[This article was co-authored by Mike Maffie and Steve Mancuso.]
Paul Daugherty, sportswriter for the Cincinnati Enquirer, has authored a paper trail blasting Joey Votto that stretches farther than a Giancarlo Stanton home run.
Start with Daugherty being a dial-up-modem-carrying member of the Joey Votto Isn’t Paid to Walk nostalgia club. He’s written disgusting columns that questioned Votto’s toughness, willingness to play through injury and that criticized Votto’s production when he did play injured. When Votto hasn’t played with enough passion for Daugherty’s taste, the writer described the Reds first baseman as disengaged.