Comments on: The Demise of Fundamentals http://firegardy.com/2008/05/19/the-demise-of-fundamentals/ Mismanaging games since 2002 Mon, 07 May 2012 02:37:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sirsean http://firegardy.com/2008/05/19/the-demise-of-fundamentals/comment-page-1/#comment-690 sirsean Mon, 19 May 2008 21:22:50 +0000 http://firegardy.com/2008/05/19/the-demise-of-fundamentals/#comment-690 <p>And Gardy has told the media that he doesn't want the players to slide head first. Ever, really, but especially into first base.</p> <p>And what happens? People are constantly sliding head first, especially into first base.</p> <p>Is it that once Gardy says something to the media he expects the players to read it in the paper the next day, like the rest of us? Or does he tell the players and they just don't listen?</p> <p>It's also possible that he tells the players what he's thinking and what he wants, then tells them to disregard him because they might lose their "aggressiveness," and he doesn't want to change that.</p> And Gardy has told the media that he doesn’t want the players to slide head first. Ever, really, but especially into first base.

And what happens? People are constantly sliding head first, especially into first base.

Is it that once Gardy says something to the media he expects the players to read it in the paper the next day, like the rest of us? Or does he tell the players and they just don’t listen?

It’s also possible that he tells the players what he’s thinking and what he wants, then tells them to disregard him because they might lose their “aggressiveness,” and he doesn’t want to change that.

]]> By: FunBobby http://firegardy.com/2008/05/19/the-demise-of-fundamentals/comment-page-1/#comment-689 FunBobby Mon, 19 May 2008 21:11:14 +0000 http://firegardy.com/2008/05/19/the-demise-of-fundamentals/#comment-689 <p>I like this topic. It is true, the twins no longer seem to focus on fundamentals. So i'm not sure what they focus on. The pitching is there, the hitting is not. Currently on our roster we have Delmon Young, Carlos Gomez, and Alexi Casilla. They seem to have a very low combined (and individual) baseball IQ. One of our players is on the DL because he hurt himself sliding into first base, that doesn't exactly scream genius.</p> I like this topic. It is true, the twins no longer seem to focus on fundamentals. So i’m not sure what they focus on. The pitching is there, the hitting is not. Currently on our roster we have Delmon Young, Carlos Gomez, and Alexi Casilla. They seem to have a very low combined (and individual) baseball IQ. One of our players is on the DL because he hurt himself sliding into first base, that doesn’t exactly scream genius.

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