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Verbatim...
On Eckstein:
"Smallest guy on the field, biggest heart."You gotta be shitting me. How do you figure that? Better yet, how do you prove it? Let's cut open Eck and see how big his heart actually is. I'm guessing normal size.
Labels: biggest heart, Eckstein, Steve Lyons
Our friends over at
FJM helped me out in what seems to be impeccable timing. See article titled
"Someday You, Too, Could Be Drastically Overrated."Thanks for the bone, guys.
Labels: Eckstein, Willits
"Willits is Angel's new Eckstein"Oh. No.
I looked up "Eckstein" on www.dictionary.com, I think the definition will surprise you...
Eckstein: noun. gritty, gamer, tough, annoyingly troublesome. baseball player.I also found this picture next to the definition...

I read the rest of the article, and it was all over the place. He actually didn't mention Eckstein once in the entire article. Usually, if you put something in the title, you should expand on it in the actually text. That's just me though. Oh wait, he did once...
"This is what they needed. Another David Eckstein, with more tools."I need to make on thing clear: ECKSTEIN HAS NO TOOLS!
He's 5'7".
That's not a tool. No, Joe Morgan, being diminutive in size is not a tool, no matter how much you say it in one broadcast.
He has no arm strength.
No, making what is a routine play from short look like he is trying to gun out a guy at the plate also, is not a tool. It's in fact the polar opposite of a tool.
Zero power. I can see it now...
Joe's brain: Eckstein hit 3 grand slams in one year, that shows me he has some serious power" Fluke Joe, Fluke.
He hustles. Yes. That's correct. He does. So does about 99% of every other mother humping big leaguer. This takes no talent.
And no, this is not even an article about Eck. Or about how much Reggie is like his little twin. Reggie actually is better, bigger, stronger, faster, hits for more power, throws well, and was expected to be a big leaguer. Eckstein sucks. The rest of the article is about where Reggie came from or something. And how his sister could ball him up on the hardwood.
Wrap up: Reggie=tightness. Eckstein=overratedness.
Labels: Eckstein, hustle, Reggie