I forgive you now, Votto.
I forgive you now, Votto.
Players go through slumps (every single one). Joey Votto is a great player and even in a slump is better in the lineup than the alternative. Hopefully tonight is the indicator that he is getting out of it. I for one, love the fact that Joey acknowledged that he knew he needed to do better. He is a competitor. I hope we all know that Joey was doing everything and anything he could to get out of this slump. I am just happy we are good enough to win when he is off his game.
Jack Eliot: I'm a World Series MVP!
Skip: That was four years ago, Jack. Last season, you hit .235.
Jack Eliot: LAST SEASON, I led this team in ninth-inning doubles in the month of August!
---Mr. Baseball 1992
Well done, Joey.
The Pasadena Star News in Los Angeles had a headline in their sports page today:
"Dodgers lose on slumpy Votto HR".
Slumpy Votto
Wonderful Monds (09-07-2013)
Always Red (09-07-2013),Big Klu (09-12-2013)
He's a notoriously analytical and thoughful player with exceptional talent. Whenever a player like him (there aren't many) goes into a prolonged slump, the tomatoes start flying with some saying he "thinks too much" or that he "just needs to simplify getting bat on ball." And that's all aside from the omnipresent BB/OBA debate.
At the end of the day, you either trust in his talent and his mind or you don't. I remember sitting just above 1B last year at GABP for the series with the Nats. Talked with a Reds fan (probably in his 60s) for most of the game. One of his more interesting views was a very thought-through opinion that JV was seriously "overrated." He personally like Frazier's upside much more. On the basis of $ and metrics, that can still be debated but either way.
I trust in Joey Votto. Have never bashed him here or anywhere. I'm really, really glad he's a Red. Give me "slumpy" any day of any week.
Reds & Nats, 2013 LCS. Take2 (9/13) Reds but no Nats
Larkin Fan (09-07-2013)
Where has Slumpy's head been this season?
1940757690 (09-07-2013)
Ha! Literally laughed out loud. To answer your question seriously, the dude in question had maybe had two beers. No more than that for me. More than being soused, he was angry. Some deep-seated, Votto-hating issues I didn't dare probe more lest there be a volcanic eruption.
"Are Votto's best years ahead of him or behind him?" "Now, same question for Frazier." He'd ask questions like those. More than a year ago.
Reds & Nats, 2013 LCS. Take2 (9/13) Reds but no Nats
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