Well, That Was Awkward...
I don't want to see Frank Robinson cry. It's unnatural. It's like Daryle Ward passing up a rack of ribs between innings, or Jim Bowden getting into a cab after last call. Yet there it was for all the world to see. Somehow Fatt LeCroy made Cap'n Hook cry.
Now I know what your thinking: Watching your starting (albeit 3rd string) catcher surrender 7 stolen bases and commit two throwing errors would reduce any manager to tears. Or maybe Frank was simply weeping at the indignity of having to roll LeCroy out there in the first place. Because let's not kid ourselves, Fatt LeCroy is not a catcher. He's a living, breathing backstop positioned between the pitcher and the ump. And that's all anyone should reasonably expect of him. That he can call a good game and swing a decent bat is icing on the cake.
With Brian Schneider on the DL, Wiki Gonzales injured and Robert Fick being a d*****bag, Frank really had no choice. Robinson said he wasn't trying to embarrass LeCroy when he removed him in the middle of the inning, but Matt was doing a fine job of embarrassing himself. He needed to be put out of his misery, Old Yeller-style.
So maybe Frank was doing his best impersonation of Travis Coates after he put down the shotgun and shovel. Maybe what Frank said to LeCroy before he got tossed out of that Atlanta game a few weeks back was, "You complete me."
Or maybe Jose Guillen just pine tar'd him.
3 comments:
I think you need to lay off LeCroy.
He caught 1 inning last year for the Twins and he certaintly wasn't trying to make the team as a catcher. I think the guy had a bad enough day yesterday without you piling on. If you want bitch about someone, bitch about Bowden.
And having Frank get a little emotional isn't a bad thing either. It shows that he does actually care about this team and his players. I'd also like to point out they won yesterday.
I believe I said... "LeCroy is not a catcher. He's a living, breathing backstop positioned between the pitcher and the ump. And that's all anyone should reasonably expect of him. That he can call a good game and swing a decent bat is icing on the cake.
And I do blame Bowden, I've made my feelings on the Marbert LeFickerson fiasco known repeatedly. But LeCroy was brought to Washington (along with Robert Fick) to compete for the back-up catcher job, and he does have 83 career games behind the plate.
Had he allowed 2 or 3 stolen bases, or even given up 7 to a base stealing team, it would have been unremarkable. But he didn't, and it was worth mentioning, since LeCroy's performance nearly erased a six-run lead.
I agree it was worth mentioning, but you said he should be taken out back and shot :)
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