TUCK! sez: Media runs on Duncan

I didn’t get this at first.  Then I remembered trying to get people to not boo Izzy last year.

They are very similar the more I think about it.  I had to defend both of them a lot in their last years.  I had been defending both of these players while they were performing well and it carried over to when they were tanking.

Izzy because he always “makes it interesting.”  Cards fans would say this if a man got on base in the 9th.  If 1 man gets on base, that’s a 1.0 WHIP.  Not considered bad.

Duncan was hated because of his defense (even when he was hitting).  Even though his defense numbers weren’t as bad as people thought.

What does Media Runs On Duncan mean?  I thought the fans gave them this treatment.  At least the unfair treatment.

Full disclosure, I am a Cardinals fan.  Chris Duncan would have been fine if he had taken himself out of consideration (because of the injuries he is now using as the excuse for his utter lack of power the past two years) or if the managers and coaches would have stopped playing him.  It’s hard to argue there was no nepotism involved in his playing time considering he was only in the lineup to hit for power and he stopped doing that two and a half years ago.  Duncan’s reactions the past few months only increase the evidence that Duncan was unable to separate the business and performance relationship from the personal.  No one expected Dave Duncan to stop being a father, but he shouldn’t act like his son was singled out because of his name, when it was actually because of his performance on the field (real or perceived).