HOF Reliever Goose Gossage Rips Jose Bautista and "Nerds"

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/14943065/goose-gossage-rips-jose-bautista-toronto-blue-jays-nerds-ruining-baseball

"Bautista is a f---ing disgrace to the game," Gossage told ESPN. "He's embarrassing to all the Latin players, whoever played before him. Throwing his bat and acting like a fool, like all those guys in Toronto. [Yoenis] Cespedes, same thing."

"It is a joke," Gossage said. "The game is becoming a freaking joke because of the nerds who are running it.

"I'll tell you what has happened, these guys played rotisserie baseball at Harvard or wherever the f--- they went, and they thought they figured the f---ing game out. They don't know s---.

"A bunch of f---ing nerds running the game. You can't slide into second base. You can't take out the f---ing catcher because [Buster] Posey was in the wrong position and they are going to change all the rules. You can't pitch inside anymore. I'd like to knock some of these f---ers on their ass and see how they would do against pitchers in the old days.

"Ryan Braun is a f---ing steroid user. He gets a standing ovation on Opening Day in Milwaukee. How do you explain that to your kid after throwing people under the bus and lying through his f---ing teeth? They don't have anyone passing the f---ing torch to these people.

"If I had acted like that, you don't go in that f---ing dugout. There are going to be 20 f---ing guys waiting for you."

"They have been created from the top, from their computers," Gossage said. "They are protecting these kids. The first thing a pitcher does when he comes off the mound is ask: 'How many pitches do I have?' If I had asked that f---ing question, they would have said: 'Son, get your ass out there on that mound. If you get tired, we'll come and get you.'"

Good lord, Goose Gossage angry at the world!  Those takes were so hot they melted my laptop.  I mean there's being an old, cranky asshole grumbling about the kids these days and then there's THAT.  Just going after anything and everything.  Let's start with the Bautista thing since that plays into a blog I was going to write before I saw this.  Bryce Harper said today that he thinks baseball is a tired sport, and that people are losing interest because it's boring and the old code of conduct is detrimental to the game.  He's right.  Honestly the only time I care about baseball is when the Brewers are good and that ain't often.  It's boring, let the guys flip bats and celebrate a little without fearing that they're going to catch a heater in the teeth next time up.  And Gossage's take on that was absolutely ridiculous.  Bautista's one of the biggest and (as far as I know) well liked guys in the game.  His bat flip, in the 7th inning of an elimination game, after launching a ball to the moon, was the biggest highlight in baseball all year.  That was something that brought interest to baseball, I saw the whole internet react to that moment.  It was maybe the best thing that's happened to the sport in a while.

The next part was my favorite though.  "This game has become a freaking joke because of the nerds who are running it."  You get those nerds Goose!  You show those fucking nerds!  Give em a wedgie and stick "kick me" signs to their backs as you make them elephant walk out of the front office Goose!  Put those god damn nerds in their place!  If there's one thing that everyone knows, it's that you can't possibly have any worthwhile knowledge of a sport if you didn't play it professionally.  Simply a fact.  That's why the game is ruined, not the fact we live in a world where people want action and scoring and baseball is a slow game that isn't all that exciting.  Nope it's those fucking nerds.  Get em outta my front office!  Give them all swirlies and put real men back in charge!  Good honest men who actually played professional baseball, not just studied the hell out of it and can use very advanced stats to measure value.  Let's go back to whatever we did before that was purely flawless!  Obviously there are certain things guys who played the game understand that the sabremetrics guys never will, but just getting the "nerds" out won't "fix" baseball.  And the bitching about the rule changes?  The one's put in place to try and prevent injuries?  Goose nailed it again.  They're just being soft!  The game is much better if more stars get hurt!  The more injuries the better. You think you're hurt?  Rub some dirt on it you pussy.


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