Comments on: Maddon and Zimmer answer back

By: Fighting Raven

Fighting Raven — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:56:30 +0000

The best way to claim AL East tilte is to beat other teams out of the race. One catcher down, four more to go.

By: deadrody

deadrody — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:24:21 +0000

What the hell is Zimmer talking about ? Until Pete Rose did it, you didn’t run over the catcher. To say that’s “the way the game is played” is simply not historically true. It’s fairly new for the game, it sure as hell doesn’t need to be done in spring training.

By: EYT

EYT — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:09:32 +0000

zimmer needs to shut the f up. he still is upset at the yanks for getting rid of his tired drunk and embarassing butt from years ago. his act played well for a while here but hes riding off of his act from 8 years ago. go spend some time with torre in LA…oh i forgot, you are so indispensable to him that he has left you high and dry as a caricature of y9ur former self in tampa bay.

By: jennifer-Phil Hughes saved!! Mussina is NOT DONE! anti-anti

jennifer-Phil Hughes saved!! Mussina is NOT DONE! anti-anti — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:23:33 +0000

whozat March 9th, 2008 at 12:16 pm

Ok, Maddon. On Wednesday, if any Yankee gets to third, Joe T should pinch-run Chris Britton and tell him the catcher is hiding some cupcakes.

Was that a slip? Joe T? Joe G.

At least even though Joe is very angry, it appears he made it clear to his players that he doesn’t want them doing anything stupid that might get them hurt. I don’t want someone going out there playing hero and getting themselves hurt. It won’t help anyone.

By: islesfan

islesfan — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:08:14 +0000

Is there any doubt that Maddon brings his “C” squad and leaves all his regulars at “home”? What else would anybody expect of a guy who hides in his office so he doesn’t have to talk to the big bad NY media. No offense Pete.

By: islesfan

islesfan — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:05:51 +0000

I’d like to see a play at the plate involving Shelley Duncan and Navarro. Or better yet, Duncan taking out Iwamura at 2nd, breaking up a double play.

By: islesfan

islesfan — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:00:36 +0000

Pete, can you ask Joe Maddon if you can watch his team practicing bowling over his catchers. If it’s just a “baseball play” as he calls it, then he must prepare his players for it with drills in spring training. To not prepare his players to do it properly would be rather unprofessional and we all know how professional the Tampa Bay Devil Rays are known to be.

Maybe they practice taking out the 2nd baseman and SS at the same time.

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:00:19 +0000

The play was on the visitor’s side of the field. The question remains as to why the Rays 3rd base coach or Maddon himself didn’t holler to Johnson to hook slide. They could have almost whispered it.
Maddon may have opened up a can or worms for his own team around the league as other teams watch what he has his team do on the basepaths.

By: Ramon2

Ramon2 — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:40:22 +0000

This is Girardi’s fault. He should have instructed all of his catchers to avoid blocking the plate during spring training (Posada could give them all pointers about this – he is very good at it). If the games are as meaningless as Girardi as blathers on about why doesn`t he manage them that way.

By coming on out on the offensive like that he is trying to deflect criticism for not preparing his catchers properly and showing what an unprepared idiot he is.

By: scorpio

scorpio — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 19:33:25 +0000

Of course, Maddon & Zim will defend their player, but no one should get hurt in ST on a contact play. Period. The ball came in way ahead of the runner and he knew he was OUT, to bowl over the catcher late in a ST game your team is already winning is uncalled for. It wasn’t a bang-bang play.

All that crap talk about i-pods is to deflect the truth that it was a bonehead move by an inexperienced minor leaguer and a dumb manager.