Jack Clark

[Gantry]

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http://cardboardgods.baseballtoaster.com/

[Gantry]

DISCUSS!

[BeefMaster]

Jack Clark is awesome.  The Cards are my favorite team to use because of their speed, but that one big bopper in the middle of the order is still pretty useful, especially if you're playing slurve or straight-pitch.

[TbT]

Walk him 4 times a game if neccesary.  Even with the bases loaded, one may still consider walking him depending on score/situation.

[fathedX]

The link was definitely a good read, although I had to stop reading about half way through the second article (Concepcion) due to the overwhelming preciousness of the blog writing.  I'm a bit sick of the style, you know?  Kinda like how I used to watch the Daily Show all the time, but a little goes a long way these days.

[Caveman]

"The dude"

[Gantry]

He called Jose Uribe a "nondescript professional" - accurate? 

[BeefMaster]

He called Jose Uribe a "nondescript professional" - accurate? 

Well, I suppose that's nicer-sounding than "dead guy".

[Gantry]

Or "nondescript dead guy"

[Metal King]

Was he a teammate of Clemens' in Boston? Clark played there one season I think, in 1991 & hit 28 homeruns.

Just imagine if he wasn't on the Cards in RBI...well they'd be just like Houston then. Glenn Davis blows......

[redfanrod]

Great power. Left the game penniless and in debt. Spent too many of his millions on cars and poor investments.

Nonetheless, it was awesome when he homered to knock the Dodgers out of the playoffs in 1985... Tom Niedenfuer was the losing pitcher, causing Tommy Lasorda to blow a gasket...

Jack Clark -- legend.

[Gantry]

Jack Clark is the single most indispensable player on any RBI team.  Agree or disagree? 

RBI discussion, it's on boys!

[BeefMaster]

Jack Clark is the single most indispensable player on any RBI team.  Agree or disagree? 

Agree

[fknmclane]

Hard to disagree.  Tudor could be thrown in there as 1b.

[Gantry]

Well that generated the fucktrain of discussion I was looking for...

[Big Hath]

Hard to disagree.  Tudor could be thrown in there as 1b.

there's no way I would play Tudor at First

[ultimate7]

Really a tough call and again it depends on what style you play.  Any team playing with only 3 pitchers would be at a huge disadvantage in 2SP.

[Gantry]

I was saying if you replaced Jack Clark with the average RBI batter or whatever pitcher with an average guy, would any loss be worse than Clark?  You keep the same # of players...

[fknmclane]

I was saying if you replaced Jack Clark with the average RBI batter or whatever pitcher with an average guy, would any loss be worse than Clark?  You keep the same # of players...

So you want to find out who has the highest VORP.

[Nacho]

Well, considering he isn't well protected, you can just pitch around him.