Jeff Fletcher on MLB Network

[Lou]

great job, Fletch.

 

reminds me how lucky we are to have him contribute here

[tomsred]

great job, Fletch.

 

reminds me how lucky we are to have him contribute here

I second that, he had some great responses.

[Jeff Fletcher]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. It was fun to do both shows.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Having fletcher on here is great, really cool to have an insider contributing and giving that perspective.

Im wishing for the day he gives us a shout out in an interview or article by dropping a random 'racist' when someone says something unknowingly.

[Revad]

Racist is too much, but slipping a "rondon" in might work

[ten ocho recon scout]

But he has to interrupt someone with a fake cough while saying 'rondon' while doing it.

[Brandon]

Reminds me on a poker forum many years ago where there was a bigger poker tv show and the pros actually post and interact and somehow one of the top pros that played this tv show was in a thread about the show. This pro is big into philanthropy and basically what transpired was a snowball started to roll where people pledged money to this dudes charity if on air he would say a certain message board inside joke.

 

It would be sweet if we did something similar where we raise money to get Jeff to say on air something like "common courtesy", a Jeff Mathis reference, or if he referred to someone's opinion as a "Craig". We could donate it to a charity of his choosing.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Craig would probably be the best of any

[ten ocho recon scout]

Or victors mom

[HeavenlyHalos]

Reminds me on a poker forum many years ago where there was a bigger poker tv show and the pros actually post and interact and somehow one of the top pros that played this tv show was in a thread about the show. This pro is big into philanthropy and basically what transpired was a snowball started to roll where people pledged money to this dudes charity if on air he would say a certain message board inside joke.

 

It would be sweet if we did something similar where we raise money to get Jeff to say on air something like "common courtesy", a Jeff Mathis reference, or if he referred to someone's opinion as a "Craig". We could donate it to a charity of his choosing.

 

Don't leave us hanging, did the poker pro say it?

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Craig would probably be the best of any

I think it would be epic to get a Ralston Schmitt on MLB network.

[Brandon]

Don't leave us hanging, did the poker pro say it?

 

My bad. Yeah, he did. I can't find the original thread because the term took off and there are so many posts or threads with the word.

 

Haha, it's even on his Wiki page:

 

"He accepted a bet of $10,000 from 2+2 Poker Forums to say "lol donkaments" on an episode of High Stakes Poker, which he did after winning a hand against Erick Lindgren. After the initial $10,000, he also received a further $45,000 in donations from other charitable poker players who were amused by the bet"

 

[HeavenlyHalos]

Haha, I've always liked Greenstein.

[Jay]

great job, Fletch.

 

reminds me how lucky we are to have him contribute here

 

yes today's my lucky day!

[Angel Oracle]

Just tip your cap, Jeff.

[ELEVEN]

Just slip the Rondon in a little bit...

Btw, great having you here Jeff.

[tdawg87]

I've mentioned it before but it's great having a legit, respected baseball writer and analyst contributing here. It's actually good that he isn't an Angels fan because he provides an unbiased view of the team.

 

Not saying the AW contributers aren't good at what they do (they are), but there's always going to be that level of homerism that you can't really escape.

[Stradling]

I've mentioned it before but it's great having a legit, respected baseball writer and analyst contributing here. It's actually good that he isn't an Angels fan because he provides an unbiased view of the team.

Not saying the AW contributers aren't good at what they do (they are), but there's always going to be that level of homerism that you can't really escape.

I completely agree with how great it is to have Jeff contribute to the site, he just add legitimacy to our little community. I know he isn't an Angel fan, but I find it strange.

If you were covering a team that you weren't a fan of, wouldn't they just kind of grow on you, until you became a fan? Even if they didn't surpass your favorite team, wouldn't you just start to root for or like the team? I guess he is just better at compartmentalizing than I am or the Angels are a bunch of pricks.

[NrM]

I completely agree with how great it is to have Jeff contribute to the site, he just add legitimacy to our little community. I know he isn't an Angel fan, but I find it strange.

If you were covering a team that you weren't a fan of, wouldn't they just kind of grow on you, until you became a fan? Even if they didn't surpass your favorite team, wouldn't you just start to root for or like the team? I guess he is just better at compartmentalizing than I am or the Angels are a bunch of pricks.

 

At least it removes the bias that many writers are prone to fall into. 

Like lyle Spencer's idiotic obsession with Jeff Mathis... Lyle Spencer could just be pretty idiotic in general though.

 

Hopefully fletcher never becomes a "true" fan.

Edited January 23, 2015 by Poozy

[Jeff Fletcher]

I completely agree with how great it is to have Jeff contribute to the site, he just add legitimacy to our little community. I know he isn't an Angel fan, but I find it strange.

If you were covering a team that you weren't a fan of, wouldn't they just kind of grow on you, until you became a fan? Even if they didn't surpass your favorite team, wouldn't you just start to root for or like the team? I guess he is just better at compartmentalizing than I am or the Angels are a bunch of pricks.

This is a very common question. Why aren't you a fan?

I do like the people (most of them) who are with the Angels and I'm happy for them when they win. I also prefer for them to win rather than lose because it makes the people better to deal with an it adds interest, which adds readers, which is good for me.

However, I have no emotional attachment, so it doesn't bother me when they lose. I don't want them to be terrible, because then people get really prickly and people get fired, which is no fun.

And to be totally honest, in October, I get paid the same whether I'm sitting at home or dragging my butt all over the country and writing 5 stories a day for four weeks.

So, no. I'm definitely not a fan.

I was covering the Giants when they won the World Series in 2010 and I remember being a little sad because I saw how happy everyone was -- including members of my own family -- and I knew I'd never have that.

It's still a price I'm more than willing to pay to get to have this job.

[Jeff Fletcher]

My other answers to "who do you root for?"....

"The team in the field." (Fast games)

"Whoever is winning in the seventh inning." (No rewriting)

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Saw the clip where Reynolds crapped all over the off season moves, especially the Heaney-Kendrick deal, saying Kendrick was sure lineup protection for Trout and Pujols.

You couldn't protect Pujols with an AK-47.

[ettin]

I've mentioned it before but it's great having a legit, respected baseball writer and analyst contributing here. It's actually good that he isn't an Angels fan because he provides an unbiased view of the team.

 

Not saying the AW contributers aren't good at what they do (they are), but there's always going to be that level of homerism that you can't really escape.

 

Thanks Toby I really appreciate the kind comments.

[Lou]

Wait. So you are not a fan of any MLB team? I don't think I was aware of this.

 

i'm sure he grew up a yankees fan

 

like mike trout

[Lou]

Jeff, are you a fan of any professional team?

 

How about college?  Other than Ohio University, that is.