I love Dustin Pedroia. Sure, on some level, he's earned a benefit of the doubt. I do hear what you're saying.
We all had a pretty good idea that Paul O'Neill and Gary Sheffield (let's be race-neutral) were complete assholes because we hated the uniform they wore.
I dont know Pedey at all so not judging him. However your comment brings back memories of many articles way back when reporters used to treat players to meals from their expense accounts in return for an in-depth interview at a time when newspapers were not stingy about space. I felt I knew players from the 60's and 70's a lot better than now. Might have been a false feeling and I was fed a lot of horse manure but thats how I felt.
Gosh, I wonder why that is? Could it be that he is a rookie announcer and he was more or less plucked off the couch to do those games? It's not like Timlin has spent the last 8+ years of retirement honing his color commentary skills (there's probably not much call to talk while sitting in a tree stand). Remy's sick, Lyons is off for personal reasons, and Eck doesn't like to travel. Somebody has to sit in the booth with DOB, and Timlin was a) available and b) has Sox ties. End of story.
Sorry Red Hawk Fan..I was typing and inadventently hit the send button on my note before I was finished. I totally agree with your viewpoint by the way. I was just trying to say that as a rookie announcer, Timlin is in an awkard spot to comment on the Price Eck situation and to expect him to do so is wishful .
Does it have to be an ex-jock in that seat? There has got to be some guys in the business that would be grateful for the opportunity. There's got to be some capable fill ins in Bristol with a solid sports background who would be OK to serve on an as needed basis. Hasn't T.C. filled in once or twice?
Which also means that this probably isn't an isolated incident and that we don't know 1/10th of the story.
Tim Wakefield, bless him, 200 wins and all but not all for us, sounds dumber than Jim Rice on NESN shows. Definitely a nice guy but even NESN probably knows he'd be full of fopars.
This really does make it both difficult and ridiculous to even talk about it. We're never going to get the truth here.
That's the whole point. Muddy the waters so no one can differentiate fact from fiction.
Thanks, and for the Cooperstown reminder too. I usually watch the induction ceremonies.
Who ever said Pedroia was part of this? Chad Finn simply tweeted that he wasn't a fan of Eck, so we shouldn't expect him to come out in his defense.
How so? Price put up almost 5 WAR last year and is on pace to put up about 4 this year. The difference in on-field value between the two of them at this point is measuring error.
Someone is lying? How do you know this? Do you have any idea how unreliable eyewitness testimony is?
There's a whole bunch we'll never know, but we'll know this: Price has been the most vocal and whiny about the media. Price was the one who insulted Eck. Price is going to get the blame no matter what. And if a Chicken and Beer-like situation comes of this, it'll be Price that gets run out of town.
I heard Lumer Loni talking about this and without saying as much he made it quite clear(it seemed to me at least) that his source is Eck and that Pedey absolutely was involved. They also played audio of Eck getting on Pedey earlier this year during the "it's not me, it's them" incident which is supposed to be the basis of the issue between the two of them.
Because "Pedroia cheered aggressively" and "Pedroia didn't participate in the cheering, nor was he even in the same area" are two completely contradictory accounts of what happened, not two versions of the same event.
Probably because he's so bad that it's ultimately making people pay more attention to the gossipy details of this other-side-of-the-fence drama then they'd otherwise want to.
You have no idea. It could be that Pedroia was standing near them and happened to start laughing in another conversation. It could be that someone saw Pedroia standing near the group and didn't have a good angle and concluded Pedroia was cheering aggressively because other people were. I mean I don't even know what "cheering aggressively" means.
Somebody else in a post further down says that Price put up 5 WAR last year and is on pace for 4 WAR this year. Fantastic. But to me, $30M should buy playoff game wins, and last year's Price was absolutely not a playoff game winner, however good he was during the season. I didn't like Lackey either, but at least he helped us win in 2013.
To be honest, with the length and pace of the games lately, baseball has become stale to me. I'm 52 and have watched most games since I could throw a ball.
I don't understand "playoff winner" in the context of pitching ability. Pitchers sometimes suck and sometimes they don't. Some pitchers transcend suck. But if one's going to isolate playoff results then Kershaw has to also be in that equation. I'm sure there are other examples in both directions (e.g. Pedro).
Pedroia came off awful in the Machado dustup earlier when he threw teammates under the bus. I love Pedey but I am in the "something is up" camp and have a feeling there is a old/young schism.
I thought of this post - which I thought was a very valuable perspective - as I happened to click through to an article on a pioneering female reporter named Claire Smith who had the indignity of being shut out of the Padres locker room by then Padres Manager Dick Williams during the 1984 NLCS, and what one Padres veteran did about it.
Regardless of how you feel about the guy this isn't good. Especially with a Verlander Gray and Darvish on the market. Pray for Chavis Groome and the rest of the prospects
Suddenly CHB is getting all the scoops?
