Brandon McCarthy
started his MLB career as a 21-year old with the 2005 White Sox. Thirteen years later, the tall right-hander
is still pitching, currently as a starter with the Braves.
McCarthy has never been
one to hide his opinions; Clare does or did follow him on Twitter for his
outside-the-box take on things. McCarthy
had a bigger forum yesterday in the Tribune, which he used to full effect. To the best of my knowledge, this was one of
the few, if not the first, times a ballplayer offered his thoughts on team
rebuilds.
Speaking to reporter
Paul Sullivan, McCarthy said, “You see teams tank and do something and fall
short, and then you’ve subjected your fans to a few years of tanking.” McCarthy did allow that there are times tanking
makes sense, “But you’re also seeing too many full teardowns...it’s somewhat of
an easy lie, an easy situation to pass off to [and on] fans.” I’ll say.
Now we come to the
point where the player sounded like this fan:
“We’ve seen it a ton. Like, if
five years in a row you nail your top draft pick inside the top ten picks, then
you’re probably going to be better. But
it took five years in a row of your fans trudging out to games pretty much just
to watch the other team play.”
Let me note here that
the White Sox, who officially began their rebuild in 2017, haven’t had a
winning season since 2012. So, Sox fans
have been trudging for a lot longer than five years. Last season’s record was 67-95. With a record right now of 10-29, we’re on
track for a 40-44 win season; hello, ’62 Mets.
Trudge, fudge…
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