Comments on: Joe Maddon concerned about the work, and lack of work, for two of his players in the WBC http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/18/joe-maddon-concerned-about-the-work-and-lack-of-work-for-two-of-his-players-in-the-wbc/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:26:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: evanwins http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/18/joe-maddon-concerned-about-the-work-and-lack-of-work-for-two-of-his-players-in-the-wbc/comment-page-1/#comment-457813 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:34:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315423#comment-457813 Russell Martin.

]]> By: indaburg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/18/joe-maddon-concerned-about-the-work-and-lack-of-work-for-two-of-his-players-in-the-wbc/comment-page-1/#comment-457787 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:48:20 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315423#comment-457787 Sounds like much ado about nothing.

]]> By: Chris Fiorentino http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/18/joe-maddon-concerned-about-the-work-and-lack-of-work-for-two-of-his-players-in-the-wbc/comment-page-1/#comment-457780 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:16:14 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315423#comment-457780 Not sure I understand the addition here. Rodney has pitched in 9 games whereas closers who are not in the WBC have “typically” pitched in 4. “Some” have pitched in 7. So how is Rodney not being overused if he has pitched in double the games in which the typical closer has pitched?

Sounds like the same idiocy that people try to run out there, including Wright himself, when they say that Wright’s injury could have happened anytime. Sure it could have, but let me ask you this…what if he played in pain because it was the WBC and it was an important game? What if he said “I feel a little pain, but I’m going to try to play through it because the US offense blows without me”. And then he hurt it more? Whereas, if he were in Spring Training and had a slight pain, he would not try to play in meaningless games and get treatment and rest and play a week later. Nobody seemed to think of that because people were too busy tripping over themselves supporting the WBC.

When Rodney is on the DL in the middle of April, is anyone going to have the balls, besides Joe Maddon, who is one of the best managers in the game, to blame it on his overuse in the WBC? I doubt it.

]]> By: professormaddog31 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/18/joe-maddon-concerned-about-the-work-and-lack-of-work-for-two-of-his-players-in-the-wbc/comment-page-1/#comment-457773 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:54:02 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=315423#comment-457773 I’ll be damned if this whole WBC/MLB situation doesn’t remind me of that old Rick Nelson song. It’s all right now, I’ve learned my lesson well. See, you can’t please everyone so you’ve got to please yourself. Not a single manager or team is happy with the WBC. No matter what you do, it’s wrong.

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