Dan Duquette: Orioles Fans Hate Jose Bautista, Prefer "Working Class" Players

[OFFNY]

14 minutes ago, 24fps said:

 

Worrying about what the fans think is an explicit part of his job description, right up there near the top.

 

 

11 minutes ago, dan-O said:

 

His job is to put together a championship roster. That's literally his one job.

 

o

 

Scott Hatteberg: ) " You want me to replace Giambi? What about the fans?"

Ron Washington: " "Yeah, maybe I can teach one of them to play 1st base, too."

 

Moneyball ) (2011)

 

o

[weams]

18 minutes ago, 24fps said:

Speak for yourself.

 

[sportsfan8703]

What's the opposite of DIva?  Hard Worker?  That's how I took it.  

I'm sure Adam Jones would say that he's working class, and he might be the face of baseball at the moment.  Definitely the face of African Americans in baseball.  Plus didn't the word working class become synonymous with Baltimore because of the Ripken iron man streak?  

[blid]

[Bautista] might have more raw talent, but, you know, I like [Trumbo]'s intangibles, his scrappiness.  He just has great coachability, and he's got a real high baseball IQ.  He's a winner who plays the game the right way. 

[24fps]

14 minutes ago, dan-O said:

His job is to put together a championship roster. That's literally his one job.

It's a bit more than that.  Look at it this way, have you ever met any executive anywhere, in any line of work who considered it an advantage to disregard the likes and dislikes of his customers?  Have you ever met a business owner who would consider hiring such an executive?  Perhaps Vice President of Baseball Operations is a job with more than one dimension. 

[ArtVanDelay]

7 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

What's the opposite of DIva?  Hard Worker?  That's how I took it.  

I'm sure Adam Jones would say that he's working class, and he might be the face of baseball at the moment.  Definitely the face of African Americans in baseball.  Plus didn't the word working class become synonymous with Baltimore because of the Ripken iron man streak?  

That's absurd.  He signed an $85MM extension.  Do you know what working class is?

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, dan-O said:

I hope this is a joke because wow. 

Trumbo does seem to be a pretty smart guy.

For whatever that is worth.

[blid]

3 minutes ago, dan-O said:

I hope this is a joke because wow. 

He's just a great locker room guy!

[waroriole]

I don't think there are racial implications here. But, it's just an incredibly stupid comment. It will look even worse if we bomb and/or Batista has a great season. 

[Aristotelian]

3 hours ago, harp6 said:

Good point.  I find it amazing how people try to turn things racist that are not.  Do you really think that Dan was intentionally making a racist remark.  

No, I think he made an unintentionally racist remark, or at least a remark that could be perceived as unintentionally racist. As the top professional in charge of the organization, he should not be putting himself or the club in that position, whether intentional or not. 

[sportsfan8703]

6 minutes ago, ArtVanDelay said:

That's absurd.  He signed an $85MM extension.  Do you know what working class is?

That's lame. Is today take everything literal day?  There's no such thing as hyperbole in sports.  I guess the Bronx Bombers were a group of terrorists?  

[weams]

Just now, sportsfan8703 said:

Is today take everything literal day?  There's no such thing as hyperbole in sports.  I guess the Bronx Bombers were a group of terrorists?  

This is a top Google find if you type working class.

Also The Russians. 

[sportsfan8703]

1 minute ago, weams said:

This is a top Google find if you type working class.

Also The Russians. 

Not as good as Scott but I can pull some old ones too.  

[OFFNY]

 

 

6 minutes ago, weams said:

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This is a top Google find if you type, "Working-class."

 

 

 

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Is that Adam Jones that I see in the left-hand corner of the picture ???

 

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[Ohfan67]

2 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:

No, I think he made an unintentionally racist remark, or at least a remark that could be perceived as unintentionally racist. As the top professional in charge of the organization, he should not be putting himself or the club in that position, whether intentional or not. 

I hear you, but The remark was very specific to Bautista. A total d-bag. I think DD changed "ahole" to "not working class" just as the first word was about to come out of his mouth.  I think he just stumbled over his tongue, but agree that in general he should shut up about Bautista before something even dumber and potentially more offensive is said. It's dumb for him to comment on another teams player. Showalter would be ticked if a GM talked about an Oriole player like this.