Don Mattingly calls out Andre Ethier

[Brent Maguire]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/don-mattingly-benches-andre-ethier-because-won-t-171916851.html

 

Ouch. Ethier isn't performing well, obviously, but it seems really weird to be calling him out. Especially when he just got kicked out of a game 2 days ago and showed some intensity. 

[Willy J.]

If some of the media reports are accurate, that might be one of the last things Mattiingly does as their manager.

[Mark68]

Bobby Valentine hates copycats.

[Willy J.]

Hopefully he alienates all his players and they quit on him and he stays manager until we're done playing them.

[gotbeer]

That works well doesn't it?  To call out a player that has $72 million left on his contract?

[rageous]

Ethier for Hamilton.

They both suck but at least Ethier is owed less money.

[yk9001]

God forbid these precious snowflakes receive some criticism from the boss.

[Tyler]

Donnie Baseball wants the Yasiel Puig show to begin. Cant say I don't blame him.

[fan_since79]

The players are running the show over there. Mattingly is on borrowed time.

[sneaky_flute]

Ethier for Hamilton.

They both suck but at least Ethier is owed less money.

ethier doesn't suck

[Wallerrrr]

i like it

Eithier needed a fire lit under his @ss

[stormngt]

Ethier for Hamilton.

They both suck but at least Ethier is owed less money.

Hamilton is batting 297 over the last 11 games.  His OB% 380 with with three HRs.

[Willy J.]

I really don't give a crap what happens up there in the Chavez Ghetto. . .

[YouthofToday]

I would not trade Hamilton for Ethier. I would much rather have hamilton's contract than Eithier's.

That is how little I think of Eithier as ball player.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

LA Times had an article that says that Mattingly has basically fired himself with the shots he has taken at both players and management. His statement was (I'm paraphrasing because I don't have the article in front of me). "You can't win with grit and no talent, and you can't win with talent and no grit", with the apparent insinuation that management had brought in players who were the latter.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I found the exact quote:

 

“All grit and no talent isn’t going to make you successful. But all talent and no grit is not going to get you there, either.”

 

Here is an article from Fox Sports that includes detail that even the LA Times report didn't have. Mattingly speaks like a man who is fearless, gone, or both. This is unusual, coming from a man not known for his bluntness and candor.

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/don-mattingly-los-angeles-dodgers-vents-before-what-could-be-final-game-as-manager-052213

[YouthofToday]

He's clearly begging Kirk Gibson for a job with his grittiness.

[mancini79]

Watch out Mattingly!

 

 

[fan_since79]

I wouldn't mind Scioscia calling out some of our players.

 

Of course, it will never happen. Not even remotely.

[Hollyw00d]

I found the exact quote:

 

“All grit and no talent isn’t going to make you successful. But all talent and no grit is not going to get you there, either.”

 

Here is an article from Fox Sports that includes detail that even the LA Times report didn't have. Mattingly speaks like a man who is fearless, gone, or both. This is unusual, coming from a man not known for his bluntness and candor.

 

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/don-mattingly-los-angeles-dodgers-vents-before-what-could-be-final-game-as-manager-052213

 

 

ouch.  burn, he basically called his team a bunch of pu****s

[Angel Oracle]

Love the candor, a budding Lou Brown.

[HALOS23]

Well... he's not wrong in what he said. Dodgers are a soft team. all talk, no action. After the Greinke debacle and all the kemp "bravado" , they responded by getting swept at home by the Padres...

[CaliAngel]

Man I LOVED that part in the interview where he says batters need to always put pressure on themselves, and that the approach should always be the same. Get a good pitch, hit it hard. 

 

That way it doesn't matter if its spring training, whether there's a guy on second, or you're in the World Series, your approach is always going to be the same. I can tell you one thing, the Angels could have taken that advice the past 3+ years, that's for sure. 

[Willy J.]

Man I LOVED that part in the interview where he says batters need to always put pressure on themselves, and that the approach should always be the same. Get a good pitch, hit it hard. 

 

That way it doesn't matter if its spring training, whether there's a guy on second, or you're in the World Series, your approach is always going to be the same. I can tell you one thing, the Angels could have taken that advice the past 3+ years, that's for sure. 

 

 

Well said.