Blue Jays Minor League Highlights Thread

[Olerud363.354]

6 hours ago, Brownie19 said:

Nobody gives a flying f*ck about Justin Gonzalez.

What happened to you?  You off your meds or something these days?  You're unbearable.

What is with the insults?  This entire board has gone to hell, with long time posters (first Grant, then Spanky) apparently gone for life now because you guys just let the insult culture get out of hand.  

It's pretty unacceptable to start making jokes about mental health.  Lucky enough never to have been down that road but I know people who have.  If you make that comment about somebody who is actually on meds and struggling it is massively inappropriate and even dangerous.   Just because you don't like somebody's posting style don't make it personal, don't insult them, and don't make comments about meds.  

Right now the Blue Jays hitters, at every single level ** (including the majors) are under-performing.  It's a pretty reasonable thing to do to scan other teams top prospects and see how age comparable guys are doing just to put things in perspective.  If you disagree then disagree nicely.

** Some guys in New Hampshire are doing good, but even there there may be the park (which is great for left handed hitters) at play. 

 

[Olerud363.354]

One reason I'm pretty skeptical of the 'adjustment period' thing is that mental toughness is such a huge part of the game, that even if some cultural adjustment factor is effecting performance, that itself is a flag, given all the trials and tribulations down the road. 

Like the guy who shows up to Florida, doesn't even notice he's in Florida with alligators, MAGAs, and old people, is able to chill with the MAGAs (some on his own team) despite them not speaking or liking his language.  That's the guy who won't notice he's gone 0/15 in a big city some day and will chill and rebound.  That might be the guy who can have a good relationship with the hitting coach's and fix mechanical problems.  That's the guy who will joke around after Jeff Hoffman blows the biggest game of the year (after the blowing the biggest game of the century so far) and next week go win player of the week and keep his team afloat. 

Sanchez is doing good the last month for sure.  Maybe his slump was just a slump and he's a great guy able to adjust to every situation and he didn't even notice he was in a slump or in Florida. 

[JaysFan99]

5 hours ago, Olerud363.354 said:

What is with the insults?  This entire board has gone to hell, with long time posters (first Grant, then Spanky) apparently gone for life now because you guys just let the insult culture get out of hand.  

The forum for my favorite NFL team has this as a strict rule and I've never understood why it's not a rule here:

You will not personally attack or insult other members.

There really is no reason for it.  That being said, one of those members you mentioned is by far the worst perpetrator of attacking and trying to run off the people he doesn't like.

[Laika]

4 hours ago, Olerud363.354 said:

What is with the insults?  This entire board has gone to hell, with long time posters (first Grant, then Spanky) apparently gone for life now because you guys just let the insult culture get out of hand.  

It's pretty unacceptable to start making jokes about mental health.  Lucky enough never to have been down that road but I know people who have.  If you make that comment about somebody who is actually on meds and struggling it is massively inappropriate and even dangerous.   Just because you don't like somebody's posting style don't make it personal, don't insult them, and don't make comments about meds.  

Right now the Blue Jays hitters, at every single level ** (including the majors) are under-performing.  It's a pretty reasonable thing to do to scan other teams top prospects and see how age comparable guys are doing just to put things in perspective.  If you disagree then disagree nicely.

** Some guys in New Hampshire are doing good, but even there there may be the park (which is great for left handed hitters) at play. 

 

People think you are polluting the threads

They don't understand how your brain works and they don't appreciate your insights 

You could work on being CONCISE. I am sure you have heard this before in your travels. Intelligence and insights are useless if they aren't facilitated by appropriate and socially understandable communication vectors. 

[Terminator]

Olerud was actually on to something with his Nimmala critiques. The hit tool is a concern and as he ages he better start showing signs of improvement there. And there's a lot of history to back that up.

But it took me about a month's worth of posts to understand what he was getting at. Has some useful insights and isn't a part of the hivemind so we might learn something.

 

 

 

 

 

[max silver]

45 minutes ago, Terminator said:

Olerud was actually on to something with his Nimmala critiques. The hit tool is a concern and as he ages he better start showing signs of improvement there. And there's a lot of history to back that up.

But it took me about a month's worth of posts to understand what he was getting at. Has some useful insights and isn't a part of the hivemind so we might learn something.

 

 

 

 

 

I couldn't stand the steady stream of disorganized thoughts and had to place Olerud on ignore.