superaggie73 said:
Had some time while waiting in my truck and listening to Stan Norfleet on 790 for the first time in a while. This dude is so clueless about the game of baseball (or any sport for that matter). How tf does he actually have a job? He's trying to blame Espada and Blanco for not only breaking the rules, but not knowing the rules. And apparently it's Espada's fault for it happening because he should have either put a stop to it or explained what not to do. Is this little league baseball? Is Blanco not a grown ass man?
Now I do hate Espada for his lack of passion and his lack of ever sticking up for his players, but this is not even close to his fault. The only thing he did wrong was not go crazy sticking up for Blanco.
I think this is the most overrated stuff fans buy into for every manager. Also, it's an opinion based on subjectivity and perception from the fan's viewpoint. You aren't in the clubhouse. You aren't on the field. You don't hear the conversations. People assume jackass, angry tirades are passion.
Adolis Garcia has "passion" and guys attribute that to steroid use anger problems.
If the only definition of sticking up for your players is always being a jackass and getting yourself ejected from a game, well that's just stupid.
Espada said he asked if Blanco could just switch gloves like we've all seen happen time and time again. Is that not sticking up for Blanco?
You wanted Joe to go crazy last night in the 3rd inning - well, he gets himself ejected and who is making the moves in innings 4-10 last night? Arguably all of those moves won the game. Fans are short sighted and not getting paid to win games.
Please guys, stop buying into managers that go out there and yell at umpire are the only ones who are "passionate" and "sticking up for their players."
