Comments on: Big-leaguers behaving badly http://jimthompson.org/wp/2007/08/15/big-leaguers-behaving-badly/ A clean, well-lighted blog. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:59:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.2 by: Jerry Mahone http://jimthompson.org/wp/2007/08/15/big-leaguers-behaving-badly/#comment-1370 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:56:23 +0000 http://jimthompson.org/wp/2007/08/15/big-leaguers-behaving-badly/#comment-1370 Well, with Bobby Cox's record, it is one he is not the least bit proud of, and really, he is such a gentleman of the game that to suggest he is a "Big-leaguer acting badly" is not entirely fair. Often, he, as with most managers, goes out to argue with the umpire as a means of interference; basically, the manager is often just protecting the teammate from being thrown out because he knows it usually hurts the team more to lose the player than the manager. I imagine that if you figure out Bobby's ejection rate per game, it would be lower than most managers' ratio. Now, if you want to talk about Lou Pinella's recent base-tossing episode, then we have a fair discussion... Hope you are doing well after your recent surgery... Well, with Bobby Cox’s record, it is one he is not the least bit proud of, and really, he is such a gentleman of the game that to suggest he is a “Big-leaguer acting badly” is not entirely fair. Often, he, as with most managers, goes out to argue with the umpire as a means of interference; basically, the manager is often just protecting the teammate from being thrown out because he knows it usually hurts the team more to lose the player than the manager. I imagine that if you figure out Bobby’s ejection rate per game, it would be lower than most managers’ ratio.

Now, if you want to talk about Lou Pinella’s recent base-tossing episode, then we have a fair discussion…

Hope you are doing well after your recent surgery…

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