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Sunday, May 16, 2004I like Jarrod Washburn, but......this is just about the dumbest thing that has ever been said.
"If you had to pick the AL Cy Young winner right now - the one pitcher you would want to start one game you had to win - would you pick Kevin Brown? Pedro Martinez? Curt Schilling? Who?"I can't believe it either. Do you guys even listen to yourself when you talk? I still love Baseball Tonight (well, I love Carl Ravich and Peter Gammons. Those are my only two man-crushes, I swear.), but all those other idiots make it really hard to watch. Believe it or not, John Kruk and Harold Reynolds aren't the worst of the so-called experts. Jeff Brantly is head-and-shoulders above all other comers when it comes to televised stupidity. He's even worse than Joe Morgan. Speaking of Morgan, he was the color man for tonight's Angel game on ESPN. He made a few statements that made it seem as though he might be coming around to progressive baseball thinking. He questioned a decision to bunt by saying something along the lines of "You don't give away outs in the AL." OK, that might have been sarcasm on his part. But I did get the impression that he has actually read Moneyball (despite the fact doesn't know who wrote it), as he suggested that a team "must be successful 70% of the time when stealing." He also took a shot at said piece of literature when, after Mazzilli decided not to bunt with a runner on second and no outs, he suggested that "he should write a book about it." Oh, you clever devil you! |
