Steve, you know, even if you did play or coach, you still just have an opinion, right? It's not like you or anybody else here is coaching for A&M right now. So that's all it is.
And FTR, just because you played, doesn't necessarily mean you know more about baseball than the average fan. It means you were better (or more dedicated to it) at playing it than us, but it doesn't mean that you will know more about baseball than us. Jeff Luhnow never played baseball but now he's considered one of the top GMs in all of baseball. Like I said earlier, it's a little insulting to claim that you know more about baseball just because you played. All of us have an opinion, whether you've played or not.
And for the record, I'm talking general baseball knowledge. Not the specifics such as batting technique, pitching, throwing, etc. Y'all clearly have the advantage there as y'all played longer. But most of us played organized ball through high school, so it's not like we are completely clueless either.
And FTR, just because you played, doesn't necessarily mean you know more about baseball than the average fan. It means you were better (or more dedicated to it) at playing it than us, but it doesn't mean that you will know more about baseball than us. Jeff Luhnow never played baseball but now he's considered one of the top GMs in all of baseball. Like I said earlier, it's a little insulting to claim that you know more about baseball just because you played. All of us have an opinion, whether you've played or not.
And for the record, I'm talking general baseball knowledge. Not the specifics such as batting technique, pitching, throwing, etc. Y'all clearly have the advantage there as y'all played longer. But most of us played organized ball through high school, so it's not like we are completely clueless either.