If Wallace doesn't lose weight, move him to DH.
by Oaktown123 on Jul 28, 2009 7:11 PM PDT
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PrintBrett Wallace may be a fine third baseman some day. In fact, that's why we traded Holliday to the Cards. However, he needs to lose a few pounds. But what if he doesn't lose weight? Well, if he keeps his shape, then he has the body build of a DH. Big, muscley. That's why i'm proposing that IF Brett Wallace doesn't lose weight the A's should seriously consider moving him to DH. How would this pan out. Well, Wallace won't be quick in his current shape, so he wouldn't fit the bill as a third baseman. However, that doesn't mean he couldn't add home runs to our lineup or knock in more runs. However, we need guys who can get on base for the latter to happen. So how 'bout it? Of course, we'll need another person to play third, but someone can take over.
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Losing weight wouldn't magically make him a better third basemen.
Unless you just don’t like looking at ‘heavier’ people, and want to only tolerate him for his 4 at bats a day.
Rolen is fat and is one of the greatest defensive 3rd basemen ever
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Why is this fanpost necessary?
if anything you’re just stating the complete obvious.
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by SoCalA'sFan on Jul 28, 2009 7:34 PM PDT reply actions 8 recs
How about taking "fat" out of it altogether
If Wallace can’t play 3B make him play a different position. If he can, let him stay there.
I’ll take a fat, but effective, 3B over a thin crappy one (and I can’t understand why that point would even be disputed).
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by nevermoor on Jul 28, 2009 7:40 PM PDT reply actions 5 recs
Disagree
Let’s get him fatter and fatter and fatter, enough so that he takes up the entire left side of the infield.
Then we need to sign a super athletic SS who can scoop up all the balls that bounce off fat Wallace and make the throw to first.
Wallace won’t even have to move.
by timed exposure on Jul 28, 2009 8:00 PM PDT reply actions 7 recs
Brilliant.
I’ll grab the Twinkies, and Baseball cup cakes.
I'm the genius who said Chris Carter will slug .650 his rookie season.
cup cakes?
I think he’s on the Phillies…
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by King Richard on Jul 28, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
This is my nominee for response of the year. Bravo!
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This is similar to the idea I had for little league
Have a guy on the mound, and have the rest of the team as close to the hitter as possible. And with a little gap for the pitcher to throw the ball into. When the batter hits the ball it’ll smack a kid, and one of the non screaming kids throw the ball to 1st. (Where there will be a player.)
by Emmett89 on Jul 29, 2009 12:28 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Rec'd
For the image of Wallace the Hutt and Grant Green the little gremlin laughing at every ground ball to the left side thats now in my mind.
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by Rebuilding Season on Jul 29, 2009 1:13 AM PDT up reply actions
Wouldn’t this negate the reason we traded for Wallace?
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by mrbendy on Jul 28, 2009 9:02 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Brett Wallace: 15-day Disabled List (obese)
I think it’ll take a little more than 15!
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Well he doesn't weight THAT much.
Ground cracking a little maybe.
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They water the infield. He'll just sink and take root like a tree.
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Clay Wood could arrange for that to happen in a heartbeat!
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You have to be kidding me.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 28, 2009 11:56 PM PDT up reply actions
Based on the history of your fanposts so far, a part of me is wondering...
…if you’re something of a subtle troll.
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i've been saying that for a while
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nah. he's just an idiot.
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by harendaman365 on Jul 29, 2009 7:28 AM PDT up reply actions
Oh thank God. I hate trolls.
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not to be that guy
but am i the only one who thinks the brett wallace is fat comments are getting old? i mean he’s not rich garces, he is just thick.
"If you hit .440 with 20 bombs, you don't have to do s---. You don't have to bring a glove to practice, just hit and leave whenever you want. You can bring a 40 and smoke a cigarette and call me from the parking lot asking me what time the game is, and I'll tell you. You can even say 'F--- you, Steve!' Actually, don't say that, that wouldn't be very nice." -Steve Friend, Head Coach, Chabot College Gladiators Baseball
by flipgatey3 on Jul 29, 2009 1:00 AM PDT reply actions 4 recs
but am i the only one who thinks the brett wallace is fat comments are getting old?
I think quite a few people are tired of them.
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 29, 2009 1:38 AM PDT up reply actions
I'm tired of magazines saying flat butts are the thing.
Find that juicy double, Brett!
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Exactly
And some people are acting like he eats three cheeseburgers every meal and if he only had the inclination to go on a diet or do some exercise he would magically slim down.
by DeJay on Jul 29, 2009 3:45 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Amen
Call me crazy, but I’d actually like to see the dude perform at third before I formulated the conclusion that he was “OMG too fat/slow!!” Ya know?
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by bluelightrain84 on Jul 30, 2009 10:32 AM PDT up reply actions
He's a professional athlete, fer chrissakes.
However well he plays with 25 extra pounds, it is verry safe to say he’d be even better without ’em.
No? Try running around with a weight belt on. Then remove it and compare.
Rinse and repeat, as necessary.
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by The Dogfather on Jul 30, 2009 12:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Saw him play last night at Sacramento
Wallace is very light on his feet and gets up the line pretty fast. He is an athlete. He’ll be fine at 3rd for several years. The guy is so talented he probably didn’t work on his body. A personal trainer could probably help him fine tune things.
Well, look what Bob Alejo, has apparently done for Brett Anderson, this year. Wasn't it
reported he lost 20 something pounds this season, and in his best shape ever.
by theblackpearl on Jul 29, 2009 10:13 AM PDT up reply actions
shouldn't be hard for him to get into better shape
so long as he tries. if he’s athletic, all he needs to do is fix his diet and get into a decent training program, which should absolutely include some agility/yoga. the lighter weight and better agility/flexibility, coupled with whatever athleticism he has, could make him a very legit 3B. seeing photos of him, i think he only needs to drop about 15-20 bad pounds in order to significantly increase his potential at third. that’s not hard to do for someone who could stand to lose that much weight. hook him up with a top trainer and chef in the offseason, and he should be good to go come spring.
by guy incognito on Jul 29, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Bad photo
He looks much better in person. You have to see him move around. No hits last night, but the ball jumps off his bat.
I dont get what this post is doing
if Wallace can’t play third, move him to DH…was anyone suggesting that if he cant play third we DFA him?
here are some ideas for some more posts you could write and inform us all
“If Trevor Cahill’s arm gets cut off, we should put him on the DL”
“If Bob Geren dies, we should get a new manager”
“If somebody swings a bat at your face, you should duck”
“If you are hungry, you should eat something”
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by harendaman365 on Jul 29, 2009 11:53 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I disagree
If Bob Geren died, I’d eat something.
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It better not come to that!
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by Rated-R Superstar on Jul 29, 2009 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
Or: didn't he kind of do that last night?
And doesn’t that suggest a different “should?”
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by The Dogfather on Jul 29, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
I think ol' Sayles has his work cut out for him.
“Soft” may be the less pejorative, emotion-laden word we’re looking for — and I see it in Wallace, Everidge, Anderson and Cahill. In all cases, possibly save for Everidge, it looks to me like baby fat. They’ll grow out of some of it, but if they and the A’s are wise, they’ll get on a training/cardio routine that shapes ’em up. Extra weight is an unmitigated negative for any baseball player.
Hell — for $400 large I’ll even go on a diet.
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Starting counting those calories, Dogfather (don’t worry about that “Not legal tender” business, I’m sure it means nothing).
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by The Dogfather on Jul 29, 2009 2:08 PM PDT up reply actions
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