Watch out, AL All-Stars

by krazygoliath on Jun 21, 2007 12:25 PM PDT

This is very strange, but Jim Leyland, the AL manager for the All-Star game, asked Larry Davis to be one of the trainers to attend to the AL all-stars.

link here: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releas...

Leyland also asked Ron Washington to be one of his coaches. WHAT IS LEYLAND THINKING??!! I know Wash is a great guy and one heck of an infielder coach with the A's, but his record with the Rangers is anything but all-star caliber.

As for Larry Davis, 'nuff said without saying anything.

Poll

Jim Leyland wanted Larry Davis as a trainer because..

He felt that Davis deserves some reward for working with a million injuries this year

7 votes

He wanted Davis near the star players of his AL Central rivals

46 votes

He was 'huffin gas

16 votes

He drew the name out of a hat

8 votes

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I think its a location thing

Basically you get a local guy who knows all the local hospitals. Note the SF Traininer was picked to.

(And lord knows Larry knows all the hospitals...)

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by 510inDenver on Jun 21, 2007 12:52 PM PDT reply actions

oooh

that makes a lot more sense than the poll I posted.

by krazygoliath on Jun 21, 2007 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions

<tempts LawDaddy>

"San Jose A's of Fremont" validates the Halo's stoopid name

by ArakSOT on Jun 21, 2007 12:52 PM PDT reply actions

I'm laughing at the results of the poll :)

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by drmmerchk on Jun 21, 2007 2:53 PM PDT reply actions

Watch out allstars

Leyland also asked Ron Washington to be one of his coaches. WHAT IS LEYLAND THINKING??!! I know "Wash is a great guy and one heck of an infielder coach with the A's, but his record with the Rangers is anything but all-star caliber"

hey Krazy, do you think there may be a difference between say, the responsibilities of an infield coach and I dunno know , a Manager of a baseball teamteam?

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by Imaseasonticketholder on Jun 21, 2007 6:05 PM PDT reply actions

erm?

I don't see where this question is going..

but to answer your question, I think it depends on how much Wash wants to be hands on with his players. Some managers want to be the hitting-baserunning-fielding-coach while others don't do much coaching at all.

by krazygoliath on Jun 21, 2007 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Maybe Leyland just

wants to know where all the best restaurants are.

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by Nico on Jun 21, 2007 7:41 PM PDT reply actions

Leyland is an old school guy,

and he believes in all those old-school healing methods Davis uses (leaches and amputation). Players today are too coddle, and he’s tired of pampering all of today’s spoiled players with modern healing techniques (it teaches the players to be soft wusses).

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by F171615 on Jun 21, 2007 8:39 PM PDT reply actions

The order is critically important

If you amputate first and then try to do the leeches, you realize--and it's a really stupid feeling--that you have nowhere to put the leeches.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Jun 21, 2007 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Seriously though,

during one of the pre-game ask Vince segments, or something like that; They asked Davis about how to treat blisters (this was right after Beckett was having his blister problem), and his response was that a few decades ago they used some substance that caused a lot of pain to get rid of them quicker. But as to what would be used now-a-days, he wasn’t sure. I almost think that it was set up as a comedy skit, but then it's hard to laugh when so many of our players keep getting hurt.

"Length matters, and if anyone tells you otherwise they're just trying to spare your feelings."-green star oakland

by F171615 on Jun 22, 2007 4:32 AM PDT up reply actions

You know what's harder

to get rid of than a blister, apparently? Larry Davis. That's not funny 'cause it's true.

I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal

by Nico on Jun 22, 2007 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions