Comments on: It’s Time

By: Rick Banjo

Rick Banjo — Wed, 19 May 2010 13:09:36 +0000

Now, if you really make Griffey retire, go to the games en masse and boo him. Sure, it’d be about as much fun as shooting Old Yeller in the back of the head, but it might just be the only way. Junior has incredibly thin skin. I’d wager it’d only take two or three games of constant ridicule for him to wipe away the tears and figure out that it’s time to walk away.

Yeah, that’s really classy. Even if nobody owes him playing time, we all owe him a measure of respect.

The guy is not an idiot, he sees the same numbers as we do, and he’s going to know. He’s not a player-manager; he’s a player. A manager has to make these kinds of decisions, and they are simply shirking their duties by sitting still and insisting that Junior be marched out on to the field to fail.

By: scott19

scott19 — Wed, 19 May 2010 06:22:21 +0000

It is time for another retirement as well…Chuck Armstrong.

Not to mention, Howard Lincoln, also.

By: Evoxx

Evoxx — Wed, 19 May 2010 06:07:27 +0000

It seems clear the strategy is to play him continuously until he retires. Wak and Z are acting as if their hands are tied. It is time for another retirement as well…Chuck Armstrong.

By: wabbles

wabbles — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:32:41 +0000

Once upon a time, an aged Mariner decided after 100 plate appearances and 85 at bats to finally end a 20-year career (only 1990 and 1991 as a Mariner). He was hitting .282/.380/.400 in that limited usage. But he hung up his cleats on May 31, 1991.
Junior, it’s time you followed your father’s example and bowed out gracefully.

By: scott19

scott19 — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:28:28 +0000

Actually, I’ve been envisioning this scenario lately similar to that of Jonathan E. in the original Rollerball…where Junior walks into Z’s office, with the highlights of his career flashing in front of his eyes on a wall full of monitors, and Z — in his best Bartholomew voice — tells him, “We’d like you to retire from the game, Junior.”

By: ericthebarbaric

ericthebarbaric — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:05:22 +0000

Will the team suddenly become better? Not per se but it will have new air to breathe.

By: ericthebarbaric

ericthebarbaric — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:04:11 +0000

This whole thing is obvious. Junior needs his best friend (Buhner) to take him out for a beer and explain what he needs to do. Don’t lay this on the team to do. Be a bigger person.

By: Naliamegod

Naliamegod — Wed, 19 May 2010 02:54:20 +0000

Naliamegod: Like I said, there are other places to lay blame.

I never knew I lived in some bizarro world where it is excusable to be bad at your job because others are also bad at it.

By: Westside guy

Westside guy — Wed, 19 May 2010 02:50:43 +0000

ell, Milton is due to be back possibly tomorrow?! That is awesome. If he is not the primary DH going forward….

I fully expect to see Milton’s name filled in with “LF” next to it.

By: gloo

gloo — Wed, 19 May 2010 02:28:49 +0000

Well, Milton is due to be back possibly tomorrow?! That is awesome. If he is not the primary DH going forward….