#created a calendar for church this morning that covers about 11 timezones so i'm a little frazzled

[moregraceful]

my friend and i getting into a legit argument about who is at fault for the giants shitshow this season, gabe or the players...she's like, i think the players are failing to take it seriously and that's not on gabe! they're not playing for the game! that's not his fault! which is. what. i'm like, gabe treats his players chess pieces and he treats games like a math problem. and his math SUCKS. you don't play sports based on analytics, you can't build a roster on sabermetrics bc that doesn't account for the very real human aspect of the game played by human players! the players fail to take it seriously bc gabe has done nothing to gain their respect and their trust bc he views them as a collections of statistics that can be manipulated by math! how are you supposed to take anything seriously if someone thinks your play is determined by numbers? like that's not sports. yeah alex wood COBB SORRY KING is an amazing pitcher, but did he have his mid-game banana. like did your players get enough sleep? is the bullpen beefing with each other? are the infielders communicating in and out of games? how stressed are your rookies coming out of a phenomenally awful development system? like: do the players trust each other and do they trust their manager to help them navigate the stress they have around their careers and their lives? if your boss makes decisions about your career strictly based on how what your analytics are, yeah you're not gonna trust him or care about anything he has to say bc he doesn't care about you as a human. jfc i'm so irritated about this argument lmao. like yeah the giants are a clownshow ass team and they need a serious reality check, but if they don't have a leader they know will hold them accountable as humans, not just as players but as PEOPLE WHO EXIST IN THE WORLD, how they are going to change?? why would they even care???

#being mad on the internet so i don't blow up the groupchat lol #she was like well they only last 1-2 years anyway i'm like SO MAYBE FARHAN SHOULD MAKE A INVESTMENT IN OUR PLAYERS #HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO LAST MORE THAN A YEAR IF FARHAN DOESN'T TRUST THEM TO SIGN THEM LONGER THAN 1-2 YEARS #if i was signed to a 2 year contract and i had to play with kapler and farhan was playing hardball i'd walk too! ok ok i'm done #created a calendar for church this morning that covers about 11 timezones so i'm a little frazzled #i need a sandwich. goat cheese time #fresno oilers.txt