Jay Gibbons is a whiney bitch
Did anyone else read his load of shit in yesterday's Sun? Here's an excerpt:
"They signed me and they said that we want you as our right fielder. Stuff happens. I'd rather have Nick Markakis on this team and be playing a different position. He helps our team out and he's a good guy. We need him. So I am fully fine with that. But I do think I still can play the field. It's just really not up to me."
That was more than enough for me, but he spewed yet more verbal diarrhea...
"I was asked to take ground balls in the offseason and I did it, and I was told I wasn't going to be playing first base anymore a week and a half into camp. For whatever reason, a decision was made. I think it was probably made before spring training. Sure, I would have liked to have heads-up before I took six week of ground balls. But maybe they changed their minds, somewhere in between there, I don't know. It's out of my control."
And, lastly, this gem...
"I understand where they are coming from. I am not going to whine. I am in the big leagues and as long as I hit and we're winning, I am going to be happy."
Dear Jay,
You are a whiney-ass prima donna. I hope you get traded. You lost your job. Nick is our right fielder and even on your best day you couldn't touch his brilliance. Get the fuck over it and shut the fuck up! I hate you.
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Meh
He wants to play the field, he realizes it's not happening. Maybe he shouldn't have talked about it for so long, but what about that really has you so mad? Especially the part where he says, "I understand where they are coming from ... I am in the big leagues and as long as I hit and we're winning, I am going to be happy."
I'd rather him have just kept his mouth shut I guess, but I'm sure if the team is playing well he'll be happy as the everyday DH.
by CStoneNo37 on Mar 26, 2007 10:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I mean...
by Jonnypops on Mar 26, 2007 10:32 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't think it's that bad.
by exitfare on Mar 26, 2007 11:05 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Gibbons
But, talk about a columnist taking creative license.
The opening graf of the article:
"While his clubhouse neighbors like Kevin Millar and Aubrey Huff often joke loudly with teammates on each side of him, Jay Gibbons rarely gets involved, aside from delivering a quick smirk or a barely-audible laugh."
This presupposes that the author is omniscient; omnipresent in the life of Jay Gibbons.
Maybe Gibbons isn't the most outgoing guy. Maybe the jokes that Huff and Millar just aren't funny. Maybe he had gas on the day that the reporter visited the clubhouse.
Simply, this is a dumb, presumptuous observation. It's editorialization that makes me shake my head in disgust.
by Chico Salmon on Mar 26, 2007 11:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jay is a defensive liability
And I don't agree that Jay isn't an offensive threat, he just can't seem to stay healthy. He could be better than servicable if he'd just stay healthy, which I think he'd recognize as a reason to embrace the DH role. Though I certainly understand why guys don't want to do that. They play baseball, and it's fun! They don't want to give up half of the game.
by Stacey on Mar 26, 2007 12:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think you're all reading the quote wrong
He's not saying he wants Nick to be playing a different position. If he were, he'd have said "on this team and playing", not "on this team and be playing". The "be" refers to himself, Gibbons. He's saying, "rather than not have Nick on the team, I'd rather he was on the team and [I] be playing a different position."
In other words: play Nick, by all means, and play him in RF by all means ("So I am fully fine with that"). Just move me to a different position as opposed to DHing me.
It's actually a very gracious thing to say.
by zknower on Mar 26, 2007 12:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
re:
by drj on Mar 26, 2007 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I read somewhere this week
by zknower on Mar 26, 2007 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i thought...
by jq higgins on Mar 26, 2007 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Decent in LF?
by O face on Mar 26, 2007 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gibbons
by SC on Mar 26, 2007 1:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yeah
I agree. I see no reason why Jay Gibbons couldn't at least be serviceable at first. And hell, platoon him with Millar at first if you want.
by pipkin on Mar 26, 2007 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gibbo for McAnulty
in the realm of stupid trades dreamed up by fans, you could do worse.
by Dingbat Charlie on Mar 26, 2007 2:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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