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You all know I'm a Reds fan. Votto is awesome and I'm a big fan, but other Reds fans, Reds announcers, and baseball fans truly piss me off when it comes to Votto.
He's a special player and I'm very happy he plays for the Reds, but he's human. As sacrilege as it is to say around Reds fans, Joey makes mistakes. (GASP)
Some of you follow me on Twitter and have seen some of what I say and there are actually other Reds fans who agree with me. Any time Joey makes a mistake, Reds fans and Thom Brennaman especially, people pass it off as no big deal. If Joey makes an error, they want to cause physical harm to the official scorekeeper because if the infallible Joey Votto couldn't field the ball, Christ himself wouldn't have a chance!
It's just ridiculous. As I said, I'm as big a Votto fan as any other Reds fan, but the guy dogs it 99% of the time. On ground balls, he runs at about 1/1,000 speed. Infielders have made bobbles and still thrown him out by miles because he had taken a whopping 3 steps out of the batter's box. He could outrun close to half of the double plays he hits into if he would actually make an effort.
Look, every player makes mistakes and I get that. I think I overcompensate about Votto because 99% of fans are willing to overlook his mistakes. I don't understand why he can't get called out like anyone else.
I'll just leave it at that and see what everyone has to say. Again, I really am a big fan and he is a great player, I just think that he should be treated like everyone else.
He's a special player and I'm very happy he plays for the Reds, but he's human. As sacrilege as it is to say around Reds fans, Joey makes mistakes. (GASP)
Some of you follow me on Twitter and have seen some of what I say and there are actually other Reds fans who agree with me. Any time Joey makes a mistake, Reds fans and Thom Brennaman especially, people pass it off as no big deal. If Joey makes an error, they want to cause physical harm to the official scorekeeper because if the infallible Joey Votto couldn't field the ball, Christ himself wouldn't have a chance!
It's just ridiculous. As I said, I'm as big a Votto fan as any other Reds fan, but the guy dogs it 99% of the time. On ground balls, he runs at about 1/1,000 speed. Infielders have made bobbles and still thrown him out by miles because he had taken a whopping 3 steps out of the batter's box. He could outrun close to half of the double plays he hits into if he would actually make an effort.
Look, every player makes mistakes and I get that. I think I overcompensate about Votto because 99% of fans are willing to overlook his mistakes. I don't understand why he can't get called out like anyone else.
I'll just leave it at that and see what everyone has to say. Again, I really am a big fan and he is a great player, I just think that he should be treated like everyone else.