A few weeks ago at the BP Pizza Feed in Los Angeles, one of the attendees–sorry, I don’t remember who–asked me what we could
expect from Jeff Torborg in Florida. The Marlins, as you know, have a large stable of young starting pitchers, including perhaps
the game’s top prospect, 22-year-old right-hander Josh Beckett. The questioner wanted to know if there was anything we
could glean from Torborg’s history that would indicate how he might handle the pitching talent on hand.
I spent my weekend watching college hoops and delving into Jeff Torborg’s managerial career, so today’s column is everyone’s favorite: Short-Attention-Span Theatre!
A few weeks ago at the BP Pizza Feed in Los Angeles, one of the attendees–sorry, I don’t remember who–asked me what we could expect from Jeff Torborg in Florida. The Marlins, as you know, have a large stable of young starting pitchers, including perhaps the game’s top prospect, 22-year-old right-hander Josh Beckett. The questioner…
I spent my weekend watching college hoops and delving into Jeff Torborg’s managerial career, so today’s column is everyone’s favorite: Short-Attention-Span Theatre! I really like the Ramon Hernandez signing. Hernandez hasn’t been a great hitter yet, but he did improve in 2001, is a pretty good defensive backstop, and is just 26. The A’s have…