06-15-2009, 01:12 PM
I'm about to feel dirtier than usual.
I find is odd/amusing that people used to love Ryan Theriot. Absolutely love him. And now, he is on pace to improve on every one of his counting stats from last year, save walks (hits, homeruns, doubles, triples...and yes, Ks, though that doesn't push my point) and actually finish the year as a statistically average hitter...and he's now a 'problem'.
Just because he's not hitting groundballs past second base anymore doesn't make him a problem now. I think quite the opposite.
/dirtiness over
As for Gerald Perry, I think tom said it and I couldn't agree more: Hendry can't fire the players. You can make a strong case that in every coaching move ever made, the fired coach is taking a disproportionate amount of the blame. In a completely fair world, it'd have been Milton Bradley getting the ax. That makes no sense in baseball.
I find is odd/amusing that people used to love Ryan Theriot. Absolutely love him. And now, he is on pace to improve on every one of his counting stats from last year, save walks (hits, homeruns, doubles, triples...and yes, Ks, though that doesn't push my point) and actually finish the year as a statistically average hitter...and he's now a 'problem'.
Just because he's not hitting groundballs past second base anymore doesn't make him a problem now. I think quite the opposite.
/dirtiness over
As for Gerald Perry, I think tom said it and I couldn't agree more: Hendry can't fire the players. You can make a strong case that in every coaching move ever made, the fired coach is taking a disproportionate amount of the blame. In a completely fair world, it'd have been Milton Bradley getting the ax. That makes no sense in baseball.