PTI: Third Base for 1H-2012 (Intro)
... and pardon the thread re-boot. But chat threads can get fishing-reel-snargled with you guys. All y'all's "comments" are more like Articles of the Week and by the time they interweave back and forth about 200 times, Jonah Hill his ownself would be confused...
Also please pardon the fact that statements are re-phrased as questions. If you think I'm barging in here, check me in the line at an Old Country sometime.
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Q Malcontent: Is that a reasonable scenario, the 1H 2012 in which Zduriencik has imported a 3B?! Can you see it happen?
PTI Jemanji: Yes.
Game Theory dictates that you (1) proliferate your options, and then (2) exploit the most profitable option.
In Monopoly, you don't roll the first 9, buy Connecticut, and then set your fangs for the light blues come Texas or high water. You try to set yourself up to score any of four different monopolies, and then you start a bidding war.
In chess, you don't push your Queen Pawn and then set for a minority attack on the left three files. You occupy the center and then look around for the softest target (which targets are constantly morphing).
Pardon The Illustration, but Game Theory is especially relevant in the winter. It's all about variations and calculations, and the practical lessons from Poker / Chess / Whatever definitely help clarify.
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In other words, kiddies, when Alex Liddi bats .089 next March, when Kyle Seager is gone for a catcher, and Chone Figgins does what he's been doing, you are indeed back to Malcontent's question. Sorry 'bout dat.
Right now we look like 3B is piled 5 deep. But there are 30 GM's in baseball who have been through Zero Is The New Five spring trainings.
If the trade opportunities, or whatever, provide an opportunity at 3B, then yeah. Good post Mal.
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