Byrd Claims he was playing at 50%

by FuturePants on May 6, 2008 3:13 PM CDT

Byrd is quoted as saying he was playing at 50%. Not sure if he is trying to suggest that he was like that all year as an excuse for being so terrible or what. Either way, I have grown extremely weary of Byrd and have no desire to see him do anything except be recalled from AAA when injury demands that we absolutely have to have someone on the big league roster.

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no offense to byrd

but he ain’t no wally pipp

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by gossamer on May 6, 2008 3:22 PM CDT 0 recs

i hate this...

If you’re at 50% you should NOT be on the field. “Gutting it out” is hurting you team in a big way, especially if you’re a player of byrd’s caliber. if you’re hurt say something and get better quick…don’t keep playing (and sucking) and then bring this up later. This is really weak and makes me wish even more that we’d traded him when we had the chance.

by TexasTiger on May 6, 2008 3:42 PM CDT 0 recs

It wasn't

really his decision, players do what they are told.

They are trained to not make excuses.

This one is on the coaching staff.

Say your sorry to Ron Washington

by miles on May 6, 2008 3:45 PM CDT up 0 recs

How?

(Note: I did not read the link so if this has been answered merely state so and don’t get all offended)

Did the coaching staff know about his injury and still elect to play him? Same with Mendoza. Its not only hurting yourself physically to go out already injured and play but it hurts your teammates because they are now playing 9 on 8. Gutting it out is only acceptable in my book if it is late in the season in a playoff race and you are one of the starters. And even then if you are so hurt you cannot perform at a respectable level you shouldn’t be out there. A 4th outfielder in April playing hurt is not good.

by bigsteve on May 6, 2008 5:06 PM CDT up 0 recs

So why

do you have to be weary of it?

If someone like Laird said this, I bet people would back him up until the end.

Doesn’t this make sense with the play he had, he didn’t look right in the field.

Say your sorry to Ron Washington

by miles on May 6, 2008 3:46 PM CDT 0 recs

I'm Weary of Byrd

...because he sucks, is over 30, and his spike in his numbers from last year will never be repeated. Byrd needs to go, and this is reason no. 382 as to why.

by FuturePants on May 6, 2008 4:25 PM CDT up 0 recs

+1

Should have ditched him when someone would have given us anything of value.

Right around the time all the young talent is ready to contend is when the organization will realize that Ron Washington is the wrong man for the job.

by Chad Crudup on May 6, 2008 4:42 PM CDT up 0 recs

this is what Mendoza did

and he got reamed for it.

will the staff have the same consistency with Byrd?

by tangiers on May 6, 2008 3:58 PM CDT 0 recs

Well

Mendoza got creamed for lying to the training staff about not being hurt, even after it was apparent that he was.

Unless I missed it in the article, it doesn’t say that the training staff was unaware of the injury. It might have been something they agreed he’d try to play through, and when it became apparent he couldn’t, they agreed to shut him down.

There’s a pretty big difference there if that’s the case.

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by thedirkatron on May 6, 2008 4:06 PM CDT up 0 recs

I love when athletes do this

Not the whole “blaming their performance issues on injury woes” thing, but rather when they try to assign a percent value to their health status.

You were playing at 50%? Really? Not 55%? Not even 60 or 70? But exactly 50%.

Professional athletes and math make hilarious bedfellows.

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by thedirkatron on May 6, 2008 3:59 PM CDT 0 recs

What

you never learned how to quantify your health?

Rollins, some school …

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by Chase Irwin on May 6, 2008 4:22 PM CDT up 0 recs

I'm 37% insulted by that comment

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by thedirkatron on May 6, 2008 5:03 PM CDT up 0 recs

LOL! I support that coment...

...110%!

Right around the time all the young talent is ready to contend is when the organization will realize that Ron Washington is the wrong man for the job.

by Chad Crudup on May 7, 2008 9:57 AM CDT up 0 recs

I also support that "comment", and ask for your support...

...as I try to limit typos.

Right around the time all the young talent is ready to contend is when the organization will realize that Ron Washington is the wrong man for the job.

by Chad Crudup on May 7, 2008 9:58 AM CDT up 0 recs

hahaha so true..

Ok well I want to hear the excuse for the supposed 50% healthy part. Why wasn’t that 50% pulling its weight either?

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by LAMuscleFag on May 6, 2008 6:26 PM CDT up 0 recs

See, this is the trouble with cracking down on steroids.

His 50% in the steroid era would’ve been great. But, now….. eh.

by rooster on May 6, 2008 10:06 PM CDT up 0 recs

I guess Byrd

has been playing at 50% for most of his career. :)

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by RangerMad on May 6, 2008 4:12 PM CDT 0 recs

So Byrd has been in "Operation Slowdown"

by Taylor on May 6, 2008 4:31 PM CDT 0 recs

Not to completely defend Byrd here but...

This is the Rangers we’re talking about. Looking at their track record of jerking players around can you blame him for trying to play through it? Once again, I’m not trying to say it’s what he should have done, but I can see why he felt that he might have needed to.

by rcreative on May 6, 2008 5:35 PM CDT 0 recs