Chat With Adam Rubin at Noon

[metirish]

No link yet but get yer questions ready.

[batmagadanleadoff]

What questions? What are we supposed to be asking Adam Rubin? If he paints his toenails? How many Home Runs will Jason Bay hit next season? Who will replace Jerry Manuel? Whether Adam prefers chocolate over vanilla? Some other flavor? I don't get this.

[metirish]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: What questions? What are we supposed to be asking Adam Rubin? If he paints his toenails? How many Home Runs will Jason Bay hit next season? Who will replace Jerry Manuel? Whether Adam prefers chocolate over vanilla? Some other flavor? I don't get this.

Well , let's see if I can enlighten you numb-nuts

this is a message board , does that help you?

[batmagadanleadoff]

So what are you gonna ask Adam?

[metirish]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: So what are you gonna ask Adam?

yeah yeah yeah, I know what you're saying......I'll ask him about the coaching staff yyybbb.......sorry for ruining your day

[batmagadanleadoff]

So whad'rya gonna ask Adam about the coaching staff?

Edited November 22, 2010 by Guest

[duan]

I'll ask him what he thinks about the Irish Bailout (or expensive loan),
everyone else in the world has had their say to why not adam.

[metirish]

duan wrote: I'll ask him what he thinks about the Irish Bailout (or expensive loan), everyone else in the world has had their say to why not adam.

DePodesta is the man for the numbers


Hey batmag , hang around , this is shaping up to be a good chat.....

[Ceetar]

I have no desire to 'chat' with that guy.

Someone ask him if he's in the running for the scouting job.

[duan]

metirish wrote: duan wrote: I'll ask him what he thinks about the Irish Bailout (or expensive loan), everyone else in the world has had their say to why not adam. DePodesta is the man for the numbers Hey batmag , hang around , this is shaping up to be a good chat.....

Actually what'd be fun is if he said something outlandish "Brian Lenihan took off his shirt and challenged his junior ministers to a fight!" and then when pushed in a press conference had Brian Cowan bumbling out "Well you've got to consider the source, I mean Adam, Adam Rubin, lobbied for a job in the Dept of Finance when I was in situ there".

I could see it getting ugly there as Trichet started saying that it was out of line and all bets were off.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I'll ask him what he thinks about the Irish Bailout (or expensive loan), everyone else in the world has had their say to why not adam. DePodesta is the man for the numbers Hey batmag , hang around , this is shaping up to be a good chat.....

I gotta split. Ask Adam what he thinks of that Words of Wisdom baseball card where Willie Randolph channels Casey: The Nutty Professor as the Ol' Perfesser.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Then they have an Irish language fight, and Rubin calls Lenihan a bhastard.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: So what are you gonna ask Adam?

Favorite office-building lobby?

[HahnSolo]

Has Omar sought you out to ask for advice on a career at ESPN?

[metirish]

http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/newyork/chat/_/id/35670

[metirish]

the first question is from Ira......ha

[Frayed Knot]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: So what are you gonna ask Adam?

About his views on the CPF Ranking system of course.

[Guest Edgy DC]

What did the crack about Reese Havens and Mookie Wilson mean?

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy DC wrote: What did the crack about Reese Havens and Mookie Wilson mean?

Nothing. Those were answers to separate questions.
The part about Havens "resting comfortably" is certainly a crack about him constantly being in a state where he's recovering from something - but it was unrelated to whatever he said about Mookie.

[metirish]

Steve (NY)

Wilmer Flores is going to out-grow SS. Where do you see him fitting in?? 3B?? LF?? Are the Miguel Cabrera comparisons too pre-mature???
Adam Rubin (12:33 PM)

That's up to the organization. I got scolded by a scout about a Cabrera comparison, so I'm not going there again. 3B or corner OF is on the mark, though.


outgrow as in literally outgrow ?

[metirish]

This is why we chat with Rubin batmag

Explosive stuff

By the way, and I been sitting on this stat for weeks because I didn't want to incite a riot, but do you know how many fans per game more the Brooklyn Cyclones averaged in 2010 with Wally Backman as opposed to 2009 with Pedro Lopez at the helm? Nine fans per game. The enthusiasm in the stadium may have been far greater for Wally Backman, but it did not bear itself out in an attendance spike.

[Frayed Knot]

outgrow as in literally outgrow ?

He's already reportedly VERY slow afoot and teenagers still growing don't generally get faster/quicker as they age - so, yeah, outgrow in both a physical sense but also in that MOST teenage short-stops don't stay there so he was almost a certainty to get moved off there as he advances to higher levels and faces stiffer competition whether he gets a lot bigger or not.

[G-Fafif]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: So what are you gonna ask Adam? Favorite office-building lobby?

There was a pause and then a hearty chuckle. LWFS is what they call sneaky fast.

[Guest Edgy DC]

metirish wrote: This is why we chat with Rubin batmag Explosive stuff By the way, and I been sitting on this stat for weeks because I didn't want to incite a riot, but do you know how many fans per game more the Brooklyn Cyclones averaged in 2010 with Wally Backman as opposed to 2009 with Pedro Lopez at the helm? Nine fans per game. The enthusiasm in the stadium may have been far greater for Wally Backman, but it did not bear itself out in an attendance spike.

His point is taken, but isn't the Park Formerly Known as Keyspan at or near capacity most times anyhow?

[A Boy Named Seo]

Dan R. (Folsom, CA) So, what's the deal with Warthen staying over Collins picking his own guy? I know he did a decent job, but that bullpen wasn't exactly incredible, Dickey came up to the majors on fire already, and Perez, Maine and for a while Pelfrey all regressed considerably. He also threw Omir Santos under the bus last offseason.. Does he have embarrassing photos of the Wilpons or something? Adam Rubin (12:14 PM) Warthen did a solid job in 2010 given what he had to work with. Niese took a step forward with the cutter, the bullpen performed great despite underwhelming personnel. Maine was injured. And the players privately threw Omir Santos under the bus all the time, for whatever that's worth. Even guys in Binghamton. I don't know what happened with Dave Wallace being a consideration -- whether TC was overruled, Wallace wasn't interested at this stage of his life, or Collins really wanted Warthen all along. Warthen just received the call a few hours ago inviting him back, so it's certainly fluid and the entire story has not come out yet.

What happened w/ Omir Santos last year?


Edit: added the quote so you'se know what the eff i'm talking about.

[Valadius]

Interesting that virtually every other question was asked by somebody named Steve in NY. Hmmmmm...

[seawolf17]

Valadius wrote: Interesting that virtually every other question was asked by somebody named Steve in NY. Hmmmmm...

And they were all about the Yankees. What's up with that?

[ashie62]

seawolf17 wrote: Valadius wrote: Interesting that virtually every other question was asked by somebody named Steve in NY. Hmmmmm... And they were all about the Yankees. What's up with that?

Hailing Stevie Jetes.

[G-Fafif]

I wonder if "Chat with Adam Rubin at Noon" is how Adam Rubin solicits lunch dates.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

"Adam, I thought there would be a moderator here."