Unwinding
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2018 9:15 am
I am in a snide, cynical mood. The guy on radio was full of himself. I was coming home from work and wanted unwind in the car by listening to a fantasy station on XM.
"The value of getting Roethlisberger in the seventh round over Aaron Rodgers in the fourth round is a great value!"
I sneered.
Not only over his over use of 'value', but because he has no idea how the season will unfold.
The week that Roethlisberger plays against a tough defensive team, he will wish he had another quarterback. But, that is for the real season.
During draft season, it is all about 'value' and how there is more 'value' with this player over that.
He is just another 'expert'. Spouting more of what experts do on radio.
I changed the channel.
The Royals were playing.
Alex Gordon was up, Alcides Escobar in the on deck circle.
I thought about how Escobar has played something like 400 straight games.
Why?
He sucks!
Players that suck should not have consecutive game streaks.
Consecutive game streaks are for Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken, and Steve Garvey. Men of iron.
Escobar is more like a man who irons.
It speaks little of the Royals who continue to give him those games.
Escobar is a 'blocker'.
Taking a lineup spot from a kid who could develop at the big league level.
It was surprising that the nowhere-headed Royals signed Escobar. Since, I guess they want their moneys worth.
They are getting the results in the form of taking up space, little else.
Give him (and us) a rest, KC.
I turned the channel to the Dodgers game.
Last year, when I thought of Cody Bellinger, I thought of a kid who could be a star for many years.
This year, I think of how pitchers have found that hole in his swing, above the belt and on the inside of the plate.
He won't be a star till he patches that hole.
Yasiel Puig hits a homer. They talk about his launch angle.
I think of my Little League coaches preaching the art of the level swing.
Those coaches, most likely as dead as the level swing themselves. A mental shout out to those coaches. RIP.
And RIP, level swing.
I changed the channel to the Nats.
I wondered why there was so much love for Trea Turner in the NFBC.
Besides a brief period of power a couple of years ago, he has really shown little in that way.
He is fast.There is that.
But first round? Even high in the first round? Fourth? No way.
It made me wonder about the 2019 draft.
Does Kershaw stay in the first round if he finishes out this year in Kershaw fashion? Is there enough faith left in him?
JD Martinez, Jose Ramirez, and Freddy Freeman, welcome to the first round.
Goldschmidt? Bryant?
Is Scherzer, Sale, Kluber, and Severino the new 'Fab four'?
As I pulled into the driveway of my house, I pictured an expert saying, "There is way more value in Cody Bellinger in the fifth round over Paul Goldschmidt in the first round!"
The word, 'value' has become a projection word in fantasy.
Using the word in this way, has taken away the value in the word, value.
Where's the value in that?
Value should be an in-season word when we are, you know, receiving the value of our draft choice.
Instead, it is all about the drafting season with 'value' at every turn.
Ass backwards.
I groaned.
Only the folks reading this would understand about this being a way to 'unwind' after a day of work.
.
.
.
I haven't been on the Boards for awhile. Sorry 'bout that.
It started off as Greg pissing me off.
Enough, that I really didn't want to use the Boards for awhile.
Then, life took over and I found myself too busy to check in.
Thanks for the e-mails and notes that were shot to me. You guys are the best.
I'll try to be more productive here and maybe even use this as a way to unwind after work.
"The value of getting Roethlisberger in the seventh round over Aaron Rodgers in the fourth round is a great value!"
I sneered.
Not only over his over use of 'value', but because he has no idea how the season will unfold.
The week that Roethlisberger plays against a tough defensive team, he will wish he had another quarterback. But, that is for the real season.
During draft season, it is all about 'value' and how there is more 'value' with this player over that.
He is just another 'expert'. Spouting more of what experts do on radio.
I changed the channel.
The Royals were playing.
Alex Gordon was up, Alcides Escobar in the on deck circle.
I thought about how Escobar has played something like 400 straight games.
Why?
He sucks!
Players that suck should not have consecutive game streaks.
Consecutive game streaks are for Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken, and Steve Garvey. Men of iron.
Escobar is more like a man who irons.
It speaks little of the Royals who continue to give him those games.
Escobar is a 'blocker'.
Taking a lineup spot from a kid who could develop at the big league level.
It was surprising that the nowhere-headed Royals signed Escobar. Since, I guess they want their moneys worth.
They are getting the results in the form of taking up space, little else.
Give him (and us) a rest, KC.
I turned the channel to the Dodgers game.
Last year, when I thought of Cody Bellinger, I thought of a kid who could be a star for many years.
This year, I think of how pitchers have found that hole in his swing, above the belt and on the inside of the plate.
He won't be a star till he patches that hole.
Yasiel Puig hits a homer. They talk about his launch angle.
I think of my Little League coaches preaching the art of the level swing.
Those coaches, most likely as dead as the level swing themselves. A mental shout out to those coaches. RIP.
And RIP, level swing.
I changed the channel to the Nats.
I wondered why there was so much love for Trea Turner in the NFBC.
Besides a brief period of power a couple of years ago, he has really shown little in that way.
He is fast.There is that.
But first round? Even high in the first round? Fourth? No way.
It made me wonder about the 2019 draft.
Does Kershaw stay in the first round if he finishes out this year in Kershaw fashion? Is there enough faith left in him?
JD Martinez, Jose Ramirez, and Freddy Freeman, welcome to the first round.
Goldschmidt? Bryant?
Is Scherzer, Sale, Kluber, and Severino the new 'Fab four'?
As I pulled into the driveway of my house, I pictured an expert saying, "There is way more value in Cody Bellinger in the fifth round over Paul Goldschmidt in the first round!"
The word, 'value' has become a projection word in fantasy.
Using the word in this way, has taken away the value in the word, value.
Where's the value in that?
Value should be an in-season word when we are, you know, receiving the value of our draft choice.
Instead, it is all about the drafting season with 'value' at every turn.
Ass backwards.
I groaned.
Only the folks reading this would understand about this being a way to 'unwind' after a day of work.
.
.
.
I haven't been on the Boards for awhile. Sorry 'bout that.
It started off as Greg pissing me off.
Enough, that I really didn't want to use the Boards for awhile.
Then, life took over and I found myself too busy to check in.
Thanks for the e-mails and notes that were shot to me. You guys are the best.
I'll try to be more productive here and maybe even use this as a way to unwind after work.