Larkin Fan (08-07-2013),Tom Servo (08-07-2013)
We need a little more from everybody, it's not not any one guy, let alone our best guy.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
HeatherC1212 (08-07-2013)
Guys driving runners in is a Good Thing.
The idea that you can determine if a player is having a good year or not based on something so out of his control is what bothers me.
If Joey doesn't drive in 100+ guys this year there is going to be a sizable population of fandom that think he underperformed.
I wasn't trying to do anything but post my opinion and I never said he was depressed (you can still be affected by sad things w/o becoming depressed). I guess I'm not allowed to have a heart around here either. That goes along well with the knowledge that I'm not supposed to be optimistic or positive about things anymore. I should start making a list. *sigh*
Go Reds this afternoon. *back to lurking*
"I tried to play golf, but I found out I wasn't very good." -Joey Votto on his offseason hobby search
An MLB.com reporter asked what one thing Votto couldn’t do. “I can’t skate or play hockey,” Votto said. “Well, I can skate ... but I can’t stop.”
Put Joe Magrane in the Marty Brennaman camp when it comes to Votto. The MLB Network color analyst said as much when Votto came up in a bases-loaded situation last inning vs. OAK.
Ted Williams was also one to not swing at pitches he didn't like early in the count.
Ted Williams forgot more about hitting then Marty has ever known.
...the 2-2 to Woodsen and here it comes...and it is swung on and missed! And Tom Browning has pitched a perfect game! Twenty-seven outs in a row, and he is being mobbed by his teammates, just to the thirdbase side of the mound.
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
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“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
Agreed... vottos mental lapses on defense this season has me concerned. I wish he would be more ready to hit as well, like he used to. It seems he's more ready to take a pitch rather than hit one. I miss his aggressive first pitch swing if the ball is fat and hittable.
CoachBombay (08-13-2013)
I wish Joey Votto would serve me breakfast in bed, do my laundry, cook me his family's recipe of Poutine and then hit .379/.490/.650 everyday
That would be awesome
HeatherC1212 (08-07-2013),tomnuetten (08-07-2013),WrongVerb (08-07-2013)
No one faults you for wanting to see more effort if you see it lacking. The fault(if there is one) lies in what you interpret as a lack of effort.
If Votto should have dove for the ball, why not Phillips? I mean just because it was out of his reach anyway doesn't preclude him from showing a little effort right.
Also, it should be noted that just like sliding doesn't get you to a base sooner, diving doesn't necessarily get you closer to a ball. That isn't to say that there aren't times to dive and/or slide and/or leap for balls otherwise out of your reach. Just saying that diving for a ball you can't reach otherwise doesn't equate to giving better effort.
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
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