And watching a game at Wrigley, even on tv, is great, just a beautiful park and sadly seems the complete opposite of NYS..

What in Nuñez’s MiL or ML trackrecord suggests he can hit?

BTW, I agree entirely about the crash-into-the-cather play. And last night was especially egregious. Peña was out by twenty feet. martin was standing there waiting for him. This was not a bang-bang play. Moreover, Peña clearly made no mov for the plate. He simply amed for Martin Nd tried to dislodge the ball. How can it be legal for a a baserunner to crunch into a fielder who is standing here waiting with the ball already secured? Why does MLB allow this to continue, especially with their sudden deep concern for playwr safety vis-a-vis concussions? Why do fans like this play?

I can’t help but think of Melky when thinking of Gritner. Two years ago, I think 9 out of 10 would say Melky has more potential. But Melky was undisiplined and sometimes plain dumb. While Gardner is smart and tries to make the best use of his talents, Melky seemed to always just ‘wing it’, from headfirst slides into 1st base, to just throwing the ball as hard as he could.

And this has some similarities to Nunez V. Jeter. Jeter is very smart and focused, where Nunez seems to be just winging it…. especially when he is throwing. Like Melky, I don’t think Nunez will ever be a great player, but the guy can hit, has some pop, and has a very strong arm. His real issues are lack of maturity, focus and smarts.

There is a lot of Nunez hate here, and it’s certainly warrented at times. But Man… wasn’t it nice watching a SS drive a ball into the gap last night? I still hold out hope that, unlike Melky, Nunez realizes he is PLAYING ON THE FUCKING NEW YORK YANKEES!!!!!!!!!!!! and rededicates himself to being a smarter player.

And Man… I hate these runnung blocks runners put on the Catcher on plays at the plate. I understand the nature of the play might call for contact, but why is a player allowed to use his upper body??? A hard slide is one thing, but this ain’t football I fucking HATE IT! There must be some way to make plays at the plate look like baseball, instead of Hockey of Football.

Over and over and over, until it burns into their sub-conscious.

It’s not about your arm and how “AWESOME” you think it is, it’s about making an accurate throw to the intended base.

Gardner doesn’t have a GREAT arm, but he always tries for ACCURACY, and an ACCURATE throw is FAR MORE effective than the HARDEST throw, 9 times out of 10.