Gary Bennett stuck to the bench
I just read Bernie's bits entry about our old friend Gary Sno-Cones Bennett and how he's not starting. Basically, his contract gives him an extra $2500 for every start he'd make now. Bernie points out that Kelly Stinnett has played more often lately.
My theory is that Tony knows Gary's contract, and, as Bernie pointed out the other day, Gary's swung at some 3-0 pitches this year. This is Tony's way of punishing him, rather than ownership being cheap and telling TLR not to start Gary.
Thoughts? Does anybody care?
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$2500
by Zubin on Sep 22, 2007 12:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Back Injury
Bernie knows that. Sounds like he's trying to stir up some class warfare BS again.
by liam on Sep 22, 2007 12:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
pretty lame...
by duckymedwick7 on Sep 22, 2007 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lame indeed
by Alxfritz on Sep 22, 2007 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i am sure...
my question is where did he get stuff before VEB?
by bigcardsfan5 on Sep 22, 2007 3:13 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
There's one baseball team that
by azruavatar on Sep 22, 2007 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
bernie
erik even mentioned how when he posted a very early sunday column, a few times stuff had been in bernies sunday column
so u can think they are just thinking alike if u wish, i think bernie gets a lot of ideas here
by bigcardsfan5 on Sep 22, 2007 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sometimes when I read something
I'm not saying that it doesn't happen or that it's all coincidence but I also think we shouldn't make it into a witch hunt to find everything we think was poached. The thread was about Bennett. . .not Bernie's alleged borrowing habits.
by azruavatar on Sep 22, 2007 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you are correct
as far as a "witch hunt"? i think that is going a bit far about what i said, i was basically continuing a discussion from earlier in the week which said many things from veb end up in a bernie column
by bigcardsfan5 on Sep 22, 2007 7:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Azru is right
He's got a following on the whole "Ownership is cheap" kick that needs to be fed. I find that meme annoying, much more than Bernie pointing out that the 2007 Cardinal team at times resembles a creature from a monster movie.
I'm as proud of the VeB community and as impressed by the work of the primary writers as the next guy, but these kinds of turf wars over ideas are just as useless as Bernie's anti-rich-guy bullshit kind of stuff that keeps him from being a truly great columnist.
I don't see how ownership could have made the 2007 season any more successful by raising payroll more than they did. To bring this up now, when the team is so very down, is beneath a great columnist. And is beneath what I expect from Bernie, as much as he wants to distance himself from the Kool-Aid drinking crowd that I'd more happily associate myself with.
by liam on Sep 22, 2007 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
liam
by bigcardsfan5 on Sep 22, 2007 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would like to go on record
In general, that's what he does. Now, personally, I don't like him or his writing. Other people do. If he poaches ideas here, that's on him - he's the one who has to look in the mirror.
by bukowski on Sep 22, 2007 9:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Incentives
by Rob H on Sep 23, 2007 12:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
TLR
by raisin on Sep 23, 2007 10:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Gary Bennett
That would be pretty cruddy if he isnt playing due to $$.
He seems like a real great guy- just by watching pregame and postgame shows.
by cdavis2488 on Sep 25, 2007 6:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

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