So, here we are back at .500 (7 – 7), and predictably people are losing their minds. They only have one mind (well, some have half of one, but that is something I will leave alone), so that is sad. Here is the stuff we hear after losses and fourteen games:
- “Just like Grove, I’ve always thought of Jackson as a trade chip and nothing more.” – What a comment seriously devoid of any understanding of how baseball players are developed!” Of course, you would trade them away and be shocked to find out that two or three years later, they are both closers.