Posted on Monday, 4th August 2008 by Patrick Dorwin
I listened to the radio coverage of this, the paper provides a little better description of what happened. Fielder goes after Parra in dugout
By the way, the crew lost, 6-3.
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August 4th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
I thought the season was in question after the Cubs came in and swept us. After the inner turmoil displayed on TV, it is really make or break time for this team. I think it will be a positive thing.
August 4th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Rickie Weeks – .223
Mike Cameron – .225
Joe Dillon – .227
Bill Hall – .229
Craig Counsell – .238
Jason Kendall – .244
Russell Branyan – .252
How about they get somebody that can hit *something*?
August 4th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Parra is very young and somewhat fragile emotionally. He got 13 in a row out. He then gave up a flare single with one out in the fifth. He followed that with a 4 pitch walk. At that point, I yelled at my TV and at my family that Maddox needed to walk out and give Manny some support. Advice, a joke, a pinch in the ass, ANYTHING.
He didn’t. The cameraman knew. He showed Maddox eating sunflower seeds. Parra walked the next guy on 5 pitches. The game has gone from a 5th inning one out no-hitter and a zero zero tie, to a crisis.
The coaching staff didn’t act until after the fire was lit. So Maddox trots out to tell Parra how to pitch with bases loaded and one out, to the opposing pitcher!
What leadership!! I yelled to my best friend on the phone that Yost and Maddox were a day late and a couple walks short.
I went on to say that the only thing Parra needed to hear about pitching to Arroyo was……keep the ball DOWN. Down. Nothing else. Let him hit the ball on the ground. He didn’t. End of story.
Yost cannot manage. He can’t. If you think he can manage, you are not a knowledgable baseball fan. A coach manages, before the horses leave the barn.
A manager doesn’t let a team act out emotionally as the Brewers have both on and off the field recently.
A manager and a decent coach, knows his men, knows which ones need a kick in the ass and which ones need a hug.
Prince Fielder, is NOT, a leader. Braun is.
August 4th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
I agree… Braun is the leader of this team. Prince has been playing the role of a spoiled child! He is breaking bats, having fits and just not playing at the level he should be. I was also glad to see the normally soft spoken Hardy yelling and getting fired up! He can be co-leader.
I do hear from people that Manny is a punk but still he was not expecting to get hit and you just should do that. His arm could have goten hurt!!! Stupid boys
August 4th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
I agree Braun is the leader on this team and he is really stepping up and taking charge. I liked how Hardy got into it too and showed some emotion – he can be co-captain.
I really am just getting sick of Prince. He is acting like a kid in little league right now…. breaking bats, yelling at umps, destroying the dugout and now attacking another player. What if that push caused damaged to Parra’s arm?
Ned also needs to suck it – because to say it’s rude of us to ask what’s going on is crap. We get to here about all the charity work the “family” does. We hear about all the awards they win as a “family,” we even get to spend tons of money to cheer them on at home and/or on the road. But for this, we are rude to wonder about? It’s like what you say to reality tv stars who invited you in and now expect you to go away… sorry it doesn’t work that way!
August 5th, 2008 at 11:32 am
You can see the video here.
August 5th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
I can understand being upset and yelling to an extent, that is part of being human. However, as adults, especially adults in the public eye, ones behavior has to be above board. Although these adults are playing a child’s game, they don’t have to act like children themselves. Players at times have described professional baseball as a business, so work hard, work smart. Be PROFESSIONAL and not let things get out of hand. If the players can’t behave, then coaches and managers should step in and control their players before things get physical. As for Ned the managers comments, they are indicative of his style of letting things go to far before he steps in, because he hasn’t completely grown up himself.