ReadingPhilly wrote:

mcare89 wrote:I don't read his work other than here, but exactly what is the team supposed to do? He doesn't want to sign free agents, he doesn't want to trade for anybody, and he thinks our farm system is horrendous. I'm confused as to what he's campaigning for.

He's a fucking idiot. In general, fucking idiots don't make sense. That's all this is.

CrashburnAlley wrote:His thoughts on the gloomy days that lie ahead for the Phillies rested on the recent rash of injuries and the enormity of the contracts that Amaro has handed out recently. Sounds like something pretty much every Phillies fan says. The only difference is that Michael is more passionate and more eloquent than the average fan, so he was able to accent what that meant to him. If you're used to my type of writing, then I can see how you missed the factual underpinnings of his post, but it is there nevertheless. I'm not a storyteller; Michael is a gifted storyteller.

ReadingPhilly wrote:His story sucked

Since leaving college, I've worked exclusively as a journalist and a teacher. Both of which are infinitely more important than "ballplayer"

And I bet Jimmy Rollins tries exponentially harder at his job than I have at mine.

So I'm not willing to make character judgments on people I've never met without a very good reason.

@4Who4What: “How come it’s cool when Cliff Lee doesn’t run out a grounder but it’s inexcusable for Jimmy not to run out a grounder?”

Racism. As Bill mentioned earlier.

Grotewold wrote:If that's gifted I hope they kept the receipt

Barry Jive wrote:the only people who think journalists are more important than ballplayers are baseball reporters

Taking Rollins out for not running out a pop-up is like not paying your taxes because you don't like immigration policy.