tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post5711417163981040372..comments2024-03-28T16:56:58.862-07:00Comments on When the Giants Come to Town...: Thoughts on Comments and the Human Side of BaseballDrBGiantsfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05574563470247927739noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-4974800875638458152015-04-12T21:01:21.024-07:002015-04-12T21:01:21.024-07:00You snuck that in on me! Thanks DrB, I always appr...You snuck that in on me! Thanks DrB, I always appreciate your support. Very exciting last 7 days for me. Easter, engagements, a trip to the beaches of Orange County with the future Mrs C.C., Opening Day, Minor League seasons kicking off... What a crazy, fun whirlwind! <br /><br />Ironically, I don't visit the blogroll page on my site all that often (probably because most of those sites are programmed into my browser already!), but I've been thinking I need to update a few links, as well as add a few others. I've been trying to be creative lately, adding MLB draft pages, a few daily minor league tidbits, and daily MLB recap/highlights. "Blogging" is hard as heck sometimes... but linking people to good information as often as possible never gets old.<br /><br />Thanks again Doc. This site has always been one of my major influences. I hope you know that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-44817791986693080662015-04-12T11:06:44.878-07:002015-04-12T11:06:44.878-07:00BTW, I forgot to include an item about CoveChatter...BTW, I forgot to include an item about CoveChatter and his site. If you are not already doing it, visit Cove Chatter linked to the left and click on Blogroll. I do it several times daily and it is a veritable wellspring of great information. Oh, and congrats to Covechatter for getting himself engaged to be married.DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-31941566703644996362015-04-12T11:04:47.831-07:002015-04-12T11:04:47.831-07:00Agreed. Very thoughtful comment.Agreed. Very thoughtful comment.DrBGiantsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699322384438591979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7389427040394111033.post-11343820470837974002015-04-12T10:09:27.858-07:002015-04-12T10:09:27.858-07:00Speaking of the human side of baseball, the Josh H...Speaking of the human side of baseball, the Josh Hamilton situation is going to be interesting in how it plays out. Moreno now says he has items in the contract that could allow the Angels to get out of it that the players association agreed to and the players association is saying that is not true. I can see this getting ugly.<br /><br />I think long term the player association is going to have to be careful here. If they don't allow the teams some type of "out" on these situations, then teams will just stop signing players that have these types of issues at all or do so at a much reduced rate.Seems like there needs to be some type of agreement where a player can be afforded the opportunity for a big pay day but also be held accountable for their actions. I haven't seen anyone from the Angels saying that Josh doesn't have an issue or doesn't need help, I see them saying we can't continue to pay him these large sums while he figures things out. I think that is fair but this is a more complex situation than that due to the way the two sides have all this structured.<br /><br />Billy Baseball<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com