Comments on: Like a man trying to convince himself

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:53:01 +0000

This is really why I like to see that Ozzie Guillen is still managing – he doesn’t seem to care what anyone thinks.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:40:31 +0000

Does Trey have any of his “own” guys? I think this may be the main draw back to him being out of MLB. It seems Seitzer and Trey aren’t even really that familiar with each other. Gibbons sounds a little better, at least they knew each other. Maybe Seitzer and Gibbons will become “his” guys.

I am fine with Trey being the manager of the Royals. I think he will be a good mananger, it just might not happen this year. I really hope the Royals get some better players this offseason.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:26:15 +0000

Joe,

I’m a huge Reds fan and also a fan of the blog. When can we expect to see your new book?

By: Wade

Wade — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:18:34 +0000

One more thing, pretty unrelated.

When are you going to gloat about the Rays? I’m guessing you have 5,000 words saved up and you are just waiting to hit the “publish” button. Correct?

By: Wade

Wade — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:06:35 +0000

I’d have to question your judgment of Trey Hillman. I understand that you saw him in Japan and all that. He must have made a great impression over there. Because, I thought he was stand offish all year. His answers were shorter than the answers Herm had today about Tony Gonzalez.

By: Tim Lacy

Tim Lacy — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:10:45 +0000

Joe,

I love your work. You know this. I’ve been reading your work for years and years. But… …this column sounds whiny reporterish. I don’t think you meant it, but you seem upset that he’s simply not giving you enough material to write about.

Plus, and this is bigger, what you saw in Japan was Successful Trey. Here you’ve seen six months of Unsuccessful Trey. Six months of losing with a bad ball club that wasn’t built with your interests in mind would do this (i.e. the online chat minimalism) to any one of us. We’ll get a better, truer read on Trey next season—provided it’s not as bad as this one—I don’t think it will be—seriously.

- TL

By: Nick Decker

Nick Decker — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:09:27 +0000

You know, I’ve always wondered about the logistics of how the Royals do those online chats. As in, does the manager or player sit there at a computer and actually type in his responses? I doubt it, but I could be wrong.

I suspect that the manager/player sits there while a PR type reads him the question from the fan, then types in a response. If that’s the case, do we not have the opportunity for the PR guy to do a bit of massaging and/or “translating” of the response?

I say this because I’ve read several of those sessions, and they all seem a bit contrived and don’t sound to me like there’s any change in personality from one to the next.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:05:28 +0000

Sadly, hiring John Gibbons as your bench coach drastically reduces the chances that anyone, anywhere, will ever intentionally walk Tony Pena, Jr. again.

That saddens me a little.

By: James

James — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:07:07 +0000

Seitzer, this looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:12:20 +0000

To help get over the off-season blues, I listened to the Royals game archive for May 1st. It was shocking to hear how much looser Trey Hillman sounded in the pregame interview with Bob Davis than I remember him being at the end of this season.