Matt Arnold Comments on Trade Deadline and Brewers Approach

Just now, Jim French Stepstool said:

The strange thing is, I think we agree with each other. There's nothing "simple" about hitting a single. If it was, this would BE like slowpitch softball.

"HIT A SINGLE!!!!! IT"S SIMPLE!!!!! No, it isn't. That's what was being ridiculed.

It’s a stupid argument.  I don’t know why you decided to go there.  The Cubs reliever was laboring.  Two men were on base.  You didn’t need a home run. You didn’t need a double.  All you needed was a single to win the game.  Tellez is your first baseman.  That’s a position where you should expect run production. He didn’t deliver.  It was the difference in winning or losing the game.   None of this is controversial.  You got caught up in the semantics of it to try to mock someone else.  It’s not necessary.   You can chase away other fans from posting.  

The case also illustrates the importance of batting average and driving in runs.  OBP is important too but people who want to outsmart everyone else by pretending that BA is not important need not look any further than that situation.  If you can get a hit, you can drive in a run and win the game.  A walk doesn’t win the game.  From a first baseman, with the game on the line, you want him to knock it in.  There’s no randomness to it.  That’s the exact situation he’s paid to perform in.  
 

8 minutes ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

If that's how you interpreted that I can't do anything about it. Again, nothing to do with Tellez.

My last word.   The word simple there was used to point out that you didn’t need an extra base hit or a home run.  Somehow you missed the context and decided to make an issue out of me saying it’s easy to get a single.   This isn’t helpful on a message board.  You didn’t like me being critical and you decided to go low.  It’s not needed.  

3 minutes ago, Austin Tatious said:

It’s a stupid argument.  I don’t know why you decided to go there.  The Cubs reliever was laboring.  Two men were on base.  You didn’t need a home run. You didn’t need a double.  All you needed was a single to win the game.  Tellez is your first baseman.  That’s a position where you should expect run production. He didn’t deliver.  It was the difference in winning or losing the game.   None of this is controversial.  You got caught up in the semantics of it to try to mock someone else.  It’s not necessary.   You can chase away other fans from posting.  

The case also illustrates the importance of batting average and driving in runs.  OBP is important too but people who want to outsmart everyone else by pretending that BA is not important need not look any further than that situation.  If you can get a hit, you can drive in a run and win the game.  A walk doesn’t win the game.  From a first baseman, with the game on the line, you want him to knock it in.  There’s no randomness to it.  That’s the exact situation he’s paid to perform in.  
 

 

In the post I was responding to the term "simple single" was referred to as "bile-soaked red meat". Is THAT OK? 

If you think I was hard on the poster I respect that opinion, although I've seen a lot of stuff on here that makes that look tame. Just don't think I'm doing anything to defend Tellez.

I don't think that Arnold should completely shut the door on trading Burnes or Adames. If a team is willing to meet a high price for either of the two we should be willing to make that deal.

Totally agree if anyone is willing to overpay