Quick Poll: Is Aubrey forgiven? Totally? Officially?

by SC on Jul 3, 2008 4:41 PM EDT

Aubrey Huff has had a fine first half of 2008 for us, in my mind erasing an erratic and pretty lame 2007 and his offseason motormouthing exploits.

Seems like all of us have turned around on Huff, who has shut up this season and done nothing but play as well as could possibly be expected.

So have we officially, totally forgiven Aubrey Huff? Is it water under the bridge? Is it safe to say, "I'm an Aubrey Huff fan"?

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Is Huff cleansed of his sins?

Hallelujah!

82 votes

I still hate him

14 votes

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Can we have option "C"

“After he wins WS MVP for the Orioles, MAYBE I’ll think about not booing him.”

‘Cause I’d totally vote for that option.

Seriously, dude’s raked for the last month or so. But I’m still suspicious, in a Danny Cabrera “OK, that was good, but will you still be doing that 6 weeks from now?” kind of way. Two good months still doesn’t equal the contract he signed. And that’s without factoring in the “H.S.” comments, which I do think are water under the bridge now.

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Jul 3, 2008 4:47 PM EDT 0 recs

Yeah but Huff is going to get traded if he can even kind of keep this up, so that’s also a plus

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by SC on Jul 3, 2008 5:01 PM EDT up 0 recs

I'm still afraid....

PGA walks into MacPhail’s office and says, “Let ‘em try and get into the playoffs – no trades.”

I know it won’t happen, but I’m still afraid of it happening. PGA was right ONCE – not trading Bobby Bonilla mid-season – and I’m afraid he will think he knows better.

by duck on Jul 3, 2008 5:11 PM EDT up 0 recs

I didn't really care about what he said in the off-season

And he’s forgiven his shitty performance of 07. In fact, if we can get a descent trade for him by the deadlin, I’ll be a big Audrey fan.

"Hey Yankees... you can take your apology and your trophy and shove 'em straight up your ass!" --Tanner Boyle

by BirdFanInPhilly on Jul 3, 2008 5:03 PM EDT 0 recs

this question is faulty

it presupposed aub. did something wrong in the first place.

Yes, I should say that, which, I should say that.

by thewaywardO on Jul 3, 2008 5:14 PM EDT 0 recs

Something wrong?

I’d call April, May and June of last year pretty wrong. Do you remember his numbers? He was definitely in “loves his mom and takes his vitamins” territory then for justifying his place in the lineup.

by duck on Jul 3, 2008 5:18 PM EDT up 0 recs

the whole team ate an ass last year

Yes, I should say that, which, I should say that.

by thewaywardO on Jul 3, 2008 5:36 PM EDT up 0 recs

Not until almost June.

Remember, they were a .500 team at June 1 last year.

by duck on Jul 3, 2008 5:39 PM EDT up 0 recs

Trade Mora

for whatever you can get, and play Aubrey at 3d. Then the grounds crew can playfully spread a little special compost ;) around the hot corner, in his honor. As for the rest of the season—remember, he’s supposed to be a slow starter. That means we can only expect better, right? He’s ok by me.

by fishoutawata on Jul 3, 2008 5:29 PM EDT 0 recs

One of the 2 hate'm votes

A jackass is still a jackass, even when he plays well. That he’s helping the team win doesn’t make me not hate him, just makes me feel like I’m suffering him for a purpose.

I enjoyed watching his homer last night (to the extent you can see the ball travel from up in the left field upper deck), but that was because it gave us back the lead. “Yes! At least dickhead Audrey hit a homer” sort of thing.

You won't see a worse play than the one you just saw from the Yankee captain... 3DG 5/27/08

by 33 on Jul 3, 2008 5:54 PM EDT 0 recs

I'm as irrational as they come

and I was totally on the “Vote him off the island!” bandwagon last spring. And I vaguely remember saying something about his taking his vitamins and loving his mom to justify his place in the lineup last spring.

But dude said something stupid on a radio show designed to draw out such comments. I was pissed when he did it. Then he apologized, wore the “I (HEART) Baltimore” T-Shirt to FanFest, and has been hitting well. Performing well will help get a lot of fans to forgive you. Manny’s just being Many when he pushed a 64-year-old PHN employee to the ground this week, but Shawn Chacon’s unemployed for the same thing last week.

Start hitting, and fans will forgive a lot. Now if we can just get a decent SS prospect for him….

by duck on Jul 3, 2008 6:03 PM EDT up 0 recs

If anyne cares

Here’s the direct link to the original comment.

by duck on Jul 3, 2008 6:05 PM EDT up 0 recs

I split to the two things completely apart

and I don’t know if that is rational or not. ‘You’re a good ballplayer’ is one issue. ‘I like you or I don’t’ is a totally separate issue.

If you play somewhere between league average and amazing, I will respect or admire or idolize you as a player depending on where in that spectrum you fall.

If you are unsportsmanlike on the field, or you do things that embarrass the Orioles off the field, I will dislike, despise or hate you, again depending on where you fall.

So I can totally admire and totally despise the same player. You named a big one, Manny. Huff is another right now. How you play doesn’t affect what a jerk you are. Wearing a t-shirt once is a baby step in the right direction, but it doesn’t get to forgiveness. Maybe that means I’m irrational. Maybe it means I’ve acheived the Hegelian synthesis. Don’t care either way.

I think these guys are doing a job that would be well paid at $200K. Since they are making double that at the minimum and usually much, much more, we can expect that the excess should pay for innocuous behavior. Not stellar citizenship, not Roberto Clemente, just bland, responsible decency. Be a sportsman on the field (no showboating, no cheating, etc), and be boring off it (no photo ops with porn chicks [Audrey], no whining [MelMo], rooting for the enemy etc).

So I dream of an Orioles where I at least respect everybody for their play and have no feelings about them for their non-play behavior. In last night’s starting line-up, 5 players met that standard for me. That’s closer than we’ve been in recent years, so I’m encouraged.

I’m with the posters below who say Audrey should traded while he’s respectable as a player. And he should also go to hell.

You won't see a worse play than the one you just saw from the Yankee captain... 3DG 5/27/08

by 33 on Jul 4, 2008 2:50 PM EDT up 0 recs

I love Aubrey Huff

I am an Aubrey Huff fan.

"We’re not concerned about what other teams think. I know teams come in here thinking we’re playing the Orioles. And then 9 innings later, they got the loss, they know what we’re about." ~Adam Jones

by Stacey on Jul 3, 2008 10:18 PM EDT 0 recs