Chuck Is Wrong Discussion

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

DPD

I apologize for derailing this thread. 

Chuck's tweet was idiotic, I still love Starlin and I hope we can resume getting this thread back on track.

FYC

[Eli]

I feel like when guys like Kaplan scream about playing the game hard and "the right way" they're really saying, "I wasn't good enough to play professional baseball so you owe it to me to look like you're trying really hard all the time because that's what I would do if I were you." Even though they're wrong about that, too.

[InternetApex]

I think it's possible to think "fuck I crushed that ball, it's gone" when it really isn't. Especially when your nerves are shot to shit from grieving with your family and friends for an entire week.

I also think it's possible to say, "Starlin really should have run there and he knows it." End of discussion.

Fuck Kaplan in his fucking bald orange face.

[Slaky]

Pretty much the whole thing here is "Fuck Kaplan"

No one else should feel bad. Kaplan should feel bad but he's incapable of such a thing.

[SKO]

I feel like when guys like Kaplan scream about playing the game hard and "the right way" they're really saying, "I wasn't good enough to play professional baseball so you owe it to me to look like you're trying really hard all the time because that's what I would do if I were you." Even though they're wrong about that, too.

That's exactly it. They know they could never hit the ball or field the ball the way one of these guys does, but dammit, Trying Hard is what I can do better than a major league baseball player. They owe it to me to give no less than the effort I'd imagine I'd give myself, except if I had that kind of natural ability I probably wouldn't.

Barely related, but my dad still talks about his .710 batting average in junior high being a school record that's still on the wall at the school and how they called him "little Pete Rose" because by god his uniform was always dirty and when Starlin did that last night I just sat there waiting for the text message from Ol' Little Pete himself and sure enough there it was when I woke up this morning. DISGRACE TO DA GAME

[InternetApex]

Pretty much the whole thing here is "Fuck Kaplan"

No one else should feel bad. Kaplan should feel bad but he's incapable of such a thing.

Let's not let Chuck off the hook.

[BH]

Hendry was fat, not likely a real effort guy at the exercise. Starlin is a Hendry guy. Theo's guys will hustle more I think.

[Slaky]

Kap had Brennaman on this morning to talk about Castro. Wonder how that went.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

If you think it's not a big deal and not running out a ball to center is, you have real issues.

Or maybe you're just the only one in town brave enough to tell it like it is.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

Pretty much the whole thing here is "Fuck Kaplan"

No one else should feel bad. Kaplan should feel bad but he's incapable of such a thing.

Let's not let Chuck off the hook.

Can we finally settle on Castro as the new FYC?

http://topsy.com/s?q=castro%20from%3Aivychat&window=a&sort=-date

[SKO]

If you think it's not a big deal and not running out a ball to center is, you have real issues.

Or maybe you're just the only one in town brave enough to tell it like it is.

I used to think Kap was just a harmless fucking idiot, but he gets so goddamn preachy and whiny and self righteous about everything, and sadly he's like Al in that he has the power to shape the opinion of a large chunk of the fanbase.

I also hate his usual twitter argument method of:

Kap: Something stupid
Person: Kap that is really fucking stupid
Kap: CONDESCENSING OLD SCHOOL BULLSHIT
Person: Irrefutable evidence
Kap: Agree to disagree, thanks for being a fan, pal!