1PM - Ben Cherington respects to questions about Andrew McCutchen's future; Should Konnor Griffin be on the Pirates roster to start the season?
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What does Ben Cherington say about Andrew McCutchen's future with the Pirates?
I see the YouTubers really like the last caller, didn't they? And me going at it. Yeah, the YouTube chat definitely has a way of bringing out emotions. It also has a way of bringing out people's inability to hold two ideas at once. And the two ideas here that I've mentioned 20 times on the show today, Ben wasn't a good guy early in his career and was probably... not a good leader in the room. And he wasn't a beloved player. That's obvious, right? But that doesn't mean as the last caller said that he didn't interact with any teammates outside of the building. It also doesn't mean that he wasn't a great leader on the field. And it's way, way, way more important on the field than off the field. This Kumbaya stuff of let's have a, you know, uh,
really close-knit happy team is so overrated and i think fans tend to overrate it a lot and that guy actually asked me was i ever in a locker room i was in that locker room every single day practically for years that locker room that locker room i was in all the time And yeah, Ben is not in many ways, has not been a very likable character. That's obvious. And I'm glad that Joey Porter, at least according to our last caller, would take people out to lunch on the team. I am. And he was a leader.
How do fans perceive Ben Cherington's leadership style?
He was a guy people rallied around in the locker room. But Ben led on the field. Are we able to hold all those ideas at once limits or are our brains too small? are we able to hold somewhat competing ideas within the parameters of our brain that's the question I think fewer and fewer people are every single day every single day our brains get sort of frittered down to nothing to where unless something is in 40 characters or less then we're unable to comprehend it there's no nuance there's no gray area nobody reads a book anymore They read your book. Except for Tales from the Penguin's Locker Room, available on Amazon, I might add. And that proves that you were in a locker room. I just got a check for that.
Really? Yeah, I get a check every year. Not for much, I can tell you, but people still buy that book. Sales from that book, like the royalties from it. Yeah, exactly. I don't get much of that either, but I get something. A nominal check every year. Fan Twitter brought to you by South Hills Kia Peters Township. Visit them at SouthHillsKia.net. The text line brought to you by Edgar Snyder and Associates, a personal injury law firm where they always say there's never a fee unless we get money for you. Like Ben, don't like Ben. There's only four Super Bowls over there if Ben never arrives in Pittsburgh. You best believe that. You best believe that. So if you're one of the YouTubers out there commenting, that's not really an opinion.
That's a fact. We're still stuck on four here if he never shows up. You agree with that, Wonder Twin? Yes, I definitely agree with that. And Ben wasn't very good over the last decade. He didn't maximize his time here. I know those are competing ideas. Let's see if our brains can hold competing ideas. The competing idea Olympics. We should test everybody's brain. Can you hold two at once? That might be competing, but... Both are true. There's a little bit of nuance. It's a deeper conversation than just he sucked or he was great, everybody hated him, or some people liked it, whatever it might be. Whatever it might be, there's more to the conversation than just one simple idea that you're either on side A or side B, which is what we've all become these days.
Right, like Ben clearly had a lot of troublesome things off the field early on in his career. But it did seem like he was pretty close with Bettis, with Hines. No, he wasn't close with Hines at all. They didn't like each other at all. But with Pouncey, he certainly was. Yeah, with Pouncey, he definitely was. But still, you've got to be able to, I think, differentiate the opinions based on on-field, off-field, what time of career it was for Ben and stuff like that. They're stuck on four if Ben never arrives, period. I don't know who would disagree with that. I don't know who. So even Joey Porter and his comments today and Ben was a jerk a lot of the time.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What does Ben Cherington say about Andrew McCutchen's future with the Pirates?
0:00–1:43
2
How do fans perceive Ben Cherington's leadership style?
1:43–22:41
3
What are the implications of roster decisions for Konnor Griffin?
22:41–23:30
4
What are the expectations for the Pirates in the upcoming season?
23:30–26:39
5
How does Ben Cherington view the relationship with Andrew McCutchen moving forward?
26:39–35:26
Speakers
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