When Jeromy Burnitz was playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates, his last team of his career in 2006, he didn’t run out a ground ball one he would have easily been out on. It didn’t matter. Running out the ball was part of a bigger problem when he was hitting .185 through the month of May. The fans booed him mercilessly but his coach Jim Tracy kept him in the lineup every day. Tracy didn’t have much of a choice as Burnitz was one of his highest paid players. Burnitz commented on the situation to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Dejan Kovacevic.
The 100 Greatest Colorado Rockies: 92 Jeromy Burnitz
