MLB 2011 season

aaaaaaaaaaand Big Papi gets clunked and is whining about it now...

Could be a one time thing but I'm hoping Girardi is wrong and this isn't the future of the sport. A good batter, going against your biggest rival, you disrespected a pitcher and his coach. He gets hit, and now is complaining about it?
oi.....

I used to have some respect for that guy but he seems more and more like big baby sometimes...


Edited by JJLehto - June 10 2011 at 16:21

Well the emotionless thing were Girardi's words not mine, I do welcome some degree of celebration.

That's not so much the point though, it was worrying it may become unrestrained.
I don't watch every game so I can't make a personal opinion, but Joe said he felt "challenging" batters is happening less and less.

That's what I would hate to see. Besides being part of the game...if a player decides to celebrate excessively or disrespect a player/team so be it. You're entitled, just expect to be pushed off base once or twice. Maybe even clunked if it was deemed a bad enough disrespect.

Hey the team shoulda valued Granderson higher I guess. I never heard the name but after some time to grow he's become one of the best on the team now. I know since a period of last year he is near the pace of Bautista in terms of  HRs.


Edited by JJLehto - June 09 2011 at 16:51

JJLehto wrote: Drew wrote: I guess I just like to see players that respect the game and other players above everything else.  Same but sadly...does that even really exist now? Sure many do, but seems baseball has taken the route of other sports and has lost its respect. I missed it, but the NY media is all pissy about Big Papi celebrated excessively or rudely (I guess) and after Girardi said "I didnt like that" he got ripped. To each their own, but Joe was saying he's old school....you hit a homer, run the bases, don't let the pitcher know you exist...and he doesn't like how "emotional" players are now and disrespectful. There was more pissyness over how Big Papi didn't get hit, or even challenged. I assume that aspect of basbeball will be gone soon. Along with not running into pitchers. edit: funny how with more civility more disrespect has come to the game.

It is sort of like excessive celebrating in football.  On one hand, we expect players to show interest and intensity with the way that they play, but on the other hand, we expect them to be emotionless robots. 

Drew wrote: I guess I just like to see players that respect the game and other players above everything else.

Same but sadly...does that even really exist now?
Sure many do, but seems baseball has taken the route of other sports and has lost its respect.

I missed it, but the NY media is all pissy about Big Papi celebrated excessively or rudely (I guess) and after Girardi said "I didnt like that" he got ripped.
To each their own, but Joe was saying he's old school....you hit a homer, run the bases, don't let the pitcher know you exist...and he doesn't like how "emotional" players are now and disrespectful.
There was more pissyness over how Big Papi didn't get hit, or even challenged.

I assume that aspect of basbeball will be gone soon. Along with not running into pitchers.



edit: funny how with more civility more disrespect has come to the game.


Edited by JJLehto - June 09 2011 at 16:34

crimhead wrote: The Buccos are at .500 again!!! Pitching and timely hitting. I can't remember the last time that they were at .500 this late in the season.

Funny, I just heard the answer to that on ESPN
Said they havn't been this good this late in 6 years. More accurately, this average this late in 6 years.

Yanks bullpen have another injury. Barely pulling wins out of their ass already, I hope they can find some temp talent in their farm system.

2 more homers for Adam Lind.  I think he's been switching bats with Bautista.

Both have the potential to become great players and I am not saying Heyward is not talented but the hype is just hype, he is no hank Aaron and probably Castro is no Ernie Banks.

You forgot to mention he struck out 128 times or 1 in 4 at bat. I am more impressed with Starlin Castro.

Edited by timothy leary - June 08 2011 at 09:23

you can say he is a rising star, I don't have to, he was compared to Willie mays when he came up, big shoes to fill

Drew wrote: Anyone else hoping Bryce Harper never makes it?

You'll have to enlighten me...don't know the name.
Minor leaguer?
And why don't you want to see him make it?