Comments on: Wide Open Spaces

By: Boatzilla

Boatzilla — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 05:44:08 +0000

[5] Blaming a coach for your failure to score is like blaming a director for you poor acting performance. Or like a pitcher blaming a catcher when he gives up a HR.

And the Didi thing is a not issue IMHO. Who hired him to coach? No one. This is not basketball. There’s no pick and roll. This is not football. There are no missed blocks.

Can you image? The receiver was open, but he failed to signal the quarterback. And the coach did not tell the QB where to throw. Horseshit.

Mark ran the bases shitty, and he fucked up and took it easy , he fails to score and then blames the COACH? WTF? Uh, no. Life does not work that way. HE should be apologizing to Espada.

That’s like my proofreader blaming me for making an error he/she missed.

By: Bronx Boy in NC

Bronx Boy in NC — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:27:02 +0000

[5] No question at all about his getting caught off 2B like that.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:07:00 +0000

1) Good point. Probably harsh on Didi there. He was out of TV view so maybe he did tell him to slide. Regardless, it was the third base coaches gaffe, not Didi’s. The base running mistake, though…ah, the kid is just all sorts of unpolished.

But I stand corrected.

By: MSM35

MSM35 — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:50:02 +0000

Tex’s problem aside, can you imagine being in Texas this time of year.

By: rbj

rbj — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:33:40 +0000

Not Mark’s finest hour, but if you’re worried about him pulling a hammy, hold him at third. If the season comes down to adding a fifth run above the other team in a late July game when you are in first place by five, well, then, you don’t deserve to win.

By: Ara Just Fair

Ara Just Fair — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:23:15 +0000

[1} Thanks for posting the link. I saw the play live last night and just thought, “how the fuck did Teix not score from 2nd on that that hit?” I missed all the extracurriculars until now. Teix is quoted at Lohud as saying, “I can get hurt.” Someone should tell him he can get hurt throwing a tantrum in the dugout and flipping garbage cans! : )

By: Bronx Boy in NC

Bronx Boy in NC — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 18:12:16 +0000

I don’t know how you can put the rap on Didi for not telling Teix to slide when Teix clearly did slide — whoever’s idea it was.

The issue was clearly with Espada telling him to take it “easy.” Which may have been a dumb thing to say — but more’s the point, it was a dumb thing to listen to. A pro takes it “easy” when the play is over and he’s outside the white chalk lines.

Seriously. Look at 0:40 here: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:13329343. That’s a galumph to the second-base keg, is what that is.

Baseball doesn’t have a whistle, but still you run until you hear one.