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Friday, June 26, 2009
Fire the manager! Fire the hitting coach! Fire the hot dog guy!
But did anyone think to fire the trainer?
If a batter goes 1-for-10, it doesn’t mean he’s a bad hitter. If he goes 10-for-100, it’s time to find a replacement. Swartz is like the batter who goes 50-for-500. The sample size is just too large. There are too many injuries that take longer than expected to heal. There are too many rehab snafus that deprive the Royals of their starting centerfielder, or destroy the career of a 25-year-old southpaw. There’s simply no way to wave off his track record as a stretch of bad luck, or to blame it on someone else. There isn’t anyone else.
Besides, the burden of proof shouldn’t be on me to prove that Swartz deserves to go; it should be on Swartz and the Royals to prove he should stay. Swartz has been the trainer for the Royals FOR NINETEEN SEASONS, the last 15 of which represent one of the worst 15-year stretches by a baseball team in major league history. EVERY SINGLE person involved with baseball operations has been replaced in that span – why should Swartz be the exception? This isn’t a court of law, it’s a sports team – when you’ve been involved with a team that’s this bad for so long, frankly, you’re guilty until proven innocent.
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1. Frisco Cali Posted: June 26, 2009 at 03:41 PM (#3234081)Seriously, in none of the examples cited is there any evidence given that the trainer was calling the shots. Don't the Royals have a team doctor? Maybe that's the problem. Do we even know that players and coaches involved in some of the examples consulted the trainer?
They still hold Steve Busby's injury against him.
It's OK. He has an MD in sabermetrics.
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