 hrs, left a little nub about 3 1/2 inches long,she started chewing again the next day I was watching her,yet she managed to swallow half of it(length wise)with out me noticing,I discovered this cause two days later she threw it up(thank god)first thing in the morning,it came out the same as it went in (scary)did not digest after sitting in her system for 2 days!Lucky it did not cause any serious problems,she did enjoy it alot in the beginning,just not sure I will get another one if I do I will be throwing away the nub!Hope this helps someone.
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By kimber
from ankeny, iowa
Our dogs love these chews! They actually last a few days at our house. The chew is kind of messy but not bad.
Great chew
By ALR
from Scarsdale , NY
My dog really enjoys this chew. It smells like smoked gouda cheese.It is all natural and lasts very long as it is very hard and my dog has to lick it to soften it to break off a tiny piece. He thoroughly enjoys it and looks forward to it every night -for about 10 minutes......
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Awesome long lasting snack
By Lgldude
from Orange County, CA
A friend recommended these for my aussies and they can't get enough. They last fairly long even my guys are aggressive and powerful chewers. Keeps them occupied and engaged. Completely digestible so no remants building up around the house. Once they get small enough, pop in the microwave for a different chewing experience.
Tough & Yummy!
By Loo
from WA
These are great!We just brought home a new puppy and picked up a few of these for our 7 y/o Dachshund as a treat. She loves cheese so we thought she might like these.Turns out both she and the puppy love them.They're SUPER tough. We have to be careful with what we give her because she chews through things way too fast. But these hold up great. She's been chewing it for about 30 minutes a day for three days and barely made a dent.The puppy also loves his more than any other chew. It actually hold his attention for more than a few minutes!There's barely any odor and they don't get slimy, so they're carpet safe.
I will buy more of these.
By jellybean
from Cape Cod
The best chews I have ever found!
Clean chew
By none
from Bayport MN
Did not last as long as advertised.
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Well then srsly, what's so bad about BR?
if I get it wrong that it's wasting shield block, then there's really not much wrong with shield block rating at all as a stat. I see a block as an incredibly good thing. You didn't get crushed; and you do get some damage incoming for the rage. It's quite rare that healers can't heal me thorugh
Prince hits you for 3,500 (300 blocked).
Prince hits you for 3,800.
Prince hits you for 3,500 (300 blocked).
No matter how fast he's hitting. But if a rage starved tank skips the shield block because his dodge rating is too high just so he can get some rage, then he's going to see
Prince hits you for 5,200 (crushing).
Prince hits you for 3,800.
Prince hits you for 5,200 (crushing).
And that's much harder to heal through. So in that case, BR > dodge. It's mitigation, not avoidance. 35% BR and 500 BV would be heaven! It's like a 35% chance to mitigate via armor -and- mitigate via block value -and- get rage via shield specialization -and- get rage via damage. And the way the stuff is itemized, that's not terribly difficult to attain.
The original reason to write the guide was that there is a lot of anti-BR fud out there. I wanted to get across why it was a "bad" stat but at the same time try to diffuse it a bit.
I guess I'm always concerned that some new tank (i.e. me!) is going to read a rant "lol that foo thought he had to have 25% block rating zOMG lol block rating is ftl" and go shard all his block rating gear.
What am I missing? At this point I'm almost ready to begin advocating we all try to get to 50% block rating, not just 25%!
OK now from theory wonking (which admittedly I'm not great at) to reality (somewhat better track record here).
What I'm doing on the Prince right now is aiming for the sky with dodge, then defense, then EH, but consciously avoiding BR. Because he hits fast. Because I'm not often rage starved on the Prince. Because he can output a lot of damage. I was avoiding BR because I put the facts presented here together in a way that made me think that my "BR was eating shield block charges". (still not sure it isn't!)
What I'm doing in 25 man content (Maulgar, Gruul so far) is stacking EH to the sky. 15,600 HP, 15,300 armor unbuffed - not bad for a a scrub MT fresh from Kara, but only 490 def and a tiny bit of +parry and +dodge. I figure with three healers spamming me, I'm not helping them out when I avoid. I'm helping them out when I mitigate and can take two hits in a row if they have to run away from the whirlwind for a second.
Back to theory...
On this board I've seen reference to the concept of a "natural block" and I think the author means to infer "one from BR, not from shield block buff". But from what I understand of our one roll combat table, they are one and the same.
So if the Prince is hitting once per second in phase two let's say, and shield block lasts 6 seconds, and the shield block buff works by upping your block % chance to 75 and the combat table is single roll, and you have a stupidly high block rating from gear as well, you're going to spend those blocks faster are you not?
12:00:00.00 You gain Shield Block.
12:00:00.01 Prince hits you for 3,200 (300 blocked).
12:00:01.00 Prince misses you.
12:00:02.00 Prince hits you for 3,100 (300 blocked). <- buff is gone!
12:00:03.00 Prince hits you for 4,500 (crushing).
12:00:04.00 Prince misses you.
12:00:05.00 Prince hits you for 4,500 (crushing).
12:00:06.00 Prince hits you for 3,800 (300 blocked).
12:00:06.01 You gain "Shield Block"
Wouldn't you rather stack dodge, and shed block rating, in hopes that 12:00:02.00 is a dodge not a block?
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Now, I have a bad habit of talking over people as they try to answer my questions, so I'll do my best to stop!
1.) Is there a such thing as a natural block? I.e. one from block rating, not from the buff. I postulate no, but wait for answers from smarter folk.
2.) In an "avoidance" fight like the Prince, would you not want to avoid block like the plague and stack other forms of avoidance to the sky in order to try to maximize the shield block buff?
3.) If you could stack your combat table against an L73 so that it looked like "0 crit, 0 hit, 0 crush, 30% dodge, 20% parry, 50% block" all the time, without the buff, wouldn't you want that? (this would be better than palla uncrush even! So point being BR sucks against hard bosses until you can get enough to be uncrushable)
4.) The comment about stacking block rating and block value in Heroics: doesn't this also apply to Kara trash and some Kara boss fights? (my original point)


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I'd buy it but NO! Release a NA hero or something and make him the Windraider pilot in his bio. Isn't there a NA character that kind of looks like this guy or at least has his color scheme? I just see it taking the spot of other more interesting characters.
Why would a NA hero be flying a Wind Raider? Aren't they from the future and some other planet? NA characters should be interesting in their own right without having to hi-jack some other characters gimmick.
Grayskull needs its Cardboard Spacesuit MOTUCized
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DC Direct seem to be a similar marketing system to MOTUC (as in select market) and they have been issuing 4-5 figures per month for years so surely MOTUC can elevate 2 per month on a sustainable basis.
Cost may be an issue for some fans so maybe if we moved to 2 figures per month Matty could offer a 2 tier subscription in 2012 (24 figures only vs all-in).
Grayskull needs its Cardboard Spacesuit MOTUCized
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I want one. I agree that he would make a great exclusive.
To be Honest I find him much more appealing than than Preternia Heman exclusive they have coming out for next year.
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Depending on the $, I am fine with two years.
The numbers are pretty bad for Logan. I'm not sure why the Reds would do anything more than they had to. Apparently they must have thought this was better than they'd get in arbitration or they value him differently than they should.
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Stats below. I picked WAR, as it seems to roll up things like K rate and other SABER stats. Also looked at WHIP and ERA. I like WHIP because I thiknk the reliever's primary job is to keep runners off base.
So, of your list, only Felicino had a higher WAR than Logan last year
I'm guessing Logan is going to make around 1 to 1.5 million next year.
All the FA pitchers made at least 3.3 million last year. Sure, there's a chance we could talk them into taking less, but we are now asking them to take a minimum 50% paycut. We are also asking former closers/setup guys to be the 3rd or 4th guy out of the pen (depends on Chapman).
I'm not really excited about the injured guys, but I guess if there was good reason to believe they could bounce back, I would listen.
I'm not trading anything for Parra, I think he's worse than Logan.
I guess I am saying, I don't see any of these guys being a big enough upgrade to jettison Logan. Felicino and Rauch might be better, and at the right price, might work, but I imagine it would be a hard sell to get the at Logan money.
Perez being a lefty is interesting, I Don't know why he only pitched 7 innings last year though.
Logan last year:
3.46 ERA, 54 IP, 1.5 WHIP, made 492k last year, no details on 2013, WAR 0.6
Players under contract by other teams (would have to give up someone in trade)
Manny Parra 1.65 WHIP, 5.06 ERA 3rd year arb guy, WAR = -0.9 made 1.2 million last year, arb case pending. (Maybe he was granted FA?)
Rafael Perez: made 2 million last year, 7IP
Rauch: 57 ip, .98 WHIP, 3.59 ERA, WAR 0, made 3.5 million last year.
Farnsworth: 36 years old, 4.00 ERA, only 27 IP last year (don't know why), 1.33 WHIP, WAR = 0, made 3.3 million last year.
Juan Carlos Oviedo: 29 years old, 64 IP, 4.06 ERA, 1.212 WHIP, made 6 million last year. WAR = 0.5
KRod: 30 years old, WHIP 1.33, ERA 4.38, WAR = 0 made 8 million last year.
Brian Wilson: Coming off injury, made 8.5 million last year
Capps: only 29 IP last year, WHIP 1.09, made 4.5 milllion last year. I think the Twins declined his 6 million option so he's a FA.
Brandon Lyon: 2.88 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, WAR 0.5, 25 IP, made 5.5 million last year.
Pedro Feliciano: 62 ip, 3.30 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, WAR 0.8, made 2.9 million last year
Matt Lindstrom: 10 IP, 3.6 million. 3.6 million last year
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If the NL Central ends up being a tight race, or if Marshall gets DLed, I sacrifice Cingrani's development time. Right now, I don't see the delta between Cingranni and Logan being even one win over the course of the season.
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Jocketty has done this quite a lot over the last several years, giving guys like this two year deals. The common thread, IMO, is that should they bust (and we know some do), the hit financially is not that great. MLBTradeRumors projected LO to get about $900K. And it means he probably would get around $1.5M or so next year, maybe a bit more. So if this is a two year $2M deal, that's some savings. Plus, if they have to cut him loose next year, the hit is lessened because the minimum at this point is so high ($490K this year, $500K next) and whoever picks him up pays that amount regardless. It gives that cost certainty that is important. And it possibly makes him a more valuable trade chip since he's locked up for another year. Just some added thoughts.
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My only point, other than stating that your's was your opinion, was that such two year deals, which the club has had a penchant for in recent years, aren't that threatening financially. Ondrusek isn't going to receive the ML minimum in arbitration. My guess is that when we see the numbers, this will be much ado about nothing.
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Can't win with 'em
Can't win without 'em
I could care less what Ondrusek's numbers have been, or what his salary is for the next two years. My problem with this deal is that relievers, especially middle relievers, rarely have more than two good years in them.
The reason is that most have average stuff, but can get by on being unknown. It takes a season or two before the whole league sees a middle reliever enough to learn enough to hit him, but once they do, he's usually easy to hit. I think we have already started to see that happen with Ondrusek, and I think he will only become more and more hittable the longer he pitches.
That's why a think a good team keeps rebuilding their middle releif every year or two, and doesn't sign guys who have been there for a few years.
I also think the Reds, or any team, could find guys as good as Ondrusek off the waiver wire after spring training, ala Simon last year. There are always plenty available at that time every year.
"Man, the pitch looks fast, even in slow motion." Thom Brennaman on Chapman's fastball.
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Having better players makes "the right time" or "the big hit" happen a lot more often. PLUS PLUS
Sheldon's take on the signing where he has the same feeling of those not thrilled with the deal, but acknowledges the club's recent propensity for this type of signing.
Also I looked at Ondrusek's game log from last year and noticed his excellant ratio regarding inherited runners scoring (only 4 out of 42). I wonder too how his numbers look eliminating a couple games - certainly the 5 run fiasco in May - interesting looking at the boxscore and PBP there; that baby just got away from him, and perhaps the 3 walk outing in July, I believe. Again looking game by game, overall I think he had a decent season. There were bumps and he likely needs to build stamina, I think. But 2012 was not a bad season overall.
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