It doesn't seem like price is alone as reading that made it seem like a good majority of the players hate Eck
It's entirely possible that Price was as childish and petty as that article suggests. But the identity and track record of the author does not inspire confidence in terms of credibility.
I'm sure this kind of thing happens behind closed doors with other teams. But when guys like Price do it publicly multiple times(Evan Drellich incident in NY) it speaks to a mentally weak team.
Not sure, but he mentioned he has heard it from a number of the people with daily access and the other two on the show agreed.
Yet other than the price stuff, has anyone who actually has access even hinted at anything clubhouse related? Or they just tell Lumer instead of mentioning it themselves.
Of all the things to do when you're drunk...
I wouldn't be so quick to call the team unlikeable based upon the rantings of the media. You're playing right into their hands.
The piece was rolled out the day after Price pitched poorly for the first time in weeks. It was filled with second-hand accounts and slanted with the authors obvious disdain.
I disagree, this article isn't "meaningless". Shaughnessy spoke to five people and tried getting Price and Eckersley to go on the record, they would not. What's he supposed to do? He actually did a pretty good job, because the CHB is a columnist so his article is supposed to be "slanted". This wasn't a beat reporter reporting the day's events. Shaughnessy did his job on this piece. You might not like it, but it's not the CHB's fault.
I agree with your overall take but I don't think the CHB gets to have it both ways when he writes what is essentially an investigative piece. Yes, he has a column, but that was much less of an opinion piece than an investigative report. When he writes such a column, I think he needs to play it straight.
I'd caution not to let all the players off the hook, but the timing of this piece definitely isn't a coincidence.
The bolded is on point.
I've been thinking about a point you touched on here - why this team isn't resonating with a lot of fans the way a first place team should. That in itself would make an interesting thread. Between the Price B.S., the Pedroia incident (which was a bit of an eye opener for me), and Farrell, there is a lot going on.
You might be right about this. But, if this wasn't a big deal why hasn't Eckersley or Price said, "Hey, we we're just fooling around. Price got a little salty at what I said, but it's all good. These things happen from time to time on baseball team."
I'm certainly not clutching my pearls here, these guys have been around enough locker rooms to know how things are there. But to say that this is SOP for athletes is letting Price off the hook very easily. It's just another check mark under the column of dumb things that this guy is doing to himself. If he doesn't like attention and wants his play to speak for him, that's fine. Quit acting like an asshole and self-sabotaging himself. In other words, if you don't want to be trolled, quit feeding the trolls.
This team doesn't resonate because they are the Royals trying to win with pitching and defense. A strategy that can work but isn't all that exciting in the regular season.
This is hardly unique to Boston. ESPN has aired plenty of dirty laundry with respect to the Seahawks and Cavaliers recently, with plenty of locker room gossip being aired in both cases.
It's not just that. They're 11th in MLB in runs scored.
Amen. Price may be a jerk, or he may just be a different type of guy. It's what he does between the lines that counts.
