Comments on: Boone Whiting: A Cautionary Tale http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/12/boone-whiting-a-cautionary-tale/ Baseball's Future in the Gateway City Fri, 17 May 2013 00:09:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: RCHIII http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/12/boone-whiting-a-cautionary-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-43969 RCHIII Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:01:55 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7747#comment-43969 Hence my comment:

Keep moving him up. I understand he may not be the 2nd coming of Maddux, but you don’t know by keeping him down.

]]> By: RCHIII http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/12/boone-whiting-a-cautionary-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-43968 RCHIII Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:00:27 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7747#comment-43968 Depth is never a bad thing……..

]]> By: Felonius_Monk http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/12/boone-whiting-a-cautionary-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-43956 Felonius_Monk Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:42:47 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7747#comment-43956 Also, trying to compare/contrast any prospect of any sort with one of the ten best pitchers of all time is probably on a hiding to nothing.

]]> By: solar pons http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/12/boone-whiting-a-cautionary-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-43911 solar pons Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:16:06 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7747#comment-43911 Based on all the above, Boone could become a ML pitcher, however, not sure about the Cards staff tho..The cards have more pitchers ahead of him…..sp

]]> By: ebo http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/12/boone-whiting-a-cautionary-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-43872 ebo Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:23:34 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7747#comment-43872 Unfortunately for The Chief his career at Centenary and his single season rebounding record never happened as far as the NCAA is concerned.

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/85750

]]> By: jimofbeam http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/12/boone-whiting-a-cautionary-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-43857 jimofbeam Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:26:30 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7747#comment-43857 Perhaps the robot experienced a hard drive crash. :)

]]> By: RCHIII http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/12/boone-whiting-a-cautionary-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-43851 RCHIII Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:55:18 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7747#comment-43851 I did a little research on Maddux and what I found said that he “touched” 93 on his fastball when he first came up but steadily declined. So I beleive my recollection that he was working in the high 80′s when he was a shut down pitcher is correct.

]]> By: RCHIII http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/12/boone-whiting-a-cautionary-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-43850 RCHIII Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:34:28 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7747#comment-43850 Yes, I find this disturbing…….

]]> By: RCHIII http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/12/boone-whiting-a-cautionary-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-43849 RCHIII Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:32:16 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7747#comment-43849 My memory must be mush. I thought his fastball was high 80′s – but he was just a surgeon in slicing and dicing hitters.

]]> By: Felonius_Monk http://www.futureredbirds.net/2011/07/12/boone-whiting-a-cautionary-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-43841 Felonius_Monk Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:33:31 +0000 http://www.futureredbirds.net/?p=7747#comment-43841 I’m thinking he’s likely destined for the bullpen, but I’m broadly hopeful he could turn into something there.

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