From the sporting news:
ST. LOUIS -- Tony La Russa kept tossing hints in Barry Bonds' direction, as if he was trying to tempt the San Francisco star with hanging curveballs.
Every time he was asked about Bonds, it seemed, the St. Louis manager returned to the same theme -- if the slugger wanted to swing in the NL championship series, he might have to be a little less selective at the plate.
There was this from La Russa on Tuesday: "Barry has developed a great eye. At some point, he has to decide how much he wants to expand his zone."
And then this: "Guys like Mark (McGwire) aren't going to get a ball to hit. They've got to expand their strike zone a little bit. I'm not going to second-guess Dusty or Barry Bonds."
And this: "(Ted) Williams got the same comment, that he never expanded his zone. There are some situations where that might be appropriate. That would be my only critique of a guy like Williams. I prefer (Stan) Musial's approach. He would expand."
Now my wondering is.
Who the $@!$ is Tony to question anything Bonds has or ever will do? And who is he to question anything Williams did?
I've always thought Tony had a big mouth. His A's teams choked. And while I think he is a fine manager and is just trying to rile things up, his comparision of Mac to Bonds and Musial to Williams is rediculous. Tony still thinks Pujols deserves the MVP over Bonds.
And no, don't even bother trying to turn on my last statement and say Mac and Musial are the better of the pair.
They aren't. Mac was a great player, the ultimate Dave Kingman and deserves to be in the HoF. Musial is a great player and in the Hall, deservedly so. But they aint Bonds and Williams.
ST. LOUIS -- Tony La Russa kept tossing hints in Barry Bonds' direction, as if he was trying to tempt the San Francisco star with hanging curveballs.
Every time he was asked about Bonds, it seemed, the St. Louis manager returned to the same theme -- if the slugger wanted to swing in the NL championship series, he might have to be a little less selective at the plate.
There was this from La Russa on Tuesday: "Barry has developed a great eye. At some point, he has to decide how much he wants to expand his zone."
And then this: "Guys like Mark (McGwire) aren't going to get a ball to hit. They've got to expand their strike zone a little bit. I'm not going to second-guess Dusty or Barry Bonds."
And this: "(Ted) Williams got the same comment, that he never expanded his zone. There are some situations where that might be appropriate. That would be my only critique of a guy like Williams. I prefer (Stan) Musial's approach. He would expand."
Now my wondering is.
Who the $@!$ is Tony to question anything Bonds has or ever will do? And who is he to question anything Williams did?
I've always thought Tony had a big mouth. His A's teams choked. And while I think he is a fine manager and is just trying to rile things up, his comparision of Mac to Bonds and Musial to Williams is rediculous. Tony still thinks Pujols deserves the MVP over Bonds.
And no, don't even bother trying to turn on my last statement and say Mac and Musial are the better of the pair.
They aren't. Mac was a great player, the ultimate Dave Kingman and deserves to be in the HoF. Musial is a great player and in the Hall, deservedly so. But they aint Bonds and Williams.
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