Hanley Ramirez benched for not hustling

[BleedCubbieBlue81]

Surprising, but it looks like the manager was fed up with him.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5196674

 

Last year's NL batting champion, Ramirez committed a costly error in the second inning after Tony Abreu's looper dropped near him in short left field. The star shortstop accidentally kicked the ball about 100 feet toward the left-field corner and loafed after it, allowing two runners to score as Abreu advanced to third.

[Mark Priors Calves]

Kaplan just popped a chub.

[Tracer Bullet]

that video is amazing. I'm surprised Gonzalez didn't go out on the field and yank him right after that play.

[BigbadB1679666149]

Surprising, but it looks like the manager was fed up with him.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5196674

 

Last year's NL batting champion, Ramirez committed a costly error in the second inning after Tony Abreu's looper dropped near him in short left field. The star shortstop accidentally kicked the ball about 100 feet toward the left-field corner and loafed after it, allowing two runners to score as Abreu advanced to third.

 

I'm going to guess that in an amazing feat of strength, Hanley could have lept 100 feet and scooped the ball and threw it home in one instantaneous motion and prevented anyone from advancing 1 base, let alone score.

 

Was it laziness or was it a play he gave up on thinking that there was basically no way to stop 2 guys from scoring after you just kicked a ball all the way to the outfield corner? He prevented Abreu from scoring, which is probably the logical outcome I would have guessed might happen if you posed the question "what happens if.....".

[Sammy Sofa]

Plus he had nearly knocked himself out of the game earlier with a screaming foul ball off of his leg.

[Tracer Bullet]

Surprising, but it looks like the manager was fed up with him.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5196674

 

Last year's NL batting champion, Ramirez committed a costly error in the second inning after Tony Abreu's looper dropped near him in short left field. The star shortstop accidentally kicked the ball about 100 feet toward the left-field corner and loafed after it, allowing two runners to score as Abreu advanced to third.

 

I'm going to guess that in an amazing feat of strength, Hanley could have lept 100 feet and scooped the ball and threw it home in one instantaneous motion and prevented anyone from advancing 1 base, let alone score.

 

Was it laziness or was it a play he gave up on thinking that there was basically no way to stop 2 guys from scoring after you just kicked a ball all the way to the outfield corner? He prevented Abreu from scoring, which is probably the logical outcome I would have guessed might happen if you posed the question "what happens if.....".

 

leaped 100 feet? what are you talking about?

[BigbadB1679666149]

Surprising, but it looks like the manager was fed up with him.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5196674

 

Last year's NL batting champion, Ramirez committed a costly error in the second inning after Tony Abreu's looper dropped near him in short left field. The star shortstop accidentally kicked the ball about 100 feet toward the left-field corner and loafed after it, allowing two runners to score as Abreu advanced to third.

 

I'm going to guess that in an amazing feat of strength, Hanley could have lept 100 feet and scooped the ball and threw it home in one instantaneous motion and prevented anyone from advancing 1 base, let alone score.

 

Was it laziness or was it a play he gave up on thinking that there was basically no way to stop 2 guys from scoring after you just kicked a ball all the way to the outfield corner? He prevented Abreu from scoring, which is probably the logical outcome I would have guessed might happen if you posed the question "what happens if.....".

 

leaped 100 feet? what are you talking about?

 

Sarcasm in wondering how many runners Gonzalez expected Ramirez to keep from scoring on that play.

[Tracer Bullet]

Surprising, but it looks like the manager was fed up with him.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5196674

 

Last year's NL batting champion, Ramirez committed a costly error in the second inning after Tony Abreu's looper dropped near him in short left field. The star shortstop accidentally kicked the ball about 100 feet toward the left-field corner and loafed after it, allowing two runners to score as Abreu advanced to third.

 

I'm going to guess that in an amazing feat of strength, Hanley could have lept 100 feet and scooped the ball and threw it home in one instantaneous motion and prevented anyone from advancing 1 base, let alone score.

 

Was it laziness or was it a play he gave up on thinking that there was basically no way to stop 2 guys from scoring after you just kicked a ball all the way to the outfield corner? He prevented Abreu from scoring, which is probably the logical outcome I would have guessed might happen if you posed the question "what happens if.....".

 

leaped 100 feet? what are you talking about?

 

Sarcasm in wondering how many runners Gonzalez expected Ramirez to keep from scoring on that play.

 

keeping the guy at 1st from scoring and stopping the batter at 2nd was certainly within reason. maybe his knee was hurting, but he was running a heck of a lot slower trying to chase down the ball than he was when he was running after the pop-up.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I expected him to stop jogging and walk after the ball.

[Guest]

Considering there were defenders close enough to the ball to keep the runners from taking off, I don't think it's unreasonable to say that hustling could've kept the 2nd run on 3rd.

[jersey cubs fan]

http://deadspin.com/5541638/what-to-do-with-hanley-ramirez

 

It's his team. He can do whatever he *fornicating* wants."

 

"We've got a lot of people dogging it. They never pull guys."

 

"We've got 24 more guys out there. Hopefully, they can do the same thing I can."

 

When initially asked about Gonzalez's actions, Hanley answered: "Who?"

 

Fredi, he was told.

 

"Who's that?"

 

Your manager.

 

"Oh, yeah..."

 

*that's not really what he said*

[Cubswin11]

Sounds like Fredi just wants some grit on his team, Theriot/Fuld/Fontenot for Hanley!*

 

 

 

 

*Green Font

[MWV]

Ramirez Re: Gonzalez and playing with an injury:

"That's OK. He doesn't understand that. He never played in the big leagues."

[Banedon]

Ramirez Re: Gonzalez and playing with an injury:

"That's OK. He doesn't understand that. He never played in the big leagues."

 

Fight! Fight!

[Magnetic Curses]

hanley ramirez is not a regular player, he cannot be treated like one.

[DiamondMind]

FWIW, that WAS some serious loafing. Epic loafing, actually.

[javy knows my name]

Hanley is awesome in more ways than I thought possible. I don't like that he dogged it, but I like that he's not at all modest about his (baseball) awesomeness.

[javy knows my name]

Also, the comments on the original article are hi-larious

[chuckywang]

"Speed don't slump."

-Bengie Molina

[erik316wttn]

I support the manager's decision. Hanley needs to shut up. You're paid millions of dollars. At least act like you give a [expletive].

[17 Seconds]

Surprising, but it looks like the manager was fed up with him.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5196674

 

Last year's NL batting champion, Ramirez committed a costly error in the second inning after Tony Abreu's looper dropped near him in short left field. The star shortstop accidentally kicked the ball about 100 feet toward the left-field corner and loafed after it, allowing two runners to score as Abreu advanced to third.

 

I'm going to guess that in an amazing feat of strength, Hanley could have lept 100 feet and scooped the ball and threw it home in one instantaneous motion and prevented anyone from advancing 1 base, let alone score.

 

Was it laziness or was it a play he gave up on thinking that there was basically no way to stop 2 guys from scoring after you just kicked a ball all the way to the outfield corner? He prevented Abreu from scoring, which is probably the logical outcome I would have guessed might happen if you posed the question "what happens if.....".

 

did you watch the play? it was the most blatant lack of effort i've ever seen from a baseball player. i don't care how hard the foul ball hit his foot. he was clearly dogging it, which isn't new for hanley.

[17 Seconds]

by the way, this isn't new for hanley. apparently he's on his way to mannyland. uggla called him out hard in the clubhouse last year too and apparently he has a habit of doing this type of stuff.

 

and i don't see how anybody can watch the video of the play and side with hanley. i'm NOT the type of fan that complains about hustle often, but that was ridiculous. i don't see how hanley can be mad about being pulled for the game. that was embarrassing.

 

oh, and his performance on the field hasn't been as good this season as it's been in the past either. he has like an .850 ops and has pretty mush stopped trying to steal bases

[17 Seconds]

here's the play

 

http://florida.marlins.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=8077975&c_id=fla

[bcl412]

What Hanley did was dumb and was an obvious lack of effort but why didn't the left fielder go after the ball when he saw Hanley jogging?

[erik316wttn]

Watched the video. That was even worse than I thought. He'd have been a little bit lighter in the paycheck if I were his manager.