Jason Kendall Blows Up at Reporter

[chuckiehacks]

Warning - NSFW grittyness.

 

Edit - Fangraphs with an awesome (SFW) follow-up!

[berniebrewer4life]

Wow, the question wasn't even directed AT him(and he even misinterpreted the question). No wonder he can't run very fast, with a pair of coconuts like that weighing him down.

 

Best part, by FAR:

 

"Rewind yourself"

[DuWayne Steurer]

Wow, I mean, what a douche. The question was very legitimate.

[DuWayne Steurer]

This excerpt from Fan Graphs.......yeah, I was literally laughing out loud after I read this..........

 

We aren't charging up San Juan Hill, Jason. Nick Wright isn't an enemy

soldier and Moustakas doesn't need to be protected. He wasn't even being

attacked. Go oil your mitt somewhere and work on posting an OBP over

.300 in your soul-crushing and needless final year with the Royals.

[jjkoestler]

Jason "Rewind Yourself" Kendall. I hope that nickname sticks.

[RobertR]

Wow, the question wasn't even directed AT him(and he even misinterpreted the question).

I disagree. Kendall interpreted the question exactly right and gave the honest, if not politically correct, response. Of course any minor leaguer worth his salt hopes to make the team out of Spring Training and doesn't want to get sent down because of service time considerations. If the prospect answers honestly, he gets blowback for not being a team player. Or he can lie and give the cliche' response. Either way, it puts the onus on the prospect instead of management where it belongs.

 

The manner of Kendall's response wasn't proportional to the question, but he probably said what every prospect in a similar situation was thinking.

 

Robert

[thablingster]

NSFW grittiness is the best link title ever. Just saying. That was quite the odd exchange, but I do get the feeling "rewind yourself" will become a cult saying due to this incident.

[Spidey]

I loved the song title "Ground out (Reprise)" on the Fangraphs album entitled: Rewind Yourself. Hilarious. I wonder if "Grit" is featuring Ned Yost.

[pitchleague]

what was with the "clicking" sound just before and after each of those Kendall quotes? It almost sounds edited. When the reporter talks you hear little to no background noise ("hiss" or "buzz") but when Kendall talks, there's tons of it.

 

If this is truly legit, well, then I think it's pretty funny that Jason butted in.

[PKBadger]

After the Dave Kerwin incident and this, I feel it's safe to assume that Kendall has taken just a few too many foul balls to the helmet.

[HiAndTight]

Wow, the question wasn't even directed AT him(and he even misinterpreted the question).

I disagree. Kendall interpreted the question exactly right and gave the honest, if not politically correct, response. Of course any minor leaguer worth his salt hopes to make the team out of Spring Training and doesn't want to get sent down because of service time considerations. If the prospect answers honestly, he gets blowback for not being a team player. Or he can lie and give the cliche' response. Either way, it puts the onus on the prospect instead of management where it belongs.

 

The manner of Kendall's response wasn't proportional to the question, but he probably said what every prospect in a similar situation was thinking.

 

Robert

Except the question wasn't do you want to make the team, the question was basically how do you feel about the fact that you won't because of service time rules.

[azcheesehead]

Kendall is off his rocker....he has been for some time. He once told me at Spring Training that he loved listening to that Danny Gokey guy on Idol.....out of the blue. My buddy starts laughing and points me in Kendall's direction. Kendall then says, yeah I said it, I love Danny Gokey. Weird. Just weird.

 

This whole incident seems bizarre. The best part is that it doesn't seem like Moustakas takes any offense to the question, but for some reason Kendall does???

[Hofbraunhaus]

My belated new years resolution is without a doubt to use the phrase "rewind yourself" at least once a day. I'm not really surprised by this, for some reason I've always pictured him as being kind of nuts.

[berniebrewer4life]

Kendall interpreted the question exactly right and gave the honest, if not politically correct, response.

I interpreted the question as "do you think about the fact that you are going down to the minors, no matter how well you play." To me, that's a simple yes or no answer. If he wants to play all year in the minors(Kendall's answer) is moot.

[edod]

It sounded to me like he was being overly protective of his teammate. That is nothing I would look down on.

[Funketown]

That album may just be better than "Basketball's Best Kept Secret"

 

From FG: Track 9: "Where I Hit in the Batting Order"

 

"As Hard as I Can" (Single)