05-18-2010, 05:12 PM
<!--quoteo(post=96791:date=May 18 2010, 02:54 PM:name=jstraw)-->QUOTE (jstraw @ May 18 2010, 02:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Fred Gonzalez: Idiot of the Day.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yep
I watched both plays and on the grounder afterwards and on the play in question Hanley had a pretty significant hitch in his giddyup, no doubt he was hurting; also take into account he is your one and only superstar, probably not the brightest thing in the world to pull him, show him up and then tell the media about it afterwards. Fredi should realize, he is a lot more dispensable than Hanley.
Was he half-assing it a bit? yeah, but both runs would have scored anyway, the one difference is maybe he holds the runner to 2nd instead of 3rd.
I'm not condoning slacking off and I love guys that always hustle, but this was a pretty minor thing considering what goes on in baseball these days and the trainer said his leg was very tender. Seems like a case of Fredi power-tripping trying to show he is in charge of everyone. Had he just called him in the office after the game and said, "look I expect hustle, if your too hurt to hustle, tell us and we will take you out" that would have probably served the purpose and done a lot less damage.
Yep
I watched both plays and on the grounder afterwards and on the play in question Hanley had a pretty significant hitch in his giddyup, no doubt he was hurting; also take into account he is your one and only superstar, probably not the brightest thing in the world to pull him, show him up and then tell the media about it afterwards. Fredi should realize, he is a lot more dispensable than Hanley.
Was he half-assing it a bit? yeah, but both runs would have scored anyway, the one difference is maybe he holds the runner to 2nd instead of 3rd.
I'm not condoning slacking off and I love guys that always hustle, but this was a pretty minor thing considering what goes on in baseball these days and the trainer said his leg was very tender. Seems like a case of Fredi power-tripping trying to show he is in charge of everyone. Had he just called him in the office after the game and said, "look I expect hustle, if your too hurt to hustle, tell us and we will take you out" that would have probably served the purpose and done a lot less damage.