Rest Of Baseball - 2011

[Don Ho]

The article was written by Verducci and I haven't read it yet; but apparently the context was that they both have faced similar criticism and struggles with being a hyped prospect.

Of course, that never happens.  Very rare you see that.

[Rome]

Robinson never hit for power and had only a pedestrian arm.  He was a phenomenal hitter, though, and he was a really good infielder.  His speed is probably top 10 ever.  If he played in the speed era he might have had Lou Brock type numbers.

[ice grillin you]

The article was written by Verducci and I haven't read it yet; but apparently the context was that they both have faced similar criticism and struggles with being a hyped prospect.

if he seriously made the comparison in that context he should never be allowed to write again

[PhillyPhreak54]

Not Verducci - the scouts saying that

[SD]

who gives a shtein?

[Rome]

To be fair, though, Verducci got those scouts quotes from Twitter, so...

[Rome]

who gives a shtein?

someone's in a mood tonight.

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Yes-someone-just-compared-Bryce-Harper-to-Jacki?urn=mlb-wp13903

Straight from the files of Terrible Perspective 101 comes this unbelievable gem: Two members of the Washington Nationals organization tell Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci that Bryce Harper(notes) is baseball's most scrutinized prospect since ... Jackie Robinson.

Let's go to the tape, shall we?:

Nats director of player development Doug Harris: "This is really unfair and it's totally different, but if I can make a comparison to one guy that has been scrutinized like this, it would be Jackie Robinson. And it's unfair because it was a different standard. He was under a microscope in an era when we didn't have Internet, didn't have cellphones. Now, Jackie Robinson had his life threatened. I'm not comparing Bryce to that. But as far as nonstop scrutiny? Absolutely. Day to day."

Minor league coach Tony Tarasco: "Jackie Robinson. You have to go back to Jackie Robinson to find anybody who goes through this much scrutiny. It wasn't like this for [Stephen] Strasburg. Wasn't like this for Alex Rodriguez(notes)."

Verducci notes that both men made these comments independent of each other and I assume everyone is going to jump to conclusions and believe that they're trying to draw parallels from Robinson's impact to whatever mark Harper will leave on the game.

[Rome]

i'm sure sd feels much better now that you've posted that.

[ice grillin you]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Yes-someone-just-compared-Bryce-Harper-to-Jacki?urn=mlb-wp13903

Straight from the files of Terrible Perspective 101 comes this unbelievable gem: Two members of the Washington Nationals organization tell Sports Illustrated's Tom Verducci that Bryce Harper(notes) is baseball's most scrutinized prospect since ... Jackie Robinson.

Let's go to the tape, shall we?:

Nats director of player development Doug Harris: "This is really unfair and it's totally different, but if I can make a comparison to one guy that has been scrutinized like this, it would be Jackie Robinson. And it's unfair because it was a different standard. He was under a microscope in an era when we didn't have Internet, didn't have cellphones. Now, Jackie Robinson had his life threatened. I'm not comparing Bryce to that. But as far as nonstop scrutiny? Absolutely. Day to day."

Minor league coach Tony Tarasco: "Jackie Robinson. You have to go back to Jackie Robinson to find anybody who goes through this much scrutiny. It wasn't like this for [Stephen] Strasburg. Wasn't like this for Alex Rodriguez(notes)."

Verducci notes that both men made these comments independent of each other and I assume everyone is going to jump to conclusions and believe that they're trying to draw parallels from Robinson's impact to whatever mark Harper will leave on the game.

holy farging shtein that cant be real

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The article was written by Verducci and I haven't read it yet; but apparently the context was that they both have faced similar criticism and struggles with being a hyped prospect.

LOL wut?

[Don Ho]

who gives a shtein?

someone's in a mood tonight.

Probably got hosed out of watching the game like you and I.

[SD]

I live in Philly, watching it in HiDef with surround sound. It's like I'm at the stadium.

[Geowhizzer]

That's a joke, right?  Please tell me that's a joke.

[Rome]

i have it on in the background.