Nothing to Say

Yesterday in Washington, Tim Anderson failed to execute a rundown, again, and Yoan Moncada nonchalanted a groundball, again. If little things determine ballgames, a lot of little things went wrong in a 13-3 humiliation. But manager Mickey Mouse offered little beyond saying, “We made a couple of errors that were costly. Other than that, we didn’t pitch very well, and we didn’t hit. There’s not a lot to talk about this game.” [story in today’s Sun-Times] Considering that teams have scored ten or more runs twenty times against Mouse’s team this season, I disagree. Instead, Mouse prefers to talk about the people GM Chris Getz is reported to be hiring—assistant-GM Josh Barfield, a “bright, bright guy”; probable director of pitching Brian Bannister, a “brilliant pitching mind”; longtime scouting figure Gene Watson, possessing a “wealth of knowledge” about how to find talent. [story in yesterday’s Sun-Times] Clearly, apple-polishing comes easily to Mouse. Demanding and taking accountability, not so much.