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If it's a chronic problem it hurts regardless of whether he is performing well at the plate or not. If he needs a day off because of the pain in the middle of a slump, then he would also need a day off in the middle of a hot streak due to the pain. The pain doesn't just pick and choose when it comes and goes with a chronic injury. It's always there. Either man up and accept the fact that you aren't playing well and work your way through the slump, or take your days off when you're hot too. It's incredibly predictable when the thumb is going to "flair up" for him. Go 0-4? Well, if he has another 0 fer the next day you can all but guarantee that thumb will be hurting bad enough for him to need a day to rest it the following day. But if somehow he goes 0-4 and follows it up by a 2-4 day with a homer and double, no problem.
The point is, quit using the excuse as fans. If it was affecting his play, he would not be playing.
Who would be?
A player of common skills available for minimum cost to a major league baseball team. A team of replacement-level players would be expected to win a baseline minimum number of games, typically 40-50, per 162 game season.
Dude, what the hell are you talking about? Tough to answer I'm sure, because you obviously have no idea. How the hell do you know when it hurts and when it doesn't? When it flares up, and when it doesn't hurt? What impact getting jammed on a inside pitch may have? How much good a day off might do? Fact is you have no friggin clue if it may hurt one day but feel fine the next. You're simply making crap up to fit your "it's obviously that he's not taking PEDs" narrative.
That's great, but who is that guy on the brewers' roster, for whom Segura should "pull himself?"
That's great, but who is that guy on the brewers' roster, for whom Segura should "pull himself?"For the record I don't really use the son thing as an excuse (he already wasn't hitting). Is it a minor factor, yeah probably, but the bigger issue is they simply don't have a better option at the position.
So it's just a big coincidence that it only hurts when he's slumping? Interesting. That's my point. I have yet to see him need a day off when he's hot. That's exactly the point. He needs days off, but somehow it magically only hurts when he's 0 for his last 12. It has never hurt him when he's going 5 for 12. How is that? That's crazy. I wish my body would pick and choose when it wanted to fail me like that. Work's busy? Wow, I just magically came down with the flu boss. Slow day and I'll be able to leave early? Yup, feeling great! How convenient.
If they were true contenders, they could have gotten a so/so SS for cheap off waivers.
Holy cow, do you read what you write? So you are suggesting that the thumb bothers him because he isn't hitting, as opposed to him not hitting because the thumb is bothering him? Got it. Seriously, which one is the more logical chicken, and which one is the more logical egg? Though I'm not sure asking you to use logic on this topic is wise, given that you are intent on trying to make the whole thing fit your PED narrative. Is it a coincidence it hurts when he's slumping? No, more likely it is the reason he's slumping when it hurts. Is that really hard to get a handle on? I have to assume the concept of an injury affecting a players play is not a foreign one to you. Happens all the time in every sport. Apparently in your odd little baseball world though, that couldn't possibly apply to Ryan Braun. I'm out on this one. Your arguments couldn't be more silly.
Wow, I'm very concerned for Benny. Being able to mimic Myron Medcalf's writing so closely implies an oncoming case of dementia.
I have a bridge that I'll sell you if you think Ryan Braun slumps because of a thumb injury and that it's just a coincidence that he's played through injuries prior to being caught using PEDs and still raked, yet now a thumb injury is going to take him from a .330, 35-40 homer guy down to .275, 22 homer guy. But hey, it's not the PEDs, it's the thumb.
Bat speed isn't there. Is it the injury? Maybe, I guess. But maybe the lack of being on PEDs for the first time since early in college (at the earliest) is causing more injures. And why is the thumb only a problem when he's slumping? If it's a chronic problem it hurts regardless of whether he is performing well at the plate or not. If he needs a day off because of the pain in the middle of a slump, then he would also need a day off in the middle of a hot streak due to the pain. The pain doesn't just pick and choose when it comes and goes with a chronic injury. It's always there. Either man up and accept the fact that you aren't playing well and work your way through the slump, or take your days off when you're hot too. It's incredibly predictable when the thumb is going to "flair up" for him. Go 0-4? Well, if he has another 0 fer the next day you can all but guarantee that thumb will be hurting bad enough for him to need a day to rest it the following day. But if somehow he goes 0-4 and follows it up by a 2-4 day with a homer and double, no problem.
This has to be the worst argument I've never been in.I've never seen such a dumb counter. I don't care the answer the question you are asking me, stop using the crapty excuse.Quite frankly, if you're too ridden with emotion to play baseball and you're hurting the team, stop playing. I don't think he is, I think he's an overrated offensive player with a good glove that will play slightly above replacement level baseball for the rest of his career.
Which argument are you in? There's a lot of schlock going around right now.
The way the Brewers have been playing lately part of me just wants the Cards to sweep them so I can forget about baseball and move onto football.
You haven't already done that? The Brewers are done. I will tacitly watch on the off chance I'm wrong the WC does open up a world of possibilities), but I've already written this season off.
Nail. In. The. Coffin.
Better question, is a team meeting necessary at any point? Always wondered what it is exactly that they supposedly accomplish.