- To let one player greatly influence your view of an entire team is childish. They also frequently wish injury on him.
- OK
- ...that intensified their hatred? How petty.
- one guy said that
- applies to like a million managers. At least Gibby is a funny and cool guy despite being an idiot. Buck Showalter is a whiny, miserable, old *******. Remember when he threatened to boycott a game at RC because a ball kicked up and hit one of his guys in the face? Because, you know, balls taking bad bounces never happens anywhere else.
- yeah but it kind of matters how good the hitters are and it doesn't account for the defense in the lineup. Martin is an average hitter but an excellent defender. Replacing him with a better bat but average or worse defender would be a net loss. Bautista, EE, Donaldson are all conceivably top 10 bats in the AL.