Comments on: An Open Letter to Dave Littlefield http://umpbump.com/press/2007/08/01/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/ In-your-face baseball commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:48:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: The Fear of the Deadline Deal (Or Why Omar Minaya Needs To Go NOW) | umpbump.com http://umpbump.com/press/2007/08/01/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/comment-page-1/#comment-59744 The Fear of the Deadline Deal (Or Why Omar Minaya Needs To Go NOW) | umpbump.com Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:56:36 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/#comment-59744 [...] General Managers fear for their jobs, they make mistakes. Horrible, horrible, mistakes. The long term health of the franchise gets put on the back burner to strengthen the team just [...] [...] General Managers fear for their jobs, they make mistakes. Horrible, horrible, mistakes. The long term health of the franchise gets put on the back burner to strengthen the team just [...]

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]]> By: kurtsy http://umpbump.com/press/2007/08/01/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/comment-page-1/#comment-52854 kurtsy Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:48:36 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/#comment-52854 Heh, Sid Bream signs all his baseball cards with Bible verses; the verse on that card goes something like "We love Him because He so once loved us" or something. Back in the early 90's my dad mailed fan letters to Braves players with a card to autograph in case they felt like obliging...the big stars declined but the lesser players, your Keith Mitchells, your Brian Hunters weren't too stuck up to give something back to the fans. I tried it and sent a letter to Sid Bream talking about how I watched Braves games with my dad, and lo and behold a month or so later I got the card back with Bream's signature and the very same verse from Romans, along with a religious tract entitled "The Importance of Fathers." About a month later, Sid scored the winning run in the NLCS against the Pirates and the rest is history. All in all one of my more positive experiences as a baseball fan over the years, and yes, the 'stache is boss. Heh, Sid Bream signs all his baseball cards with Bible verses; the verse on that card goes something like “We love Him because He so once loved us” or something. Back in the early 90’s my dad mailed fan letters to Braves players with a card to autograph in case they felt like obliging…the big stars declined but the lesser players, your Keith Mitchells, your Brian Hunters weren’t too stuck up to give something back to the fans. I tried it and sent a letter to Sid Bream talking about how I watched Braves games with my dad, and lo and behold a month or so later I got the card back with Bream’s signature and the very same verse from Romans, along with a religious tract entitled “The Importance of Fathers.”

About a month later, Sid scored the winning run in the NLCS against the Pirates and the rest is history. All in all one of my more positive experiences as a baseball fan over the years, and yes, the ’stache is boss.

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]]> By: Jeff http://umpbump.com/press/2007/08/01/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/comment-page-1/#comment-52853 Jeff Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:12:40 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/#comment-52853 Nick, Now Bonifay was bad, but Littlefield takes the prize. Bonifay at the least had some decent draft classes that are now making other teams good. BUT Littlefield has had 7 drafts with top ten picks and the Pirates minor league system is void of talent. Littlefield almost makes Bonifay look like Billy Beane. I just threw up on my keyboard after typing that.... great read! Nick,

Now Bonifay was bad, but Littlefield takes the prize. Bonifay at the least had some decent draft classes that are now making other teams good. BUT Littlefield has had 7 drafts with top ten picks and the Pirates minor league system is void of talent.

Littlefield almost makes Bonifay look like Billy Beane. I just threw up on my keyboard after typing that…. great read!

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]]> By: Nick Kapur http://umpbump.com/press/2007/08/01/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/comment-page-1/#comment-52852 Nick Kapur Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:28:20 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/an-open-letter-to-dave-littlefield/#comment-52852 The sad thing is, as ridiculously bad as Littlefield has been, he is not even close to as bad as his predecessor Cam Bonifay was. The sad thing is, as ridiculously bad as Littlefield has been, he is not even close to as bad as his predecessor Cam Bonifay was.

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