Whereas it definitely looks like MLB has made progress to embrace the character of its gamers, there’ll all the time be individuals on the market who need baseball gamers to behave like impassive robots.
And oh man, former MLB participant Jeff Frye went to some wild lengths to make that argument this week.
Manny Ramirez’s son, Lucas, had himself a weekend to recollect on the plate within the 2023 World Wooden Bat Affiliation (WWBA) match in Georgia the place he hit a walk-off residence run to ship his journey group to the championship recreation. For a highschool participant, it’s an enormous second. And also you higher imagine that Lucas — a Tennessee commit — had each proper to have fun the walk-off shot.
Lucas Ramirez KNEW he received all of this WALK-OFF 💣@Lucas_Ramirez24 x #WWBA pic.twitter.com/KRjwy7OnkG
— Excellent Recreation USA (@PerfectGameUSA) July 23, 2023
But, Frye noticed footage of Lucas rounding the bases and thought the house run celebration was price blasting the younger participant over. On prime of that, Frye — who can also be an MLBPA agent — argued that Lucas’ father would by no means do this.
Thanks @MLB for encouraging youngsters to behave foolishly on a baseball discipline. I’m positive this younger man has a shiny future however I performed in opposition to his dad who was an awesome hitter and I by no means noticed him do that. #shegone #letthekidsplay @@MLBPAA @MLBNetwork @WillClark22 @TheRealJHair pic.twitter.com/4YKutJGFKO
— Fryedaddy (@shegone03) July 24, 2023
Once more, Lucas’ father is Manny Ramirez. The identical Manny Ramirez who has a whole montage of admiring residence runs.
It’s one factor to have an issue with bat flips. It’s one other to fully rewrite historical past whereas criticizing a youth baseball participant. It was a large residence run for Lucas, and baseball wants extra of that enthusiasm.
Followers actually couldn’t imagine that Frye managed to provide you with such a horrible take.
