NFBC Message Boards

What will people be saying if/when the DBacks start winning and the biggest change recently is Mark Trumbo not playing?

They've been so bad they should start winning whether he plays or not but if they play really well for two weeks, how many pundits will start pointing to Trumbo and suggest he has bad makeup or is a "locker room cancer"?

I think some teams get a new power bat in the lineup and expect him to be a leader and carry them to victory. If he doesn't they blame him. With that guy on the DL, they will have to look in the mirror and have no one to blame but themselves if they continue losing.

It's a theory.

Deadheadz wrote:What will people be saying if/when the DBacks start winning and the biggest change recently is Mark Trumbo not playing?

They've been so bad they should start winning whether he plays or not but if they play really well for two weeks, how many pundits will start pointing to Trumbo and suggest he has bad makeup or is a "locker room cancer"?

I think some teams get a new power bat in the lineup and expect him to be a leader and carry them to victory. If he doesn't they blame him. With that guy on the DL, they will have to look in the mirror and have no one to blame but themselves if they continue losing.

It's a theory.

Aaaaaahh, I think that 7.16 team ERA had more to do with the D-Backs' demise than Trumbo or chemistry. This team needs A LOT, but better pitching is at the top of the list. Unfortunately, Kevin Towers has traded a lot of it away, along with a young superstar by the name of Justin Upton. Wasn't he the team's cancer at one time?

Ironically, Towers and Gibson did all that yapping about getting guys with the "will to win", then they chased off a bunch with the capability to win. And then talked dirt about them after they were gone.