Being for the Benefit of Mr. Hinch
I opted to pick another song from The Beatles' landmark album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, as a means to convey my arguments in today's post. Thankfully, the Houston Astros are sitting pretty with an 8 game win streak. Two series sweeps of divisional rivals, the Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics, have put the spacemen squarely in the driver's seat in their success of taking back the division by a half a game and making another huge statement in the American League.
To sweeten the pot, your people's champion and mine, Evan Gattis has been on an out-of-this-world tear when it comes to offense. So much so, he even made history to become the first Astros player in franchise history with consecutive games of 5 RBI or more. I talk all about it, as well as my ongoing candidacy for him to make the 2018 All Star team, all in my latest piece from House of Houston. You can find it in the tweet below!:
To be honest, it's all pretty sickening and sad. Never mind the fact that Gattis has a higher batting average (.245 BA as of today) than even Mr. Swag himself, Bryce Harper. (.228 BA) Never mind that the ambush caveman lumberjack has risen his OPS almost 300 points in the span of 30 games. All of that seems to be lost on the ignoramuses out there that think they know this sport better than anyone else. That they are somehow impenetrable to criticisms or counterpoints.
Well, I've got news for them: They aren't. I've made the vow several times that "bears" repeating. (Pun totally intended here, by the way.) If someone tries to throw something out there that is either impulsive, ignorant or disrespectful, I will fight back against it every time. It's not hyping just one player, it's knowing what the actual truth is and making sure THAT gets told instead of the lies and spin. It's what a good journalist does, and I pride myself on being one.
But I digress ladies and gentlemen, the time has come for us to send Evan Gattis to the All Star Game. At the very least, and as I pointed out in my HOH piece, Hinch should exercise his power as the AL team manager to invite his "ambush caveman" to the midsummer classic festivities. At the absolute very least, he should get an invite to the Home Run Derby by whomever the AL team captain is. It would be for everyone's benefit, including the skip. There are no more excuses, folks. This needs to happen!
Side Note: I now also have a new writing job at Fansided as a Paid Entertainment Contributor. Please give my other work a look at the link below, and thank y'all in advance!
https://fansided.com/entertainment/
To sweeten the pot, your people's champion and mine, Evan Gattis has been on an out-of-this-world tear when it comes to offense. So much so, he even made history to become the first Astros player in franchise history with consecutive games of 5 RBI or more. I talk all about it, as well as my ongoing candidacy for him to make the 2018 All Star team, all in my latest piece from House of Houston. You can find it in the tweet below!:
Of course, the celebration over the bull-bear's success was quickly met with hostility and ignorant trolling from the CDH (critics, doubters and haters) crowd. Folks thinking is streak is just a flash in the pan, or that his average isn't high enough to be in the All Star Game. Accusations of Gatty Daddy being one-dimensional and all else still seems to run a muck with some people out in the internet world. It's like El Oso Blanco is a walking catch 22, cursed if he does and cursed if he doesn't.A CASE MADE FOR EL OSO BLANCO: Evan Gattis has been on a TEAR as of late, certainly turning some heads along the way. @tvwizard85 makes his case as to why the WHITE BEAR should be an All-Star. Take a look. ⚾️🔥🤔💯https://t.co/TScUehLne9— House Of Houston (@HouseOfHouston) June 15, 2018
To be honest, it's all pretty sickening and sad. Never mind the fact that Gattis has a higher batting average (.245 BA as of today) than even Mr. Swag himself, Bryce Harper. (.228 BA) Never mind that the ambush caveman lumberjack has risen his OPS almost 300 points in the span of 30 games. All of that seems to be lost on the ignoramuses out there that think they know this sport better than anyone else. That they are somehow impenetrable to criticisms or counterpoints.
Well, I've got news for them: They aren't. I've made the vow several times that "bears" repeating. (Pun totally intended here, by the way.) If someone tries to throw something out there that is either impulsive, ignorant or disrespectful, I will fight back against it every time. It's not hyping just one player, it's knowing what the actual truth is and making sure THAT gets told instead of the lies and spin. It's what a good journalist does, and I pride myself on being one.
But I digress ladies and gentlemen, the time has come for us to send Evan Gattis to the All Star Game. At the very least, and as I pointed out in my HOH piece, Hinch should exercise his power as the AL team manager to invite his "ambush caveman" to the midsummer classic festivities. At the absolute very least, he should get an invite to the Home Run Derby by whomever the AL team captain is. It would be for everyone's benefit, including the skip. There are no more excuses, folks. This needs to happen!
Side Note: I now also have a new writing job at Fansided as a Paid Entertainment Contributor. Please give my other work a look at the link below, and thank y'all in advance!
https://fansided.com/entertainment/
Original Photo Credit: Rick Yeatts of Getty Images
#VoteGattis! It doesn't get any simpler than that!
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