That was pretty well written after all. Definitely more than OHearn, the ballplayer, deserves. I hope fans won't see this as a failure if he turns into a useful player in Baltimore. It's a real possibility, but it was never going to happen here.
You put this in the proper perspective. I don’t think the ire was really directed to O’Hearn, but rather the confounding errors by the managers and front office.
I really hate to hate on professional athletes, because I was just good enough at sports to enjoy competing and succeeding at certain levels until my skillset wasnt good enough for the competition I rose to. So, it always bothered me in a way the things that were said about O'Hearn. I've got to think as a MLB player, that it's got to grind on you that people without a sliver of the ability that you possess get to say mean things about you. O'Hearn has been the quintessential AAAA player, which makes him realistically one of the best 1000 humans in the world out of 8 billion at hitting a baseball. Unfortunately, that's not good enough. I hope he figures out how to elevate the ball a little better., gets some advantage over the new shift rules, and has some success again cause he seems like a good dude. Best of luck to him.
That was pretty well written after all. Definitely more than OHearn, the ballplayer, deserves. I hope fans won't see this as a failure if he turns into a useful player in Baltimore. It's a real possibility, but it was never going to happen here.
Thanks, Seth! I’ll be pulling for him to succeed. But maybe not too much. :)
You put this in the proper perspective. I don’t think the ire was really directed to O’Hearn, but rather the confounding errors by the managers and front office.
Thanks, Murray. Someone had to bear the burden when the rebuild sputters. It could’ve been Mondesi, but you know...
I really hate to hate on professional athletes, because I was just good enough at sports to enjoy competing and succeeding at certain levels until my skillset wasnt good enough for the competition I rose to. So, it always bothered me in a way the things that were said about O'Hearn. I've got to think as a MLB player, that it's got to grind on you that people without a sliver of the ability that you possess get to say mean things about you. O'Hearn has been the quintessential AAAA player, which makes him realistically one of the best 1000 humans in the world out of 8 billion at hitting a baseball. Unfortunately, that's not good enough. I hope he figures out how to elevate the ball a little better., gets some advantage over the new shift rules, and has some success again cause he seems like a good dude. Best of luck to him.
Well said.