Franchise Players

[browntown653]

What was Knoblauch's reason?

[ljshorty89]

Pressure in NY.

And Blass actually didn't walk any more batters than he had in his stellar year, the defense behind him was bad enough during his good year to make sure more of his runs were unearned.

[browntown653]

Pressure in NY.

How do you know?

[ljshorty89]

I don't. But if you choose to believe that the day he came to the Yankees, he woke up and just forgot how to throw, then I'd say that you have a skewed view of things.

[browntown653]

I don't.

Woohoo.


And his throwing troubles didn't start right away with the Yankees. It was over a year in.

[Kingdom]

Ankiel has rebounded nicely. And if you ask reefer or CRF, he's a MVP-GOLD GLOVE-AWESOMEST DUDE OF THE YEAR winner.

[ljshorty89]

Okay. Fine. But do you think he just forgot how to throw? No, not even the Yankees believed that. They sent him to a shrink because they thought it was a mental or emotional problem.

[browntown653]

They sent him to a shrink because they thought it was a mental or emotional problem.

Did it work?

[Kingdom]

Pressure in NY.

So does that explain Robby Alomar completely disappearing too?

[ljshorty89]

Robbie Alomar was 34. He had nothing left

[ljshorty89]

Did it work?

No, but it's just as possible that it's because that stuff usually doesn't work. Doesn't mean he didn't have a mental or emotional issue

[browntown653]

Robbie Alomar was 34. He had nothing left

After a 150+ OPS year at age 33...he had nothing left?

[browntown653]

No, but it's just as possible that it's because that stuff usually doesn't work. Doesn't mean he didn't have a mental or emotional issue

Doesn't mean he did, either.

[ljshorty89]

But the point remains that it's an incredibly flawed argument that he just lost it. It relies on NO SUPPORT OR BASE WHATSOEVER

[ljshorty89]

And look at the rest of Alomar's career. He never looked anywhere near there again