{"id":81,"date":"2021-01-28T00:45:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T00:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.batbreaker.com\/news\/?p=81"},"modified":"2021-01-28T01:03:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T01:03:43","slug":"garveys-part-ways-with-whinesomemora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.batbreaker.com\/news\/2021\/01\/28\/garveys-part-ways-with-whinesomemora\/","title":{"rendered":"Garveys Part Ways with ‘Whinesomemora’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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October 9, 2020 by Johnny Blondo<\/em><\/p>\n

The Garveys have parted ways with outfielder Albert Almora after he posted a horrible first half of BatBreaker Season 7.  Almora (known more commonly as \u2018Whinesomemora\u2019 among teammates) was traded along with teammates Chris Taylor and Dansby Swanson to his former team the Jerk Fuzzballs immediately following game 6 in which he was again hitless and added 2 more strikeouts to his team-leading 40% strikeout rate.  \u2018He struck out for average again today\u2019<\/em> said Garvey catcher Molina, \u2018we have a strikeout rate tracker on the whiteboard in our locker room, and Whinesomemora always quips that he\u2019s proud to be at the top of something when he sees it<\/em>\u2019. <\/p>\n

When asked how he got this unfortunate nickname Garvey outfielder Lorenzo Cain was quick to answer: \u2018When he first joined us (the Garveys) he was like \u201cI don\u2019t wanna bat leadoff, it\u2019s too much pressure\u201d and \u201cI don\u2019t wanna bat last because everyone will think I\u2019m horrible\u201d and \u201cI don\u2019t wanna bat second or third\u201d and on an on in a really whiny voice too!  Man it was annoying!  I feel bad for Steve, man, having to endure moving him around in the lineup all the time to try to get him to stop whining<\/em>. Plus, laying around in the outfield during the game is just not right\u2019<\/em> said Cain referring to Almora\u2019s tendency to \u2018take a break\u2019 when he \u2018felt tired\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Albert \u2018Whinesomemora\u2019 laying down in the outfield during the third inning of a game against the Cool Dice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When asked in his office about Almora\u2019s hesitation to bat anywhere in the lineup manager Steve Garvey mentioned that Almora \u201cwas\u2026.difficult to coach.  I had to put him in a different place in the lineup each game or he would pout<\/em>\u201d said Garvey.  \u2018When he started laying down in the outfield during our last game against the Dice, that was really the final straw<\/em>\u2018 finished Garvey.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a clubhouse nightmare<\/em>\u201d barked fellow outfielder Adam Eaton.  \u201cNot only that, he was a dugout nightmare!<\/em>\u201d Eaton continued, \u201che was never on base so each time I got on base he would do weird things in the dugout to get my attention, like chirping and meowing and yelling \u2018Fire\u2019 and \u2018Lookout\u2019 and stuff like that.  Do you have any idea how many times he distracted me and got me picked off!  I\u2019m so glad that Gordo is going to be taking his place, Gordo is awesome man.<\/em>\u201d  Alex Gordon will be taking over the empty outfield spot and Garvey couldn\u2019t be happier.  \u201cGordo has a good attitude and is ready to learn, play, and win.  He was a key component in our victory over the Hams, he is always ready to contribute, unlike somebody else who shall go unnamed<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

After the trade was announced, Garvey players gathered around utility man Chris Taylor who was one of the pieces of the trade and thanked him for his sacrifice.  \u201c CT3 really took one for all of us today<\/em>\u2019 weeped a teary-eyed Daniel Murphy \u201cwithout him the deal was off, Steve pleaded with him and CT3 said okay, and I was like \u2018dude you are a hero\u2019, I will welcome a hit from CT3 the next time we play the Fuzzballs so I can talk to him at first<\/em>\u201d. <\/p>\n

When asked about acquiring third baseman Manny Machado in the deal Molina answered \u2018Wow!  I thought we were just getting rid of him, I had no idea we were getting a power player in return!  How did that<\/strong> happen??<\/em>\u201d.  Garvey was more subdued in reference to the Machado acquisition:  \u2018Well, he will be a key part of our second half success.  We are slowly building another championship caliber team.  We need to keep healthy and when we get Murph and Alby back we are going to be the team to beat<\/em>\u2019.  The Garveys take on the heavy-handed Stank Hams next.<\/p>\n

Johnny Blondo has been a reporter for BatBreaker since 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

October 9, 2020 by Johnny Blondo The Garveys have parted ways with outfielder Albert Almora after he posted a horrible first half of BatBreaker Season 7.  Almora (known more commonly as \u2018Whinesomemora\u2019 among teammates) was traded along with teammates Chris Taylor and Dansby Swanson to his former team the Jerk Fuzzballs immediately following game 6… Continue reading Garveys Part Ways with ‘Whinesomemora’<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batbreaker.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batbreaker.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batbreaker.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batbreaker.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batbreaker.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.batbreaker.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"https:\/\/www.batbreaker.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batbreaker.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.batbreaker.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batbreaker.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.batbreaker.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}