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Have to agree with all of this..why get Pennington when Goins and Kawasaki are around, a useless pickup in my estimation...but Im not complaining right now.

Pennington is a switch hitter and a veteran. He's a better hitter than Kawasaki and better situational hitter than Goins. (Bunting, hit and run, etc.)

He's mainly there to play against the kind of tough lefties that would tie Goins up in knots and to give Gibby some options at second.

Rosters will be expanded soon anyways and Moony will likely be there as an option as well.

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Kershaw hasn't pitched well in the playoffs.

It's one of those baffling things. He's so good in the regular season, but just can't seem to find it in the playoffs...

But if he ever gets it together in the post season, look out. TGhe Dodgers will indeed be a force to be reckoned with. Just look at what the D-Backs did in '01 with Johnson and Schilling...

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It's one of those baffling things. He's so good in the regular season, but just can't seem to find it in the playoffs...

But if he ever gets it together in the post season, look out. TGhe Dodgers will indeed be a force to be reckoned with. Just look at what the D-Backs did in '01 with Johnson and Schilling...

It's true that it is weird how some elite players struggle in their first few postseason attempts compared to others.

But, if you're drawing up your playoff roster, you'd still opt for Kershaw over Lemke.

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This was talked about earlier in the thread. One key reason I think contributes to it is the possibility of arm injuries, and I think a big reason we see an increase in arm injuries is the greater stress put on the pitcher's arms through their youth. When Bob Gibson was a kid, I doubt he played baseball year round. Spring and summer yeah, but he probably played football or basketball otherwise. Nowadays, kids who aspire to be high level athletes are committing themselves to the sport much younger and therefore are throwing a heck of a lot more through their teen years (when their bodies are a little more fragile to boot). These numbers are just made up, but imagine Gibson threw something like 1000 pitches through his teen years, and kids nowadays are probably throwing double that.

There's also the theory that to excel in any sport, or other endeavor, you need to practice 10,000 hours to do so. There is a study on this, but I'm sure this contributes to injury in athletics as well. You are right though, baseball, hockey, basketball, swimming, waterpolo, track and field, I guess all sports are played year round. Heaven help the kid that takes the time off, to do another activity, in some cases his coach will throw him or her under the bus.
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There's also the theory that to excel in any sport, or other endeavor, you need to practice 10,000 hours to do so. There is a study on this, but I'm sure this contributes to injury in athletics as well. You are right though, baseball, hockey, basketball, swimming, waterpolo, track and field, I guess all sports are played year round. Heaven help the kid that takes the time off, to do another activity, in some cases his coach will throw him or her under the bus.

Back in the days when natural talent took precedent over fitness it was easier for people to slack off. Phil Esposito once famously said that he got in game shape around Christmas.

There is also a growing movement to encourage kids who want to excel in one sport or position to cross train in another sport because it gives them a holistic view of different perspectives in sport and allows them to practice certain skills. For example, if you want to be a goalie you should play first base in baseball to improve your glove hand, to be a OFD you should play QB in football because of watching the play develop in front of you, and if you want to be a OW you should play striker in soccer.

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Pennington is a switch hitter and a veteran. He's a better hitter than Kawasaki and better situational hitter than Goins. (Bunting, hit and run, etc.)

He's mainly there to play against the kind of tough lefties that would tie Goins up in knots and to give Gibby some options at second.

Rosters will be expanded soon anyways and Moony will likely be there as an option as well.

I understand all that..still not a fan. He hasnt proven he is a better hitter than either of those two yet..although a small sample size.

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I assume pitching is the weakest part of the Jay's game.

I guess if you boil it right down, the Jays are

1. Offence

2. Defence

3. Pitching

But the pitching has improved in the last couple months, even without the addition of Price, so yeah it's the weakest part but not really a glaring weakness. Bull pen's a little bit of a question mark.

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