I try not to boo the home team. But it would have been nice if his dad had thrown in a lesson in tact because clearly no one every taught him that.

… but to be honest I don’t really blame those that chose to boo him when he couldn’t get out of the way of his own brain. If a guy tries and physically fails, he doesn’t deserve to be booed. But if a guy constantly swings at pitches outside the zone and then talks like taking a pitch is some sort of moral failing, I don’t really have a problem with those that choose to boo.

I do think he’s got a point when he talks about his contract. He’s right when he says sometimes you have to stand up for yourself and I don’t blame anyone for trying to maximize their earnings in a straightforward, honest way. I just wish he wasn’t so damn clueless in the way he talks about it. Saying he doesn’t think the fans understand the process just isn’t productive. Even if it is true.

I may be critical of them, but booing isn’t my cup of tea.

I was saying Boo-rey.

To help share the load. – tags Kyle, jumps in the ring – Witrado sucks!

when I read through the criticisms, it’s hard to disagree with the need for someone to step up and call this person out. There’s something to be said for engaging a young audience and breaking out of the traditional, failing newspaper mold, but “waaaaaaay” is moving the needle too far. If the end goal is to improve someone as a writer, I think it could be less mean-spirited than MPD will put forth on a regular basis.

I’m glad he’s trying to use some statistics like BABIP, but a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Before he starts throwing around the stats, he probably should put in some time to learn the stats that back it up like the ones that MPD put out there regarding infield fly percentage.

Does Witrado do anything else? What’s his job? I’m not convinced it’s being a beat reporter. Adam McCalvy strikes me as the kind of guy that’s checking dozen of sites per day over his morning coffee before setting out his own agenda for the day – Witrado not so much. Maybe it really isn’t Witrado’s role. There are people that make a good living doing puff pieces and if that’s his career path, then shouldn’t his work be evaluated on those merits?

Before I give you what I saw and what some people are thinking, take a quick look at Gomez’s stats from last season with the Twins: 137 games, 315 at-bats, 51 runs scored, 72 hits, 3 home runs, 28 RBI, 14 steals, 72 Ks, .229 average, .287 on-base.

Those last two numbers look pretty bad, especially when you consider that Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum said Gomez did his share of bunting and hitting the ball on the ground last season. And his BA of balls put into play (.286) is still way too low for a guy with that much speed who hits the ball down. But he swings at a lot of pitches and doesn’t walk a ton, so that has something to do with it, obviously.

He’s using BABIP to talk about his BA and he’s using the walks to talk about his OBP. Those are the "last two numbers’ that he’s talking about at the beginning of the paragraph.

Which is Y we should GET ALL THE OTHER TEAMS GOOD PITCHERS. Offer that Jodi guy straight up for Grenkey.

I want that player.

… people have snuck up the water tower and painted an exclamation point after the towns name is 3.5.

I’ll take the over.

but just imagine if we beat them TWICE, TSSC.

Despite the score, they didn’t look all that impressive against Russia. The Russian defense and goaltending was just a joke. Canada won’t get the same chances against Chara/Meszaros. Not to mention the Slovakians are faster and can out-hustle anybody.

TheJay is the smartest person alive.