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[Diehardfan]

It's called good reporting.

Reporting on what? Why he's only 34 games over .500?

 

[brett05]

Reporting on what? Why he's only 34 games over .500?

Asking questions about why Heyward was benched at this time and digging into the mechanics of his swing, etc.

 

[TC in Mississippi]

It's called good reporting.

That's kind of a can of worms isn't it? I agree with you that sometimes I wish more probing questions be asked but as in most sports today managers/coaches aren't likely to answer them, at least in anything but a perfunctory way. To ger more specific to baseball the beat writers have a real tightrope to walk. They have to build relationships with the teams in order to get the content they need to produce and oft times they have to prioritize their timing on the tough questions. The recent issues of the Chapman trade and then the La Stella AWOL adventure had many of them really pressing for answers to the point where the team had to give them, at least to a point, but not every situation is weighted that way and if they press hard too often they're going to get cut off on some big stories. At least in baseball we still get some candid talk, in football and increasingly hockey you get absolutely nothing anymore.

 

[brett05]

That's kind of a can of worms isn't it? I agree with you that sometimes I wish more probing questions be asked but as in most sports today managers/coaches aren't likely to answer them, at least in anything but a perfunctory way. To ger more specific to baseball the beat writers have a real tightrope to walk. They have to build relationships with the teams in order to get the content they need to produce and oft times they have to prioritize their timing on the tough questions. The recent issues of the Chapman trade and then the La Stella AWOL adventure had many of them really pressing for answers to the point where the team had to give them, at least to a point, but not every situation is weighted that way and if they press hard too often they're going to get cut off on some big stories. At least in baseball we still get some candid talk, in football and increasingly hockey you get absolutely nothing anymore.

I agree with you as well, however....

To be a great reporter you need to ask the tough questions fairly, but as the situation calls for it. It's for me at least the definition of a truly great reporter.

 

[chibears55]

First off Jason is not a righty only player. His lefty splits is ahead of what he is doing in 2016 against any pitcher.
Most friendly hitting park in all of baseball so you play the odds. All decisions are based on it or should be.

They could be playing in Williamsport with 200 foot fenches and it wouldn't of helped Heyward much because the majority of his contact are groundballs and pop-ups..

So odds are, he would of continued to struggle and probably dug himself deeper into having zero confidence of ever getting out of it because he couldn't hit in the friendly hitters Park.

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[Spunky Porkstacker]

I agree with you as well, however....

To be a great reporter you need to ask the tough questions fairly, but as the situation calls for it. It's for me at least the definition of a truly great reporter.

From what I've seen of Madden he doesn't mind tough questions from media. Last week after the double header a reporter questioned Maddens use of Chapman in both games and Madden gave a calm 5 min response explaining why.

 

[Omeletpants]

They could be playing in Williamsport with 200 foot fenches and it wouldn't of helped Heyward much because the majority of his contact are groundballs and pop-ups..

So odds are, he would of continued to struggle and probably dug himself deeper into having zero confidence of ever getting out of it because he couldn't hit in the friendly hitters Park.

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LL fences are 225 ft

 

[chibears55]

LL fences are 225 ft

So he'd have warning track power in LL

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[chibears55]

@TheCCO: #Cubs vs. #Padres, Friedrich (8/23):
Fowler CF
Bryant 3B
Rizzo 1B
Zobrist LF
Russell SS
Heyward RF
Baez 2B
Contreras C
Arrieta P


Contreras gets second start behind plate with Arrieta

Probably Maddon game 1 playoff lineup

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[Parade_Rain]

@TheCCO: #Cubs vs. #Padres, Friedrich (8/23):
Fowler CF
Bryant 3B
Rizzo 1B
Zobrist LF
Russell SS
Heyward RF
Baez 2B
Contreras C
Arrieta P


Contreras gets second start behind plate with Arrieta

Probably Maddon game 1 playoff lineup

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Wrong thread.

 

[chibears55]

Wrong thread.

Yea.. I know.. Lol

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[brett05]

They could be playing in Williamsport with 200 foot fenches and it wouldn't of helped Heyward much because the majority of his contact are groundballs and pop-ups..

So odds are, he would of continued to struggle and probably dug himself deeper into having zero confidence of ever getting out of it because he couldn't hit in the friendly hitters Park.

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That thinking is against the odds and poor decision making which is why I am questioning what they decided to do.

 

[brett05]

From what I've seen of Madden he doesn't mind tough questions from media. Last week after the double header a reporter questioned Maddens use of Chapman in both games and Madden gave a calm 5 min response explaining why.

Then you agree with me that Maddon needs to be asked.