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Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« on: July 21, 2006, 06:05:54 pm »
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"We played the Royals," Pettitte said. "They came in and took two out of three. These are big-league teams. If you don't pitch well and you don't swing the bat well, if you don't hit with guys in scoring position, you don't do the little things, you don't get guys in from third and less than one out, you're going to have problems winning ballgames. We are just not clicking at all on any cylinders. Hopefully, we can get going."

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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2006, 06:13:27 pm »
right now one cylinder would be nice on a cosistent basis. this is something seemingly out of character for the astros to speak out like this. maybe enought shame will cause a jump start
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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2006, 06:28:25 pm »
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"We played the Royals," Pettitte said. "They came in and took two out of three. These are big-league teams. If you don't pitch well and you don't swing the bat well, if you don't hit with guys in scoring position, you don't do the little things, you don't get guys in from third and less than one out, you're going to have problems winning ballgames. We are just not clicking at all on any cylinders. Hopefully, we can get going."





He's not bitching.  He's being honest.
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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2006, 06:38:32 pm »
<Countdown to RJ's highly anticipated response>

5...4...3...2...1

WFW.  Shut the fuck up and pitch, Andy, you lazy-ass, no shut-out throwing whiner.
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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2006, 07:40:13 pm »
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no shut-out throwing whiner.



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« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2006, 09:55:23 pm »
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no shut-out throwing whiner.



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Don't you know that pitchers are supposed to throw shut-outs every game?
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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #6 on: July 22, 2006, 10:02:47 am »
well, Dobie. you must have been out of town. your ankle biting posts have not been missed, though. WFW to you.
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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2006, 12:53:53 pm »
I'm glad players are speaking out and not holding their feelings inside.  I'd hate to see the anger boil over and have an incident like Julian Tavarez picking a fight with a concrete wall, or a player kicking coolers, or a player going WWF smackdown style on Cameramen.
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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #8 on: July 22, 2006, 01:11:39 pm »
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I'm glad players are speaking out and not holding their feelings inside.  I'd hate to see the anger boil over and have an incident like Julian Tavarez picking a fight with a concrete wall, or a player kicking coolers, or a player going WWF smackdown style on Cameramen.




Because using the press to express your feelings is always the right thing to do?
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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2006, 01:47:13 pm »
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I'm glad players are speaking out and not holding their feelings inside.  I'd hate to see the anger boil over and have an incident like Julian Tavarez picking a fight with a concrete wall, or a player kicking coolers, or a player going WWF smackdown style on Cameramen.




Because using the press to express your feelings is always the right thing to do?



Of course not.  But Pettitte's comments, in my opinion, were spot on.  He said we're not doing anything right.  He said we're not hitting or pitching.  Fairly innocuous, I think.
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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #10 on: July 22, 2006, 02:26:40 pm »
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Of course not.  But Pettitte's comments, in my opinion, were spot on.  He said we're not doing anything right.  He said we're not hitting or pitching.  Fairly innocuous, I think.



Did I say anything about Pettitte's comments?
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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2006, 08:37:46 pm »
Have you ever played team sports?  The bitching by the Astros pitchers is bush league at best.  At worst, it is indicative of a team that is 1) in turmoil (duh) and 2) that's players are not being well led.
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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2006, 08:42:52 pm »
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Of course not.  But Pettitte's comments, in my opinion, were spot on.  He said we're not doing anything right.  He said we're not hitting or pitching.  Fairly innocuous, I think.



Did I say anything about Pettitte's comments?



No, you merely posted a response in a thread devoted to Andy Pettitte. Silly me.
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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2006, 08:44:43 pm »
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Have you ever played team sports?  The bitching by the Astros pitchers is bush league at best.  At worst, it is indicative of a team that is 1) in turmoil (duh) and 2) that's players are not being well led.



Yeah.  I played a lot.  And if you think Andy is bitching, I disagree.
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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2006, 10:32:51 pm »
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Of course not.  But Pettitte's comments, in my opinion, were spot on.  He said we're not doing anything right.  He said we're not hitting or pitching.  Fairly innocuous, I think.



Did I say anything about Pettitte's comments?



No, you merely posted a response in a thread devoted to Andy Pettitte. Silly me.



That's the one of the dumbest posts I have ever seen.


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I'm glad players are speaking out and not holding their feelings inside.  I'd hate to see the anger boil over and have an incident like Julian Tavarez picking a fight with a concrete wall, or a player kicking coolers, or a player going WWF smackdown style on Cameramen.

 
Not a mention of Pettitte (or Oswalt) even though you say this thread is "devoted to" Andy Pettitte

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Because using the press to express your feelings is always the right thing to do?


Still no mention of Pettitte.

It's impossible for you to be that stupid...you're just being a dick.
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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #15 on: July 22, 2006, 10:46:19 pm »
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Of course not.  But Pettitte's comments, in my opinion, were spot on.  He said we're not doing anything right.  He said we're not hitting or pitching.  Fairly innocuous, I think.



Did I say anything about Pettitte's comments?



No, you merely posted a response in a thread devoted to Andy Pettitte. Silly me.



That's the one of the dumbest posts I have ever seen.


I replied to this:

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I'm glad players are speaking out and not holding their feelings inside.  I'd hate to see the anger boil over and have an incident like Julian Tavarez picking a fight with a concrete wall, or a player kicking coolers, or a player going WWF smackdown style on Cameramen.

 
Not a mention of Pettitte (or Oswalt) even though you say this thread is "devoted to" Andy Pettitte

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Because using the press to express your feelings is always the right thing to do?


Still no mention of Pettitte.

It's impossible for you to be that stupid...you're just being a dick.



I read your post as questioning Pettitte's use of the press to express his feelings. Was that an incorrect reading?
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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #16 on: July 22, 2006, 11:26:44 pm »
As I said- my comment was on this post (which I quoted in the original):

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I'm glad players are speaking out and not holding their feelings inside. I'd hate to see the anger boil over and have an incident like Julian Tavarez picking a fight with a concrete wall, or a player kicking coolers, or a player going WWF smackdown style on Cameramen  




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Because using the press to express your feelings is always the right thing to do?  



How hard is it to see that I was responding to a post that pretty much said players should speak out to the press in order to keep from fighting in the clubhouse.

I made no mention about Pettitte's comments, only the comments of the poster.
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« Reply #17 on: July 23, 2006, 01:27:13 am »
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As I said- my comment was on this post (which I quoted in the original):

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I'm glad players are speaking out and not holding their feelings inside. I'd hate to see the anger boil over and have an incident like Julian Tavarez picking a fight with a concrete wall, or a player kicking coolers, or a player going WWF smackdown style on Cameramen  




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Because using the press to express your feelings is always the right thing to do?  



How hard is it to see that I was responding to a post that pretty much said players should speak out to the press in order to keep from fighting in the clubhouse.

I made no mention about Pettitte's comments, only the comments of the poster.



That's why I was asking. It wasn't clear to me. No need to get bent out of shape about it.
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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #18 on: July 23, 2006, 04:54:19 am »
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As I said- my comment was on this post (which I quoted in the original):

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I'm glad players are speaking out and not holding their feelings inside. I'd hate to see the anger boil over and have an incident like Julian Tavarez picking a fight with a concrete wall, or a player kicking coolers, or a player going WWF smackdown style on Cameramen  




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Because using the press to express your feelings is always the right thing to do?  



How hard is it to see that I was responding to a post that pretty much said players should speak out to the press in order to keep from fighting in the clubhouse.

I made no mention about Pettitte's comments, only the comments of the poster.



That's why I was asking. It wasn't clear to me. No need to get bent out of shape about it.


Exactly. Pettitte's comments were the main topic here. I also did not see them as innapropriate bitching. The post that you- CJM- were responding to was refering to Pettitte's comments, and also alluded to Roy's.
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Re: Pettitte Joins Roy at the Bitchin' Post
« Reply #19 on: July 23, 2006, 10:08:31 am »
Not always, but I imagine it's hard to resist making comments when you have several microphones pasted in your face after every game.

There's also some very good unscripted moments. Having said that, I believe it more professional if a player addresses the team in-house as opposed to taking gripes to the media.

The player, who may mean well, often brings unwanted friction to the clubhouse.  
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