Arizona Diamondbacks are the least likable team in baseball. They do not have one of the biggest salaried rosters in baseball like the New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox, but they do have a franchise full of sophomoric bullies. Their latest punk behavior featured D'Backs relief pitcher Evan Marshall hitting Ryan Braun intentionally after throwing behind him with one pitch and then actually hitting him on the next pitch with an open base on first. Marshall left with a standing ovation and got this kind of love from his manager, Kirk Gibson.
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A manager championing the fact they loaded the bases in a 4-3 ballgame to prove a point is such an old jock mentality. Gibson seems like the type of guy whom would tell you consistently how he had a big package and his multiple sexual conquests. He wanted to prove a point by hitting Braun, the Brewers superstar and a man Gibson hates along with the rest of the D'Backs organization when in reality, they would love Braun on their roster. Braun is the Anti-Christ to Gibson and feels like his PED use caused Arizona to lose the National League Division Series (Hint: It was more about giving homers to Yuni B and Nyjer Morgan but whatever).
This all boils from 2011 which was nearly three years ago. Gibson is like a jilted lover whom cannot get over the fact things didn't turn out in the right way according to his delusional brain. The fact Gibson had to prove a point that night was absolutely absurd even by his standards. Arizona had a 4-3 lead late in the game against one of the best teams in baseball and chose to hit Braun in order to face Milwaukee's best hitter and MVP candidate Jonathan Lucroy. Further, Lucroy hit a home run already that night. But Gibson had to puff out his chest and show Arizona means business playing 'right, gritty way' to play baseball. These are the decisions of an assclown truthfully. And the fanbase is completely brainwashed with their standing ovation of Marshall as they applauded a player getting hit by a pitch well over 90 miles an hour.
It really didn't work out well for Gibson as Lucroy blasted a grand slam causing the usually reserved Brian Anderson championing the ball to get up over the wall in an unusual move of homerism from one of the best of the business. If an announcer like Anderson is fed up with Gibson, it speaks volumes to the absurdity of it all. This isn't one of those things where Arizona had a reason to hit Braun, they just did it because Kyle Lohse ran a couple pitches inside with no malice. Arizona is a team full of sensitive punks, and it stems from their manager Gibson and their General Manager Kevin Towers. No one wants to be shown up in that organization even if they are 14 games under .500.
If Towers were a smart man, Gibson wouldn't have a job. This Arizona team is by no means rebuilding, but Towers possibly more so than Gibson should be charged with murdering the future of this franchise. Trevor Bauer should be starting for this team. Same goes for Tyler Skaggs. Archie Bradley is simply hanging out in Triple A while this team struggles which is completely maddening. Towers and Gibson are like the dumb and dumber of this organization bringing them down while Los Angeles, San Francisco and Colorado are on the rise in the coming years.
Who knows what will happen tonight. Matt Garza is the definition of a wild card basically Charlie Day of the pitcher rotation. Garza could easily hit Paul Goldschmidt and Miguel Montero and things are completely on like Donkey Kong. Something tells me this isn't the end with the Brewers and Diamondbacks.
Charlie.
If Towers were a smart man, Gibson wouldn't have a job. This Arizona team is by no means rebuilding, but Towers possibly more so than Gibson should be charged with murdering the future of this franchise. Trevor Bauer should be starting for this team. Same goes for Tyler Skaggs. Archie Bradley is simply hanging out in Triple A while this team struggles which is completely maddening. Towers and Gibson are like the dumb and dumber of this organization bringing them down while Los Angeles, San Francisco and Colorado are on the rise in the coming years.
Who knows what will happen tonight. Matt Garza is the definition of a wild card basically Charlie Day of the pitcher rotation. Garza could easily hit Paul Goldschmidt and Miguel Montero and things are completely on like Donkey Kong. Something tells me this isn't the end with the Brewers and Diamondbacks.
Charlie.
