Comments on: Wait, the Tigers complained about an opponent hustling?

By: drunkenhooliganism

drunkenhooliganism — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 23:20:26 +0000

Maybe Penny was confused because only white guys are allowed to be scrappy hustlers. He saw the Rodriguez on the back of his shirt and his mind just ‘sploded.

By: The Baseball Idiot

The Baseball Idiot — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:17:32 +0000

Carlton Fisk.

Deion Sanders.

By: Tim OShenko

Tim OShenko — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:00:23 +0000

Haha, relax, just having a little fun. I have no animosity toward xFIP or WAR or the people who use them to evaluate players, nor do I honestly think that stat enthusiasts are rage-filled basement dwellers who hate baseball. On the contrary, I value the opinions of people who value advanced metrics, even if I don’t fully understand the metrics myself.

The whole bit about “gritty scrappers” should have been a big enough clue that I was being sarcastic and just trying to get a rise out of people. As for my comment being a rather weak attempt at humour, well, I have no defense for that.

By: kingbuccaneer

kingbuccaneer — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:09:49 +0000

Brad Penny, what the hell have you done in the past 5 years? Oh yeah, NOTHING!

Shut up, collect your (very) generous paycheck, and continue to look like an ass clown every time you’re on the mound.

By: thefalcon123

thefalcon123 — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:06:38 +0000

It’s true. I get super pissed when I see guys running hard and gain no satisfaction out of infield hates. I wished the Cardinals hadn’t have won the 2006 WS is Eckstein was just gonna be the damned MVP of it.

I assume the Sabermetrics crowd spends hours devising ways to deconstruct and gain insight into the game because they are self-loathing and actually hate everything about it. Your analysis is spot and not at all causing me to roll my eyes while miming a jerkoff motion with my right hand.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:59:16 +0000

Penny wondering why Maddon even sent a batter up to the plate.

By: Utley's Hair

Utley's Hair — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:57:54 +0000

Ideally, the war room is designed for planning wars and fighting to take place in other places, but point taken.

By: Tim OShenko

Tim OShenko — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:18:10 +0000

Penny’s clearly in with the sabermetrics crowd. He instantly recognized Rodriguez’s hustle as the act of a “gritty scrapper” (or is it scrappy gritter) “playing the game the right way” and just couldn’t contain his anger.

By: hasbeen5

hasbeen5 — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:13:31 +0000

Penny is the same clown that yelled at his own catcher a few weeks ago right?

By: The Common Man

The Common Man — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:08:51 +0000

Stupid is the level Brad Penny tends to play on. Moron.

By: isdtyrant

isdtyrant — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 17:02:55 +0000

What’s next? No fighting in the war room?

By: Jonny 5

Jonny 5 — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:57:04 +0000

That play was planned so that they made the out on Rodriguez and it backfired. Which is sooo frigging hilarious when you think about it. SS didn’t even look at first base which is the “no-brainer” way to get that out. And had they thrown to first it would have been out #3. They planned on getting the out at second (why? to make a point to Rodriguez?) and the second baseman screwed it up by not being in position to make the play. lol…. Then he beats, it, and them by hustling. I hope everyone learned a valuable lesson here. Although hustling is many times ineffective, it wins games other times so do it every time you get the chance.

By: bobulated

bobulated — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:55:47 +0000

In Penny’s defense he probably just didn’t understand what was going on since the only time he hustles is to be first in line at the post game buffet.

By: ldb3

ldb3 — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:48:56 +0000

Craig,
Rays Index did a write up on the incident from Tuesday and has the video.
http://www.raysindex.com/2011/08/tigers-pitcher-thinks-baseball-field-is-no-place-for-hustling.html