tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post2261967671419532181..comments2023-10-31T06:31:41.395-04:00Comments on Bottom of the Barrel: Furman Bisher Struggles Acclimating to the 1990's...Unfortunately It Is Currently 2009Bengoodfellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-58121795797639886372009-05-11T08:03:00.000-04:002009-05-11T08:03:00.000-04:00I think the Braves paying $8 million per year for ...I think the Braves paying $8 million per year for Kawakami sent him over the edge then. Maybe he has some bad memories from WW II and just doesn't want any Japanese people on his team. I like how he sounds so semi-condescending when he is talking about the interpreter for Kawakami. <br /><br />He used to be a great writer, but now he seems bitter and angry. If I had a heart, I would not pick on him, but I don't have a heart and that article was bad.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-39393177161163277352009-05-11T03:21:00.000-04:002009-05-11T03:21:00.000-04:00So he really is all about Mighty Whitey it appears...So he really is all about Mighty Whitey it appears....sort of.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086638597582394978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-64496369716734263172009-05-11T00:33:00.000-04:002009-05-11T00:33:00.000-04:00I don't know if you remember this, but when MLB op...I don't know if you remember this, but when MLB opened in Japan the other year, Furman Bischer is the one who somehow tried to connect that with Pearl Harbor.<br /><br />As seen here: http://umpbump.com/press/2008/03/26/furman-bisher-would-like-to-remind-you-about-the-japanese-and-world-war-ii/<br /><br />This guy does not care for the Japanese.Chris Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12152452626681072765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-70818067572885000672009-05-10T14:30:00.000-04:002009-05-10T14:30:00.000-04:00I guess it is official. Furman Bisher likes gritty...I guess it is official. Furman Bisher likes gritty guys...and they were also incredibly white as well. Those guys you mentioned do deserve a mention as well. <br /><br />Bisher also loves Bobby Cox, which I am on the fence about. He is good in the regular season and players love playing for him but in the playoffs his moves are sometimes indefensible. I could go on about this but your observation is correct in my opinion. He tends to overmanage at times but then in the playoffs I think he tends to undermanage and not make some moves he should make. I thinking directly of anything involving Charlie Liebrandt being in the game at any time. <br /><br />The Braves should have won in 1991 and 1996 but they didn't. Shoulda, woulda, coulda I guess but both of those series were blown by poor managing and the team just choking. I bet Bisher remembers those as the glory days though.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-53841026540561147932009-05-10T11:50:00.000-04:002009-05-10T11:50:00.000-04:00Exsactly. Guys like justice were left off. Javy Lo...Exsactly. Guys like justice were left off. Javy Lopez, Ron Gant, Ryan Klesko, Kevin Millwood, were all much more worthy of mention then some of the guys he did toss in there. I think if you go back and look at that list it's full of "gritty" guys. Damn near Ecksteinian in their effort to overcome total mediocrity to make hundreds of thousands of dollars playing baseball and only managing to get the Braves a single World Series victory. Well, them and Bobby Cox overmanaging like he read Tony LaRussa self-help books before each post season.<br /><br />Seriously, Bobby Cox, from this Los Angeles based observation, seems like a really really good in season manager. He gets young players involved, brings them along pretty well, doesn't over tax his starters or bullpen, keeps the everyday guys fresh. Then he gets to the playoffs and he's just terrible. Between him and Kent Hrbeck, I've always thought the Braves really should have at least 1 if not 2 more Series victories.<br /><br />hahaha "noses"Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086638597582394978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-80696337137350329112009-05-10T10:07:00.000-04:002009-05-10T10:07:00.000-04:00I don't even know what he was trying to get at, ex...I don't even know what he was trying to get at, except things used to be better back in the day. He doesn't like that the team scouts outside of the U.S., signs free agents and signs foreigners. That's about all I got. Furman Bisher used to be great and he is not a racist because he authored a couple of books with/about Hank Aaron but I don't know why they let him write anymore. <br /><br />The farm system is strong, you can't always get homegrown talent and even the names he listed weren't that great. The funny part is that he did not list players like David Justice who actually made an impact and led the team to the World Series. Whatever, I hate picking on him but he deserves it for not doing research and seeing the farm system is in good shape even if it does contain players not from Georgia. <br /><br />I guess at a certain point you have to let the man write if he still wants to.Bengoodfellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09401971573776672570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102327997051254703.post-46179471172869118012009-05-10T03:00:00.000-04:002009-05-10T03:00:00.000-04:00Yeah, this guy was all over the freaking place wit...Yeah, this guy was all over the freaking place with that article wasn't he? He's just an angry old man.<br /><br />I'm jsut going to address his final part...As you said Smolotz was a trade, Glavine fine, Avery never amounted to the hype pretty much average, Mercker couple decent years hit and miss overall, Stanton long time durable reliever, Wohlers was great until he totally lost it, Lemke was a good field, below average hitter until the playoffs, Blauser was a bad field overrated hitting shortstop, and Chipper. <br /><br />That comes out to two top of the line players, a good long time reliever who spent a chunk of his career not in Atlanta, and a bunch of spear carriers who weren't any better then 250 guys in the majors. That's great! Least they didn't have slanty eyes!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00086638597582394978noreply@blogger.com