It's a shame. He's one of the toughest outs in the MLB who would give an almost guaranteed base runner for any lethal clean-up crew out there.
No surprise there, watching Rocker fail to do the needful the same night is a reminder of why the Rangers need an actual pitcher.
I selfishly want the Rockies to finish with at least 42 wins. I still want the White Sox to keep wearing the scarlet letter of 121 losses.
This player really was not given a chance at first and wasn't a rookie till age 28. He's league average.. not really like his grandpa. The nepotism would help with getting signed and scouted but after that there has to be results. Maybe they get more second chances than a nobody. 2nd/3rd gen players have an advantage in getting taught how to play and being immersed in the game for their whole lives. From the 80s/90s I remember Cal Ripken Jr, Ken Griffey Jr. the Alomars, Barry Bonds, the Boones, Brian McRae, Stottlemyres, Ozzie Virgil Jr... so it's really a part of the game at this point. A few of those far out performed their dads, some did not.
Not really. If anything I think you're putting too much weight into any potential nepotism at the pro (I know you've talked about it before regarding amateurs) level; if anything, I think it makes sense in sports that a lot of guys would be second or even third generation athletes. For one, they'll often have the genes for it from their parent(s), as well as the advantages of growing up in an environment where they've already got an in house expert as well as the financial resources from the parent of whose footsteps they're following.
The guy mysteriously choked in last years ALCS
Mike Piazza was the greatest nepo baby in MLB history. His family was rich and friends with Tommy Lasorda, so the Dodgers drafted him (in the 62nd round, mind you) as a favor..
The Yankees coaching staff has to be retarded. 3rd graders in Little League know to go back to the bag. It seems like they're making blatant defensive errors or baserunning blunders every week. High school JV players would get benched for that shit.
If you're throwing games or point shaving, you should be banned, but the league partnering with sports betting is completely hypocritical, I'll agree. There have been players that have committed all sorts of crimes and not received lifetime bans, though. Steroids? Suspension. Beat your wife? Suspension. Gamble? Too far for the upstanding MLB. Lifetime ban.
IMHO disciplinary action is administered selectively. Who gets in trouble and who gets a free pass is usually a small-p political decision.
It's bad when Jeter and A-Rod openly voice their questions on why no one is getting benched when they would have rode the pine back in the day.
To be fair, that was a dogshit changeup which barely moved compared to his usual one
