Lessons From The Clubhouse
There's way too much attention paid to Major League baseball by political pundits and scribes - - George Will, just stop it - - but every once in a while the game throws a little light back into the political world.
Work with me, here:
I noted the other day after the Brewers suffered a depressing 3-2 loss to the Cardinals - - and lost starting pitcher Matt Garza to an injury during the game after having been in total control, to boot - - that the Brewers first baseman Matt Reynolds deflected attention from the ineffective late-game relief pitching by a) praising Garza, and b) putting himself in a bad light even after having hit a tape-measure home run to help the Brewers to the early lead they frittered away:
Yet we have a Governor who has created only 41% of the new jobs he said would be added during his term, and has presided over a stalled economy led by his policies and strategies that has fallen in job growth to 37th place nationally among the states.
Second-division ranking, for sure, if we're still talking baseball.
And while we're at it: do you think Brewers' manager Ron Roenicke would deserve to be rehired at the end of the year if his team ended up playing .410 baseball.
66-96?
After promising a heckuva lot more?
Ever hear Walker say, "I didn't do my job tonight?"
Just the opposite: Walker continues to point fingers here and there and everywhere for his shortcomings without being able to stand before reporters and TV cameras and take the Peralta/Reynolds high road.
So - - we learn that some are ballplayers.
Others, just players.
Work with me, here:
I noted the other day after the Brewers suffered a depressing 3-2 loss to the Cardinals - - and lost starting pitcher Matt Garza to an injury during the game after having been in total control, to boot - - that the Brewers first baseman Matt Reynolds deflected attention from the ineffective late-game relief pitching by a) praising Garza, and b) putting himself in a bad light even after having hit a tape-measure home run to help the Brewers to the early lead they frittered away:
"We just couldn't string a lot of hits together against [tough Cards' pitcher Jon Lackey]..."Reminded me of post-game comments after an earlier July Brewers loss due in large part to a series of odd, cascading spins and bounces of the ball - - but Brewers' starting pitcher Wily Peralta made no excuses, pointed no fingers and took all of the blame:
"(Garza) was pitching a great game," Reynolds said. "If I would have caught that grounder (Matt Adams' double down the line in the fifth inning) he would have still had a no-hitter going."
“I didn’t do my job tonight."
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| Wily Peralta |
Yet we have a Governor who has created only 41% of the new jobs he said would be added during his term, and has presided over a stalled economy led by his policies and strategies that has fallen in job growth to 37th place nationally among the states.
Second-division ranking, for sure, if we're still talking baseball.
And while we're at it: do you think Brewers' manager Ron Roenicke would deserve to be rehired at the end of the year if his team ended up playing .410 baseball.
66-96?
After promising a heckuva lot more?
Ever hear Walker say, "I didn't do my job tonight?"
Just the opposite: Walker continues to point fingers here and there and everywhere for his shortcomings without being able to stand before reporters and TV cameras and take the Peralta/Reynolds high road.
So - - we learn that some are ballplayers.
Others, just players.
1 comment:
Poser perhaps? "Player," is certainly an exaggeration.
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