We Are All Kipnisess

[swerb]

Play. Yuh.

Kid just oozes It Factor. Seems well suited for the 2 hole, handles the bat well, has some pop and can run a little.

[Am I Here Again?]

Makes us all want to say "O-Cab WHO?". Although O-Cab does get kudos for helping A-Cab reach his next level of play, so it wasn't all bad.

[Adverb Harry]

To say I was upset with initial reports that Kipnis was in the Ubaldo deal is an understatement. This kid is gonna be good.

[Dellucci TailGator]

Dare I say he's got a little Utley in that swing? Not expecting him to be an MVP, but like Brantley last year, it's clear he is a ML hitter even if the results don't come right away.

[pup]

Next time someone asks why Fukosucky is not in the 2 hole I am sending the goons after them.

[peeker643]

Trademark the "We Are All Kipnisses" thing before some other hump runs off with it and makes tens of thousands on the t-shirts.

[motherscratcher]

Play. Yuh.

Kid just oozes It Factor. Seems well suited for the 2 hole, handles the bat well, has some pop and can run a little.

Same scouting report as Kim Kardashian.

I second Peeker. A want the t-shirt.

[Dnthateonthepronk]

Makes us all want to say "O-Cab WHO?". Although O-Cab does get kudos for helping A-Cab reach his next level of play, so it wasn't all bad.

who?

[Dnthateonthepronk]

Same scouting report as Kim Kardashian.

[bookelly]

All your Kipnis are belong to us.

/obscure?

[skatingtripods]

Had a little time this morning...



Original image if anyone out there is better at Photoshop than me

[swerb]

Dare I say he's got a little Utley in that swing? Not expecting him to be an MVP, but like Brantley last year, it's clear he is a ML hitter even if the results don't come right away.

I was thinking more along the lines of Nap Lajoie or Rogers Hornsby. Too aggressive?

[motherscratcher]

@Tripods



Well done my good man.

[scrambler]

Next time someone asks why Fukosucky is not in the 2 hole I am sending the goons after them.

For that guy not to be batting leadoff for this team is a crime of major proportions. His OBP is over .370 the last 3 seasons...all of them...this year included. That's his skill now. He has no power any more. Michael Brantley stands at .328 currently. You need to flop Fukodome and Brantley in the order. That would simply be smart and is so obvious it is stunning it hasn't been done.

[pup]

Next time someone asks why Fukosucky is not in the 2 hole I am sending the goons after them.

For that guy not to be batting leadoff for this team is a crime of major proportions. His OBP is over .370 the last 3 seasons...all of them...this year included. That's his skill now. He has no power any more. Michael Brantley stands at .328 currently. You need to flop Fukodome and Brantley in the order. That would simply be smart and is so obvious it is stunning it hasn't been done.

[scrambler]

I had no clue we were going to get Jimenez, so I thought Fukodome was simply us making a trade to say we made a trade. I was ambivalent, but my only thought was at least we got a guy who actually gets on base who can bat leadoff for us. So we put our guy who gets on base more frequently than anyone else on the team by a large margin (outside hafner) and who also has no power in the number 6 hole. It's beyond incomprehensible.

[DrPoove]

Next time someone asks why Fukosucky is not in the 2 hole I am sending the goons after them.

For that guy not to be batting leadoff for this team is a crime of major proportions. His OBP is over .370 the last 3 seasons...all of them...this year included. That's his skill now. He has no power any more. Michael Brantley stands at .328 currently. You need to flop Fukodome and Brantley in the order. That would simply be smart and is so obvious it is stunning it hasn't been done.

Japanese players don't work out well for us. Tadano, Ohka, Fukudome.

Let's still to one of the Koreas and men like Choo.

My 10,000 Yen.

[RedDawg53]

Trademark the "We Are All Kipnisses" thing before some other hump runs off with it and makes tens of thousands on the t-shirts.

I was first to say "Witness the Kipnis". That'll be my next t-shirt trademark. Perhaps TCF could come out with their own in the store. I'll take 1/2 of what money comes in

[gotribe31]

Dare I say he's got a little Utley in that swing? Not expecting him to be an MVP, but like Brantley last year, it's clear he is a ML hitter even if the results don't come right away.

I was thinking more along the lines of Nap Lajoie or Rogers Hornsby. Too aggressive?

I'm sticking with my comp from LS a couple of weeks ago...Carlos Baerga. Not that he looks/swings like Baerga, but that's the kind of production we could get from him in his prime.

Hopefully he doesn't eat/drink his way out of the league.

[motherscratcher]

Dare I say he's got a little Utley in that swing? Not expecting him to be an MVP, but like Brantley last year, it's clear he is a ML hitter even if the results don't come right away.

I was thinking more along the lines of Nap Lajoie or Rogers Hornsby. Too aggressive?

I'm sticking with my comp from LS a couple of weeks ago...Carlos Baerga. Not that he looks/swings like Baerga, but that's the kind of production we could get from him in his prime.

Hopefully he doesn't eat/drink his way out of the league.

A little coke wouldn't hurt, though. Helps with the motor.

It's a long season.

[swerb]

Next time someone asks why Fukosucky is not in the 2 hole I am sending the goons after them.

For that guy not to be batting leadoff for this team is a crime of major proportions. His OBP is over .370 the last 3 seasons...all of them...this year included. That's his skill now. He has no power any more. Michael Brantley stands at .328 currently. You need to flop Fukodome and Brantley in the order. That would simply be smart and is so obvious it is stunning it hasn't been done.

Japanese players don't work out well for us. Tadano, Ohka, Fukudome.

Let's still to one of the Koreas and men like Choo.

My 10,000 Yen.

Tadano blew.

[cozmeesah]

Next time someone asks why Fukosucky is not in the 2 hole I am sending the goons after them.

For that guy not to be batting leadoff for this team is a crime of major proportions. His OBP is over .370 the last 3 seasons...all of them...this year included. That's his skill now. He has no power any more. Michael Brantley stands at .328 currently. You need to flop Fukodome and Brantley in the order. That would simply be smart and is so obvious it is stunning it hasn't been done.

Japanese players don't work out well for us. Tadano, Ohka, Fukudome.

Let's still to one of the Koreas and men like Choo.

My 10,000 Yen.

Tadano blew.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

[Orenthal]

No lessons have been learned from the Fukudome thread...

[Adverb Harry]

Next time someone asks why Fukosucky is not in the 2 hole I am sending the goons after them.

For that guy not to be batting leadoff for this team is a crime of major proportions. His OBP is over .370 the last 3 seasons...all of them...this year included. That's his skill now. He has no power any more. Michael Brantley stands at .328 currently. You need to flop Fukodome and Brantley in the order. That would simply be smart and is so obvious it is stunning it hasn't been done.

Japanese players don't work out well for us. Tadano, Ohka, Fukudome.

Let's still to one of the Koreas and men like Choo.

My 10,000 Yen.

Tadano blew.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Personally, I think he was all wrong for baseball. Should have tried football. He was a hell of a receiver.

[peeker643]

No lessons have been learned from the Fukudome thread...

No lessons have been learned in the thousands of threads in existence here.

This place is a living calendar.

Peek in, see what the big bitch is or what the big thrill is, what the arguments are, etc. You'll know within a two week period what day and month it is.

[skatingtripods]

Personally, I think he was all wrong for baseball. Should have tried football. He was a hell of a receiver.

At worst, a tight end.

[DrPoove]

Next time someone asks why Fukosucky is not in the 2 hole I am sending the goons after them.

For that guy not to be batting leadoff for this team is a crime of major proportions. His OBP is over .370 the last 3 seasons...all of them...this year included. That's his skill now. He has no power any more. Michael Brantley stands at .328 currently. You need to flop Fukodome and Brantley in the order. That would simply be smart and is so obvious it is stunning it hasn't been done.

Japanese players don't work out well for us. Tadano, Ohka, Fukudome.

Let's still to one of the Koreas and men like Choo.

My 10,000 Yen.

Tadano blew.

True. But some times those guys come in handy...

[Orenthal]

No lessons have been learned from the Fukudome thread...

No lessons have been learned in the thousands of threads in existence here.

This place is a living calendar.

Peek in, see what the big bitch is or what the big thrill is, what the arguments are, etc. You'll know within a two week period what day and month it is.

Oh, so true. Though I have learned a very fundemental rule that is nearly absolute. If you express indignation, rest assured you will be indignationed morer.

It why I love this place.

[CAVSTRIBEBROWNSin07!]

Once he lifts the bat past that awkward Julio Franco zone, he kinda looks like Teixeira the way he stands in the box.

[peeker643]

Though I have learned a very fundemental rule that is nearly absolute. If you express indignation, rest assured you will be indignationed morer.

Those aren't even real words!!

Idiot.

[Symbolic47]

Lets hope he can build on last night. Does anybody else see a little Brian Robert's in him? He seems to be a very similar player, just a little slower with a litter more pop.

[TribeinLA]

Kaz Tadano...I still remember his great game he had in '05 vs. Cincy (or was it '04? It WAS vs. Reds).

Yep, should have been a catcher, though. Jeez what an awkward story.

[fairvis]

What I remember about Tadano was his use of the eephus pitch against David Ortiz. Papi stood there, saw it float and then had the bottom of it drop out for a strike. All he could do was smile afterwards.

As we've threadjacked, here's a Japanese documentary of Kaz. Hilarity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkdl9zIJAxo

[gotribe31]

The Indians have two good young hitters in 24-year-old second baseman Jason Kipnis ("He's a tough kid, a real grinder," Acta said)...

So there you have it. Kip is grinder.

[fairvis]

If that's the case, then Manny Acta "grinder" >> Eric Wedge "grinder".

Obligatory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2y8Sx4B2Sk

[Jumbo]

Short interview with Kipnis: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/jason-kipnis-on-14-memorable-days/

On his reaction to Orlando Cabrera getting traded: “At first, it was almost put off to the side because we kept hearing about the Ubaldo [Jimenez] trade talks. A lot of people didn’t even know about the trade at first. It was like, ‘Hey, did you hear Orlando got traded, too? Oh, really?’

“I never got to talk to him too much. For all that stuff about his presence in the locker room, you’d have to talk to the other guys on the team. I was only here for about a week before he was traded. I’m sure I wasn’t his favorite player, but he handled it professionally.

“[The trade] was a little bit of confidence boost. It was like, ‘OK, these guys really believe in me; it’s time to step up, meet the challenge and reward them for the faith they’re putting in me.’”

[OffBase]

What I remember about Tadano was his use of the eephus pitch against David Ortiz. Papi stood there, saw it float and then had the bottom of it drop out for a strike. All he could do was smile afterwards.

As we've threadjacked, here's a Japanese documentary of Kaz. Hilarity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkdl9zIJAxo

Gotta love his "limp-wristed throwing style"

[WiscTribeFan]

Short interview with Kipnis: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/jason-kipnis-on-14-memorable-days/

On his reaction to Orlando Cabrera getting traded: “At first, it was almost put off to the side because we kept hearing about the Ubaldo [Jimenez] trade talks. A lot of people didn’t even know about the trade at first. It was like, ‘Hey, did you hear Orlando got traded, too? Oh, really?’

“I never got to talk to him too much. For all that stuff about his presence in the locker room, you’d have to talk to the other guys on the team. I was only here for about a week before he was traded. I’m sure I wasn’t his favorite player, but he handled it professionally.

“[The trade] was a little bit of confidence boost. It was like, ‘OK, these guys really believe in me; it’s time to step up, meet the challenge and reward them for the faith they’re putting in me.’”

Wonder what A-Cab's thoughts were on OC getting dealt.

Kipnis handled this the right way. He knows it paved the way for him to pretty much take over at 2B. Very professional of the kid.

[skatingtripods]

Hoynes re: Kipnis error
Another rookie mistake at the wrong time. This is why young teams lose big games. #Indians.

Chris Perez re: hating Paul Hoynes
@hoynsie yeah because veterans never make errors

Kipnis re: error
Sorry I couldn't make it 5 tribe fans.. I did make a sweet error tho. #newglove #hopefullynoonewaswatching #gottheWinstead


Love it on both accounts. Kipnis is just taking everything in stride. He doesn't look overwhelmed the way Phelps did. He has the "it" factor. Definitely excited to see this IF grow together.

[JacksonDysonJackson]

Love it on both accounts. Kipnis is just taking everything in stride. He doesn't look overwhelmed the way Phelps did. He has the "it" factor. Definitely excited to see this IF grow together.

Agreed. Seems to have one of the better mental makeups for a MLB rookie in some time. Even the way he went in hard at 2B to break up that DP last night. The kid's a player.

[motherscratcher]

Hoynes re: Kipnis error
Another rookie mistake at the wrong time. This is why young teams lose big games. #Indians.

Chris Perez re: hating Paul Hoynes
@hoynsie yeah because veterans never make errors

Kipnis re: error
Sorry I couldn't make it 5 tribe fans.. I did make a sweet error tho. #newglove #hopefullynoonewaswatching #gottheWinstead


Love it on both accounts. Kipnis is just taking everything in stride. He doesn't look overwhelmed the way Phelps did. He has the "it" factor. Definitely excited to see this IF grow together.

Yeah, I saw that. Perez sure has a hard on for Hoynsie.

I sent Kipnis a tweet and called him a lazy bastard for not hitting another home run but got nothin back. Love that kid.

I'd like to ask Hoynsie when the "right time" for a rookie to make an error is?

[WiscTribeFan]

Love it on both accounts. Kipnis is just taking everything in stride. He doesn't look overwhelmed the way Phelps did. He has the "it" factor. Definitely excited to see this IF grow together.

Agreed. Seems to have one of the better mental makeups for a MLB rookie in some time. Even the way he went in hard at 2B to break up that DP last night. The kid's a player.

Phelps had the disadvantage of a pouting O-Cab in the dugout, though, and a manager who didn't seem all that comfortable replacing a veteran guy. He kept playing him, never really giving Phelps an extended look. Kipnis has the chance to settle in because he knows that he's got the job for the rest of the year regardless of how he plays.

Not saying that Phelps would be equivalent, but the situation is different with OC out of the picture.

[JacksonDysonJackson]

Good point Wisc. Certainly, that had a play some role with Phelps. And hey, if that error costs us the game last night, we might all be singing a different tune today on Kip.

But, I do see a strong mental makeup in him. He's not afraid or overwhelmed with The Show. Whether he's sliding in hard on a former MVP, bitching at the ump on a borderline call, or filling up the stat line at Fenway, he's never looked like a rookie to me. And dont forget, he didnt exactly come tearing out of teh gate.

Its early...but I'm damn impressed.

[WiscTribeFan]

Agreed. Professionals make errors, it happens. Wouldn't have changed my opinion on him. He looks like a player, although I also think that a guy like Jason Donald does as well. I like the way he plays. Hard-nosed. Just wish he'd hit a bit better.

[Indyan]

Is that you holding this sign, swerb?



Perhaps you can use this thread as prior art.


Apologies if this isn't the first such sign others have seen. It's the first I've seen, but I'm out of market and MLB.tv-less.

[Rat_Tail]

This cat already stole your idea. I think people need to agree on a uniform spelling of "kipnisess" because the dude left off the extra "s"

http://clevelandstrikesback.net/cart/?35,we-are-all-kipnises-tee

Kipnis' wiki used to say he was Jewish but now it says that just his father is Jewish and he is Catholic. I'm still calling him The Bear Jew. It fits his style of play and attitude perfectly.

[Symbolic47]

The kid is quickly becoming one of my favorites. The fans have latched onto him already, which is a great thing. He embraces the game, and plays the right way. I still see more Brian Roberts in him than Chase Utley though like some have been saying. Either way, we got a damn good player.

[statmasta]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

The fewer references to That Guy Down South, the better.