Disrespect.

I have no idea what this means, or how a pinata might come in useful in… that situation, but I still feel this phrase contains the emotional truth of FUCK YOU EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS SHIT.

Does the media backtrack and try to make it look like they weren’t being irresponsible assholes when they were bashing Bedard on a daily basis?

Do they continue bashing Bedard for pitching while hurt instead of getting his shoulder scoped back in May or June, all at the same time ignoring the fact that media darlings Carlos Silva, Miguel Batista, and Jarrod Washburn pitched through pain and absolutely sucked up the joint?

Every one of you goddamn talking heads in the media owes Bedard an enormous apology, but I know he’s not going to get it. Why?

Because your integrity is just as awful as the false image of Erik Bedard’s integrity, an image that you fostered and perpetuated without a shred of evidence.

They have no qualms about slandering you. They’re just bullies is what it is, they know that there is power in media and they’ll levy it against you if you don’t assume the position.

There isn’t going to be a single retraction or apology over this, I’ll bet.

I’m tired of reading player’s minds. He was hurt- he should have told the team. It’s his fault that he finally got an MRI on July 22nd- 3.5 months after he started feeling the pain and another 3.5 months off the rehab schedule.

This is no different than the bullshit Raul pulled last year- played hurt, sucked, finally let the team and later the media/fans know as if that was some sort of valid explanation.

I agree that Bedard has been vilified by the media, but is it really that surprising? He wasn’t telling it straight up, or really telling much at all, while the media was trying to make sense of trading the farm for him. It’s a situation that nobody wins in.

Its like being mad at a co-worker who hasn’t been keeping up on the job while hiding the fact they have cancer- in the end, you feel like a dick, but in reality, they weren’t doing their jobs and you didn’t have all the facts.

Most likely, we won’t ever hear much about Bedard again from the local media, beyond the obvious mentions of how terrible the trade really was. Look at how it’s been for the past couple months… Bedard’s rehab status merited maybe a footnote every two weeks. Now that he really isn’t gonna be seen again, they never have to talk about him and he goes down in history as the bust pitcher who didn’t give at all and eventually just disappeared.

sure seems like a LOOOOONG time ago right now . . . my God, how on earth did we get raped this badly by THE ORIOLES. I could understand Beane or Epstein doing this to us, but Angelos? Really? Suck me sideways . . .

So, I guess the Felix/Washburn/Silva/Batista/Morrow or RRS rotation is still available for 2009? Lovely.

Might not want to include Baker in the “Bedard is a pussy” brigade.

Now, I may get fried for writing this, but I’m not sure I subscribe to the whole “Bedard is a wimp” notion that I’ve seen come up in the blogosphere of late. I’m always reluctant to describe professional athletes this way. Let’s face it, many of them could take you or me apart in quick fashion. Not sure “wimps” describes them in reality, once we get beyond normal frustration at their performances. Bedard came to Seattle with a bulldog reputation and I’ve seen that bulldog approach on the mound from him all season. When he walks guys, like he did the other day against Detroit, he battles to prevent them from scoring. He doesn’t give up a grand slam on the next pitch. So, I don’t see a wimp there. This is where Bedard could really help himself by being a little more human and less standoffish with the media. His image has taken a hit in Seattle and around the game. Not because the media is trying to collectively bury him. But because fans are questioning his heart, based on what they see on the field, and he is doing nothing to address their concerns. Nothing to shut them up — on the mound or off it.

As his own PR agent, he should stick to pitching. Or hire an image consultant who knows what they are doing.

But in my eyes, I still see the bulldog mentality I’d heard about.

but trite (hackneyed) is an adjective, and while it describes them so well, I think you’re looking for tripe (worthless shit), the comparable noun.

Feel free to hide this.

especially considering no one has posted any evidence that they ever called Bedard out for this. I only read Baker and I don’t recall him ever implying Bedard was soft. Maybe Hickey has been worse, or I missed some stuff that Baker said.

Not saying that they haven’t been jerks about this, I just haven’t seen any evidence of it.

Somehow manages to turn this against the anti-trade crowd again.