There is no such thing as a pitching prospect.
Well deserved. Good luck Ron. The Reds DESPERATELY need a coach like Ron Washington.
Cedric 3/24/08It's absolutely pathetic that people can't have an opinion from actually watching games and supplementing that with stats. If you voice an opinion that doesn't fit into a black/white box you will get completely misrepresented and basically called a tobacco chewing traditionalist...
"My mission is to be the ray of hope, the guy who stands out there on that beautiful field and owns up to his mistakes and lets people know it's never completely hopeless, no matter how bad it seems at the time. I have a platform and a message, and now I go to bed at night, sober and happy, praying I can be a good messenger." -Josh Hamilton
Hope he does well.
He is better than the former dictator named Buck Shawalter.
If you think small, you'll go nowhere in life.
Great hire. Washington's supposedly one of the best instructors/motivators in the game.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
I have no inside info on the working Oakland administration - but I see the managers that Beane hires, and my guess (and it's a guess) that Beane likes to dictate what a manager does. My guess that Ron Washington would like some say in matters and probably would be too much like Beane to get along with him.
Some people play baseball. Baseball plays Jay Bruce.
That's my favorite passage in the book. What I really like about Washington's part in it is his clearly aggressive attitude about the game. You dont try to steal a base, you go out and "get" the base. He didn't view failure as an option.
My take is that's how good/great players think.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
Exactly why I don't think a lot of strikeouts are acceptable for a hitter, or a lot of bases on balls are acceptable for a pitcher.He didn't view failure as an option. My take is that's how good/great players think.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
The Schmidts, Mantles, and Reggie Jackson's of the world are the exceptions and not the rule. Granted, some times you just have to tip your cap to the pitcher. The good ones may strike out, but they aren't ever happy about it. Just my opinion and only that.
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