Gameday Thread: Mariners @ Angels (6/4/2021): Ohtani starting, hitting 2nd

[eligrba]

5 hours ago, Stradling said:

Not saying I agree, but what I liked was Ohtani’s humility or at the very least his team first persona to the media.  

That's probably due to Albert's mentoring.

[UndertheHalo]

7 minutes ago, eligrba said:

That's probably due to Albert's mentoring.

This is exactly what I was thinking.  

[eligrba]

31 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

I mentioned this when he was hired, but being a President/GM of a minor league team is very different from those positions at the major league level.  In his current role, he's more of an operations guy.  It's not like minor league GMs have any say at all in player development, career path-ing, etc.  It's strictly a business role.  My guess is that the owner of the Frisco Roughriders doesn't really give a shit if Rojas gives his opinion about a pitching decision on a major league team that's different from the one Frisco is affiliated with.  He's probably more concerned about whether Rojas got a local high school band to play the National Anthem before the game next Saturday, if Conifer Health Solutions Employee Night is still happening in August, and if the Cowboy Monkey Rodeo is going to get shut down by PETA before they're scheduled to appear.

PETA better not shut down the Monkey Rodeo...my monkey has been waiting over a year for this fricken event...thanks to COVID.

[m0nkey]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

I thought you'd get the joke.

 

 

Damn it’s embarrassing when you’re the idiot 

[failos]

Anyone who wears another man’s name on their back has no right to call themselves a man. You bring shame to your father, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

[Slegnaac]

2 hours ago, Lou said:

Nice punctuation.

Just an oversite on his part.

[ScottT]

Maddon said he wants Ohtani to do this all year.

That requires backing off a bit at times.