Nothing, that's just Griffey being Griffey
Kangaroo Court fine
1-day suspension
Other (explain)
Griffey struck out today in the 1st, and the ball rolled all the way to the back stop and Griffey didn't even jog towards first. He flipped his helmet and bat and walked towards first (slowely) while Alfonzo chased down the ball and threw him out.
If you were the manager, what is your punishment?
If you haven't seen it, you can see it on the giants website on the video highlights of Cain striking him out.
http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/N...ex.jsp?c_id=sf
Last edited by TOBTTReds; 08-28-2006 at 12:28 AM.
Good lord quit your hatin'. Check out Griffey's stats in August.
I'm not hating against his results. I felt like today he threw up a white flag in the 1st inning.Originally Posted by uks2h
Giants announcers: "and that gets away and Griffey is not going to run"
He should have atleast jogged down to first. Him watching the ball roll to the back stop and not even attempting to run to first doesnt set a good example for the younger players on the team.
Man, I so wish Narron would grow a backbone and send a message to Griffey and the rest of the team as to what happens if/when you show such a blatant disregard and disrespect to the game as Griffey did today by not running on that passed ball strike 3.
Benching Griffey for a game would actually be a good thing for this team, as he's an offensive blackhole in the 3 slot, and a defensive liability in CF.
I'm so torn between Jr being Jr and the 1 game suspension....
He hasn't been a blackhole for a while now.
Including his August stats, for the year he's sporting a .320/.494 line. .814 isn't what I expect out of our starting future HOF CF.
Thankfully, his SLG is somewhat offsetting the most horrendous OBP since his rookie year.
The other alarming trend is that his K:BB ratio is going the wrong way away from his career average.....
I know this, by saying, "a while" I meant like the last 20 games he hasn't been a black hole
Actually it's more like 30, which I agree would classify as "a while".
"I know a lot about the law and various other lawyerings."
Hitters who avoid outs are the funnest.
On July 26th his OBP was .288. Just for August his line is .394/ .505. He's coming around I hope.
"I know a lot about the law and various other lawyerings."
Hitters who avoid outs are the funnest.
We can all hope. This year as a whole, there's been no justification for him to bat 3rd. This year he has been an offensive blackhole, and can anyone really refute that he does anything but hurt us defensively?
Much ado about nothing.
I came off the couch and yelled at the TV. Which I never do any more. I found it inexcusable. But I seriously doubt anything will come of it.
The sad part is, with the attitude of curent MLB players, I don't think its a big deal. So any fining, warning, etc. would be lost on them.
But Jr. hasn't run out a ground ball hard in years. I grit my teeth every time he does it. I understand all the leg problems and blah blah, but I don't think running hard is that hard to do.
But then, I'm a fossil and there are a lot of things ballplayers do now that are accepted that would have gotten them challenged to a fistfight in the dugout in years past. So I just shrug my shoulders and say "the game has changed, let it go Roy".
She used to wake me up with coffee ever morning
It looked to me as if he thought he made contact, and was upset at the call by the umpire.
I hate to bring up what-ifs and could-have-beens, but............
If Peter Edward Rose had been able to clean up his act and had never been banned, he would still be the manager of the Reds. If he were still the manager of the Reds, he would have immediately pulled Griffey from the game and benched him.
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