The Jerk Store: Aki Iwamura
Do the honorable thing, Aki, and just end it.... please, Pirate Fans everywhere just want it over
Aki Iwamura should consider the dishonor that he has brought upon himself, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the city of Pittsburgh and his homeland of Japan. It is time for him to commit Seppuku (ritual suicide). If he has any respect for bushido (the samurai warrior code of honor and discipline) he will break a bat over his knee and drive the sharp splintered pine into his belly. Hara-kiri which literally means “stomach cutting” should be an option for Russell, Huntington and Nutting at this point as well.
How can Aki collect his $4.8 million dollar salary? By the way, he is the highest paid player in the Pirates' clubhouse. It is actually criminal what he is doing out there. First is his batting average which has risen to .173 from what should have been a terminal low of .149. The fact that Russell kept trotting him out there as he floundered in a 1 for 43 stretch at one point this season should be grounds for institutionalization of a manager. The man has only nine RBIs…and that includes the two homeruns he hit this season.
Then there was the report that management was working with Aki on his double play pivot. The fact that a 31-year old second baseman, who is making nearly five million, needs to work on his double play move had me ready to drive to Pittsburgh with gasoline, matches and directions to PNC Park. I don't care about his knee surgery or his knee brace.
It only took until this past weekend for Pirates' management to realize that they were playing with eight players in the lineup instead of the more traditional nine. Once they figured that out, Russell benched Aki in favor of hometown prospect and first round draft pick Neil Walker.
Word was that Aki did not take the demotion well and was said to be “upset.” Iwamura, who has the infielder range of a 400 pound woman in a Hoveround, was regularly booed while giving up on routine ground balls hit within reaching distance of his left and right hands. What right does he have to be upset? Apparently, apathy does not get upset until you bench it.
So, Aki, do the right thing and instead of collecting your paycheck as part of a dishonorable death on the bench, calmly disembowel yourself in silence. It is the honorable thing to do.
Otherwise live in disgrace in the Jerk Store.
Thanks for coming and suckling on Daddy's Sugar Ball...
Bearcat
Posted by Bearcat at 6/1/2010 1:00 PM 
Categories: Jerk Store
Tags: Bob Nutting Neil Walker Neal Huntington seppuku Aki Iwamura John Russell Pittsburgh Pirates
Categories: Jerk Store
Tags: Bob Nutting Neil Walker Neal Huntington seppuku Aki Iwamura John Russell Pittsburgh Pirates
As pathetic as this is, keep in mind that between the years 2000 and 2009, Josh Fogg has teh most wins of any pitcher for the Pirates with 39. They might as well leave this bum in to see if he can figure out how to play.
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It's the Pirates. Until they get ownership that actually cares, its going to be more of the same. And for anybody that ever screams salary cap, for the Pirates (and a few other teams), it won't work.
Someone has to round the money together, and turn that thing around in Pittsburgh. Its sad seeing a team with so much history be treated like it is.
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Right on Steudler47... Until the current ownership group is run out of town (and I think that is what it will take) the Pirates will just suck. Thanks for reading.
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