There has been four (4) different times in this short season that I was convinced the Braves had hit the absolute rock bottom....4. Then last night's game started and it didn't take very long to conclude this team continues to find new ways to look horrible. Being a baseball person for 60 years, there will always be a player, maybe two, who will experience slumps along the way as it is part of the game. One or two.......NOT 12 OR 13! What the hell is going on? It's like the food and/or water supply has been tainted. I have never seen this in my 60 years of following baseball. AA has failed. It is time for him to go...now! Snitker..gone, now! Harris, send him down and if the team can't do that, then SIT HIM DOWN. Continuing to play him is approving his level of play. The other players see this treatment, and as a result it changes their performance. Verdugo, release him...now! Riley, bring him in and issue him a PIP letter, do the same with Olson and Albies. What is a PIP letter you ask? Something the real world uses with a questionable or problematic employee. In writing, tell the player what is wrong, what needs to be improved, the timeframe it needs to occur in, and what happens if they don't meet the improvements. That is exactly what is wrong with this team. A player strikes out for the umpteenth time, and he skips back to the bench and continues in counting his money. "Yeah, I struck out numerous times tonight, and the game before, and the game before that. So what!" It is time someone in baseball opens a new door. This is madness.
Man! I didn't finished the game, but reading that Turning Point I felt like I watched it til the last out. Runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs and they could manufacture a single run? Glad I went to sleep.
There has been four (4) different times in this short season that I was convinced the Braves had hit the absolute rock bottom....4. Then last night's game started and it didn't take very long to conclude this team continues to find new ways to look horrible. Being a baseball person for 60 years, there will always be a player, maybe two, who will experience slumps along the way as it is part of the game. One or two.......NOT 12 OR 13! What the hell is going on? It's like the food and/or water supply has been tainted. I have never seen this in my 60 years of following baseball. AA has failed. It is time for him to go...now! Snitker..gone, now! Harris, send him down and if the team can't do that, then SIT HIM DOWN. Continuing to play him is approving his level of play. The other players see this treatment, and as a result it changes their performance. Verdugo, release him...now! Riley, bring him in and issue him a PIP letter, do the same with Olson and Albies. What is a PIP letter you ask? Something the real world uses with a questionable or problematic employee. In writing, tell the player what is wrong, what needs to be improved, the timeframe it needs to occur in, and what happens if they don't meet the improvements. That is exactly what is wrong with this team. A player strikes out for the umpteenth time, and he skips back to the bench and continues in counting his money. "Yeah, I struck out numerous times tonight, and the game before, and the game before that. So what!" It is time someone in baseball opens a new door. This is madness.
Pitiful, unfortunately. Maybe the money got to Michael Harris. Sad to see someone's career go downhill so fast after such a great rookie season.
And it looks like Snit pushed all the right buttons. This one is 100% on the players.
Yeah, it's incredibly hard to argue that this one's on Snit. This was the bats failing to get it done
Man! I didn't finished the game, but reading that Turning Point I felt like I watched it til the last out. Runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs and they could manufacture a single run? Glad I went to sleep.