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Someone pissed in his cereal. Wow ...
Someone pissed in his cereal. Wow ...
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MrMet
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Wow about sums it up.....
Yanks2151
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I heard it on the Michael Kay show on the Yes Network. They couldn't bleep it out in enough time so all the language flew as he chirped it.
Lancemountain
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Kinda agree with a bunch of what he said. Obviously the profanity is obnoxious but he makes some points I agree with *prepares for the onslaught*
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I do take exception to getting pissed at bat flips. All sports are bubbling with emotion. So, Joey Bats, who's team was down, what 4-2 and not looking good, goes Cadillac, flips the bat and the Jays are leading and he should just drop the bat, drop his head and round the bases ? While, as Harper mentions in a separate piece, "Pitchers show emotion, but batter's can't ?". I don't get that. If you don't want Joey Bats to hit it 500 ft., don't throw him something he can hit 500 ft. Braun & nerds I do agree on.
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I don't quite understand his concern about the "nerds". I feel like some of the nerds who take a deeper look at numbers help guys like Gossage get the recognition he earned in the first place. For the record I would be fine with Braun's teammates putting a beating on him
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DaClyde
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Put that man on a radio show with Jack Clark, NOW!
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My new hero.
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Hmmmmm..... He calls out Braun for the kind of example he sets (correctly), yet he was awfully quiet about Aroldis Chapman's domestic abuse issue.
MrMet
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Gossage verbally flipped him the bird, now Jose is flipping the Goose!
WCTYSON
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It is just self important garbage from Dick Gossage. His time for being recognized is over. Now let the current players have their mark on the game and move on. Why is he pretending to still be contributing to the game?
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Excellent! Can you also photoshop him into the table of scouts scene in Moneyball?
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PeteD
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ha! don't forget it was a very big moment for the COUNTRY, but they'll have to work out the old school vs new school thing and they will.
Plus Gossage is lucky he made the hall, i never would have voted for him.
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Therion
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"Nerds with their computers"
Someone let grandpa out of the home again. Just tell him there is lemon bar pie with dinner and we won't hear from him for a month.
Someone let grandpa out of the home again. Just tell him there is lemon bar pie with dinner and we won't hear from him for a month.
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Here is my two cents. Gossage is wrong for saying that baseball is being run by nerds. There is no question that statistical metrics are becoming more apart of the game to measure a player's worth. Almost every single team is adopting metrics such as ERA+, UZR, FIP, etc. Why do you think free agents are being signed as quickly as they once were? I do agree with Gossage, however, that new rules are making the game appear whimpy. The take out slide is such an exciting play, like the play at the plate. You were taught as a young player to not stand on the tracks when the train is coming through. Baseball is great because of it's distinct and unique heritage, so I can see where Gossage is coming from. I also agree there is a right and a wrong way to "pimp". Gossage said in his day, players like Bautista wouldn't dare and try bat flips. Baseball should and always be a classy game. I don't mind a player celebrating with teammates in the dugout, but showing up pitchers is bush league. The art of pitching inside is also lost. So, I concur with Gossage on most, but not everything he said.
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