Craig Carton
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He's got his head up because you know what in that moment.
There's no doubt.
It was the third batter of the game.
And he has no idea how many outs there are.
It's unacceptable.
And it was an easy double play.
It's unacceptable.
Yes.
I think we all agree.
So we should act like it's unacceptable.
We shouldn't curry favor and make apologies for him.
No one's making apologies for him.
He recognized it.
It's about, like to me,
Sometimes with a superstar, right, and one of your best players, you can set an example.
Like benching him sets an example for the whole team.
Like if I won't tolerate it from him, you can bet your ass I won't tolerate it from you.
That's an argument, and I understand it.
There's also the argument of the reason for benching is to get through to that player.
I don't think Lindor needs to be benched for him to understand what happened on the field in the first inning and how it can't happen again.