Baseball Musings: MDT

November 19, 2007

MDT

Halos Heaven follows Athletics Nation lead and names his Most Despicable Team. Both select David Ortiz as the DH. Halos Heaven:

Take the armor off, take the juice out and you have a gap-toothed Double-A strikeout king.

Athletics Nation:

I want to know when David Ortiz turned into Derek Jeter. And by that I mean every single time someone calls a strike on him he gives the ump a look or bitches about it. I really used to actually have a fondness for David Ortiz, but it's gone out the window the last year or so as he's gotten more and more progressively whiny about strike calls. I can barely watch a game with him now without screaming "Shut up!" at the TV.

I guess the Teddy bear image doesn't play that well outside of Boston. :-)

Posted by David Pinto at 09:01 AM | Players | TrackBack (0)

Comments

HH isn't exactly known for their maturity, but they are known for sour grapes.

I noticed the arguing a lot though, except that it stopped once the playoffs started. Same for Manny.

Posted by: Jacques at November 19, 2007 10:01 AM

I guess I've been so annoyed by Youkilis' antics that I hadn't really noticed it too much with Papi.

If Ortiz is Jeter, than Youk is Paul O'Neill.

Posted by: Mr. Furious at November 19, 2007 10:52 AM

Manny will bark after a strikeout, but I don't think he bitches during an at-bat more than anyone else. I actually feel like he got pretty consistently screwed on early strikes this postseason, luckily, as McCarver reminded us ad nauseum, two strike hitting doesnt bother him.

Posted by: Mr. Furious at November 19, 2007 10:53 AM

I'm sorry but can this douchebag back up the 'juice' allegations about Ortiz? He strangely seems to be hitting better since '04 - if he's got something then he should back it up

Plus - is his complaining about balls and strikes really more despicable than admitting to throwing games, admitting to steroid use and making unsubstantiated claims that Joe Torre is a racist (Sheffield)? Or just being an acknowledged steroid user (Giambi?)

Posted by: Bandit at November 19, 2007 12:09 PM

Disliking players primarily because they are good is part of being a fan, and those guys are entitled to their opinions.

I, for one, hate Albert Pujols and would like to allege that he is on steroids every chance I get. At the end of the day, though, I realize that it's primarily because he is so freaking good and he kills my favorite team.

Posted by: MH at November 19, 2007 12:56 PM

Ortiz has become an annoyance with the ball/strike calls - I'm a Sox fan, and I definitely noticed it this year. He does however have a very underrated batting eye - I would say one of the best in the league. So he usually has a point.

Manny almost never says a word about ball/strike calls. Especially considering he strikes out looking seemingly more than anyone in the majors. I think in 2007 I saw him argue maybe two pitches all season - and I watched about 140 of the games.

Posted by: Mike at November 19, 2007 01:16 PM

While they're at it, why aren't the Ortiz haters bringing up the single most disgusting, annoying thing about the man: spitting on his batting gloves between every pitch? I don't want to imagine how squishy those things get after a few AB's. And how often does he switch to a new pair? Daily, weekly, annually????? I tell ya, I'd hate to be a batboy or a clubhouse attendant who had to pick up those things.

On the other hand, "Big Papi's Batting Glove" would be a great name for a blog.

Posted by: jvwalt at November 19, 2007 02:09 PM

Hey, jvwalt, you seen this?

Posted by: Mr. Furious at November 19, 2007 02:40 PM

My my, there sure are some angry, bitter, envious people out there in blogland.

Posted by: reb at November 19, 2007 11:52 PM