Javier Baez 2014 ROY-MVP-World Series MVP Thread

[InternetApex]

Holy crap this guy.

How many plays did he make that made your eyes pop out of your head? 3? 4?

Baez has to be one of the flashiest (and I mean in this in a good way) players to come along in quite some time. Almost everything he does has a flair to it that not many players have.

He's like a poor man's Yasiel Puig.

[ChuckD]

Holy crap this guy.

How many plays did he make that made your eyes pop out of your head? 3? 4?

Baez has to be one of the flashiest (and I mean in this in a good way) players to come along in quite some time. Almost everything he does has a flair to it that not many players have.

He made a nice play last night charging in on a ball (good) but on slo-mo it became clear that he fielded it with a glove-side backhand (bad; also wtf?). But it looked really cool at full speed (good) and he got the out (good).

[Slaky]

Holy crap this guy.

How many plays did he make that made your eyes pop out of your head? 3? 4?

Baez has to be one of the flashiest (and I mean in this in a good way) players to come along in quite some time. Almost everything he does has a flair to it that not many players have.

He made a nice play last night charging in on a ball (good) but on slo-mo it became clear that he fielded it with a glove-side backhand (bad; also wtf?). But it looked really cool at full speed (good) and he got the out (good).

Flair usually means doing things the hard way and making them look unnecessarily cool.

[ChuckD]

Holy crap this guy.

How many plays did he make that made your eyes pop out of your head? 3? 4?

Baez has to be one of the flashiest (and I mean in this in a good way) players to come along in quite some time. Almost everything he does has a flair to it that not many players have.

He made a nice play last night charging in on a ball (good) but on slo-mo it became clear that he fielded it with a glove-side backhand (bad; also wtf?). But it looked really cool at full speed (good) and he got the out (good).

Flair usually means doing things the hard way and making them look unnecessarily cool.

Interesting. That sounds similar to the grit definition -- "doing things inefficiently (i.e. the hard way)" and "reaping less success in terms of tangible results."

"Making them look unnecessarily cool" implies success, so if gritty guys continue to do things inefficiently but start to succeed, they're just some sort of league-average glory boys?

[Slaky]

Holy crap this guy.

How many plays did he make that made your eyes pop out of your head? 3? 4?

Baez has to be one of the flashiest (and I mean in this in a good way) players to come along in quite some time. Almost everything he does has a flair to it that not many players have.

He made a nice play last night charging in on a ball (good) but on slo-mo it became clear that he fielded it with a glove-side backhand (bad; also wtf?). But it looked really cool at full speed (good) and he got the out (good).

Flair usually means doing things the hard way and making them look unnecessarily cool.

Interesting. That sounds similar to the grit definition -- "doing things inefficiently (i.e. the hard way)" and "reaping less success in terms of tangible results."

"Making them look unnecessarily cool" implies success, so if gritty guys continue to do things inefficiently but start to succeed, they're just some sort of league-average glory boys?

GRIT guys do things the hard way but make them look really boring and lame. No one likes a try hard. Javy makes difficult things look smooth and rad. Like a hot girl ripping a guitar solo behind her head. Or opening a bottle with your forehead. You could just use a bottle opener. But why not wow 'em if you can.

[SKO]

Holy crap this guy.

How many plays did he make that made your eyes pop out of your head? 3? 4?

Baez has to be one of the flashiest (and I mean in this in a good way) players to come along in quite some time. Almost everything he does has a flair to it that not many players have.

He made a nice play last night charging in on a ball (good) but on slo-mo it became clear that he fielded it with a glove-side backhand (bad; also wtf?). But it looked really cool at full speed (good) and he got the out (good).

Flair usually means doing things the hard way and making them look unnecessarily cool.

Interesting. That sounds similar to the grit definition -- "doing things inefficiently (i.e. the hard way)" and "reaping less success in terms of tangible results."

"Making them look unnecessarily cool" implies success, so if gritty guys continue to do things inefficiently but start to succeed, they're just some sort of league-average glory boys?

GRIT guys do things the hard way but make them look really boring and lame. No one likes a try hard. Javy makes difficult things look smooth and rad. Like a hot girl ripping a guitar solo behind her head. Or opening a bottle with your forehead. You could just use a bottle opener. But why not wow 'em if you can.

Yeah, GRIT guys will do easy things the hard way but try to make it look hard so that you appreciate their effort. Smooth guys will make the easy look easy, but in a way that you think "wow, someone less smooth could not have done that, ser"

[Eli]

Holy crap this guy.

How many plays did he make that made your eyes pop out of your head? 3? 4?

Baez has to be one of the flashiest (and I mean in this in a good way) players to come along in quite some time. Almost everything he does has a flair to it that not many players have.

He made a nice play last night charging in on a ball (good) but on slo-mo it became clear that he fielded it with a glove-side backhand (bad; also wtf?). But it looked really cool at full speed (good) and he got the out (good).

Flair usually means doing things the hard way and making them look unnecessarily cool.

Interesting. That sounds similar to the grit definition -- "doing things inefficiently (i.e. the hard way)" and "reaping less success in terms of tangible results."

"Making them look unnecessarily cool" implies success, so if gritty guys continue to do things inefficiently but start to succeed, they're just some sort of league-average glory boys?

GRIT guys do things the hard way but make them look really boring and lame. No one likes a try hard. Javy makes difficult things look smooth and rad. Like a hot girl ripping a guitar solo behind her head. Or opening a bottle with your forehead. You could just use a bottle opener. But why not wow 'em if you can.

Yeah, GRIT guys will do easy things the hard way but try to make it look hard so that you appreciate their effort. Smooth guys will make the easy look easy, but in a way that you think "wow, someone less smooth could not have done that, ser"

No one gets to tell ChuckD what GRIT is.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Holy crap this guy.

How many plays did he make that made your eyes pop out of your head? 3? 4?

Baez has to be one of the flashiest (and I mean in this in a good way) players to come along in quite some time. Almost everything he does has a flair to it that not many players have.

He made a nice play last night charging in on a ball (good) but on slo-mo it became clear that he fielded it with a glove-side backhand (bad; also wtf?). But it looked really cool at full speed (good) and he got the out (good).

Flair usually means doing things the hard way and making them look unnecessarily cool.

Interesting. That sounds similar to the grit definition -- "doing things inefficiently (i.e. the hard way)" and "reaping less success in terms of tangible results."

"Making them look unnecessarily cool" implies success, so if gritty guys continue to do things inefficiently but start to succeed, they're just some sort of league-average glory boys?

GRIT guys do things the hard way but make them look really boring and lame. No one likes a try hard. Javy makes difficult things look smooth and rad. Like a hot girl ripping a guitar solo behind her head. Or opening a bottle with your forehead. You could just use a bottle opener. But why not wow 'em if you can.

Yeah, GRIT guys will do easy things the hard way but try to make it look hard so that you appreciate their effort. Smooth guys will make the easy look easy, but in a way that you think "wow, someone less smooth could not have done that, ser"

No one gets to tell ChuckD what GRIT is.

That's what exactly I was thinking.  Get a load of these chuckleheads telling Chuck D. what GRIT is.  Sheesh.

[SKO]

Look I'll just say it: we all know you can't be hispanic and gritty, even if the damn system belongs to ChuckD.

[Canadouche]

Look I'll just say it: we all know you can't be hispanic and gritty, even if the damn system belongs to ChuckD.

Augie Ojeda wept.

[InternetApex]

I thought GRITty players made the little things look dramatic because of the extra effort required due to the fact that they weren't very good at sports.

[SKO]

I thought GRITty players made the little things look dramatic because of the extra effort required due to the fact that they weren't very good at sports.

ChuckD wants to declare Baez gritty and we can't say no. Creators always have last say on what is or isn't correct, just ask George Lucas.

[ChuckD]

I thought GRITty players made the little things look dramatic because of the extra effort required due to the fact that they weren't very good at sports.

ChuckD wants to declare Baez gritty and we can't say no. Creators always have last say on what is or isn't correct, just ask George Lucas.

Pay attention. Baez doesn't make enough contact to be gritty. And he's making the plays, so he's flashy.

[SKO]

I thought GRITty players made the little things look dramatic because of the extra effort required due to the fact that they weren't very good at sports.

ChuckD wants to declare Baez gritty and we can't say no. Creators always have last say on what is or isn't correct, just ask George Lucas.

Pay attention. Baez doesn't make enough contact to be gritty. And he's making the plays, so he's flashy.

Complaint withdrawn.

[InternetApex]

I thought GRITty players made the little things look dramatic because of the extra effort required due to the fact that they weren't very good at sports.

ChuckD wants to declare Baez gritty and we can't say no. Creators always have last say on what is or isn't correct, just ask George Lucas.

Pay attention. Baez doesn't make enough contact to be gritty. And he's making the plays, so he's flashy.

Complaint withdrawn.

Attention the fuck paid.