we’re so insanely spoiled around here.  the local media doesn’t do us any favors with BS like this.

Tired of hearing stupid stuff about Adrian. I think what he had said about the collapse last year is fine. Time to move on. He’s a great player and I’m glad to have him on the team.

 WTF did I just read? Seriously, WTF?

There are much worse “personality” problems on this team than Adrian Gonzalez.  I heard Dennis and Callahan talking about this and I had to shut it off.  Saying that for 154 million you should have leadership qualities?  They pay money for stats, not personality.  Everyone on this team is grown men.  They shouldn’t need people to call them out.  Isn’t this the same team that payed Manny 160 million bucks?  AND won 2 world series with him?  And people are calling Adrian Gonzalez a problem?  I understand, Kirk, that you basically agree that his stats are what matter.  But there are some others that work for this station and fans around that are too obsessed with this stuff.

are you saying he has a personality problem?  A mental problem?  What did I just read?

Is this some sort of strange way of insinuating (or flat-out stating) that Boston is racist?

whether you agree with his opinion or not, I would rather a player voice his opinions and beliefs when asked about them than someone who just says what everyone wants to hear. Isn’t that what reporters want? The players true opinion? The media ask these athletes what they think about things and then rip them apart if they give an answer they don’t like.
Now I will agree that A-Gon did stick his foot in his mouth with his response to the chicken and beer question ;P 

Agreed.  If players want to win, I want them to show it on the field.  They don’t need to say it just so they look like a win-first kind of guy.  Has Adrian Gonzalez said all the right things? by no means.  But if he hits 40 homeruns this year and bats 300 again, I really could care less.

Kirk you are such a douche …all you do is post negative things …. I hope I see you out someday. 
A better article is… is it fair to say Kirk is a non -creative loser who can’t generate interest in an article so he has to just bash every player?   

I strongly believe his shoulder and swing were affected by the all-star home run derby…He will come in healthy and we will all forget about the second half of last season….

He needs to be more a productive hitter against divisional rivals.

Kirk Minihane=fuking jacka$$

Get a life kirk, find a new career, sounds like you lost a step, go hang out with randy moss

My only issue with the “God’s plan” comment was that, to me, it was a time for personal responsibility and I felt like Gonzalez punted to God on that one. I have to admit, though, that I don’t care for the guy’s general demeanor. I was listening to the podcast of his interview with ESPN Boston yesterday and had to shut it off halfway through because I couldn’t stand listening to him. But, at the end of the day, he’s getting paid to play baseball, so as long as he produces on the field, one can’t really expect more. One might hope for more, but you can’t expect it.

If he can produce like Boggs then his personality is not a problem. he is paid to produce in BB and not be a public relations saint.

No he isn’t like Brewski or Pedroia.  If Kirk is right, will Arian be treated by Boston like the Yankees fans have treated Arod?  It took him many years before he was portrayed as “one of us”. If AGon hits as well as he did last year for the next few years, I don’t think anyone here will care.  Fans in Boston care about performance.  The fire would endear him, but its not necessary for him to be considered worth it. 

stupid stupid stupid

You are a jerk. Now, go find something wrong with, hmm, yourself.

Hey Chariman12347 are you calling Kirk out what does that mean. Just because you don’t like his article that means that you are threatening him. How would you like it if you were at work and did something we did not like and threatened you. Criticize his article but don’t threaten. That is so stupid.

where did I threaten him? I do not see any threat in what I wrote.. because I say I hope I see him out?  That is a threat?  That is not a threat in any way shape or form.  That is me saying I hope I see him out so I may tell him personally what I think and not hide behind the internet.  What is stupid is guys like you saying that threats are being thrown out when it is not the case.  So stay in your mom’s basement playing Dungeons and Dragon and get off of here.

Every single word of this article is ridiculous. I’m just glad that I’m part of a fan base that has enough sense to call you out on your BS. You’d probably be better suited working a cash register somewhere. 

Look writer, I understand that you are sore that you were cut from your T-ball team because you had no talent…unfortunately, your sports analysis skills are even worse.  Perhaps you could get a job as a pigeon poop picker-upper…

This is one of the worst baseball articles I have ever read, and I’ve been reading Red Sox articles in Boston papers since 1972.  This guy is just plain wrong and stupid.

This is insane, I don’t like the tone. He didn’t say anything wrong. People like you just twist his words.

This article is a piece of garbage.

He’s not a clutch hitter. He;s also not a leader.

Just because he has faith does not make him any less committed to winning…and he is a team guy…he knows and the sox know that he signed a below market rate to come to the sox..because he wanted to win….yeah he is making a shitload of cash…but he is making a lot less than Pujols or Fielder…he signd a fair…but team friendly contract.

An All Star and a class guy period. Get a life, Kirk.

This whole article is a joke

I got one paragraph into this article and said to myself, “I’ll be Kirk Minihane wrote this bs.”  Scrolled up and sure enough, seriously man you need to take the tampon out of your wiener.  Adrian is awesome and there is no reason to even begin an article that would blame him.  It wasn’t his fault the Sox missed the playoffs, please keep the focus on the right place.  Lack of leadership and discipline, poor pitching when we needed reliability, and poor team chemistry.  It’s not rocket science, it’s baseball. 

Plain and simple:  He doesn’t get us yet.  He may never.  Although I think after another season he may catch on.

Gonzo is a fine player, he just sucks against the Yankees and tampa, its because he has never played in a meaniful game in his life. What pressure did he ever have in SD. Its funny when the sox were finished last year he blamed it on injuries, how about saying we sucked and i didn’t do what i was supposed to do to help us win. Instead he had excuses, he is classless.

Read the article. Reconfigured my news reader so that I receive feeds from Messrs. Bradford and Speier instead of the whole Full Count blog.

Some things best left unsaid are likewise best left unread and life is too short to be spent reading a minor league Dan Shaughnessy….

You must be really scrappin’ for subject matter . . . this is utterly lame.  Especially the remark about San Diegans not caring about much of anything but guacamole and Kardashians.  The K-Crew in LA, Dimwit, and I’ve never seen anyone more nuts for guacamole than New Yorkers on Hudson Street.  Find something worthwhile to write about.

Typical case of GIGO – garbage in, garbage out.  Is this the best WEEI can come up with?

AG will give you 110% every game, that’s what we expect from the atheletes in this city. I’m not worried about his No.’s because he will produce, if Every other player around him produces to their potential, he’ll be the 5 (BA, HR, RBI, OPS, Hits) headed monster at the plate that we all know he is.

Where did this preconceived notion come from that players have to pump fists and shout and “be a  leader” to be legit?  Personally, I like guys like JD Drew… I have more respect for the player shows his personality through his bat and glove… through his game.  It’s more professional to just play, after all this is a business for them, it’s entertainment for us.  All they have to worry about at the end of the day is what they, as an individual did, because that is what will determine their next pay check.

As long as the player doesn’t leave anything on the field (gave 110%, whatever you wanna call it) I could care less how they behave after a loss or win.

I will never click on an article written by you again.  Seriously ridiculous.

Adrian is a bit of dolt that hides behind platitudes. Minihane is dead on here.

Why is WEEI paying Minihane?  Dead serious, get better writers, he sounds like one of my dumb friends…he has to be trolling us, right?  Citing BA/RBIs/hits/Gold Gloves, etc?  B-R over Fangraphs?  Ugh, how do you expect to stay relevant when the readers are more informed than the writers and hosts?  Give Alex Speier more of a platform, I’m sick of these lazy, uninformed articles from simple people like Minihane.  The large majority of writers in this town are too lazy to educate themselves on the sports they cover, so they try and make up narratives to explain performance fluctuations, which they’ve been doing for decades…but at least cite the proper numbers.  Although this sounds like a personal attack, it’s not, there are more terrible writers associated with EEI..but at the end of the day when you are this bad at your job, you deserve criticism.  I’m sure he’s a great person, but cmon, this is the best you can do?

I disagree with most of the responders here. Adrian’s attitude was an issue(for me anyway). He was part of the “lack of accountability club” at the end of the season, trying to blame their issues on everything but themselves. It was the schedule’s fault, it was God’s fault, it wasn’t meant to be… yea ok.

What did I read again. Adrian is the best in the sox team a true leader … And he did his best we need this guy.. Idk what’s wrong with this stupid writer just let it go man you suck .. We love Adrian … And u mr writer I hope u get fired

i agreed tite up to the point of chicken and beer  what he meant to imply is that if eating food wether it is chicken or steak  makes u lose  all those games then just blow up the team and get people who dont get hungry.  just because there athlete’s and have high metabalisms  u should starve them or would u rather they eat before the game so can be full and content  they werent eating in the first inning it was towards end of 3hour game that the sox avg’ed.  Bunch of MEDIA DUPED  listerners

WHY DID U HAVE TO GO THERE [moss] LEAVE HIM ALONE HE DID GOOD HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Help me understand the point of this blog. *doink*

Nobody cares about baseball in San Diego? Are you ignorant, stupid, or both? I’m sorry we don’t have a franchise who tries and fails to buy championships. I’m also sorry we don’t have bandwagon fans like Boston has.

Gonzo had a excellent year by any standard. He is professional hitter who is patient and makes consistent contact with the fat part of the bat. What puzzles me is his ability to hit some many home runs, some very long shots, in the home run derby and his mediocre home run production during the season.  Strange!   

You seem to have said a lot about nothing.  Leave the guy alone and let him do his thing.  Why are you so negative about a guy that did so much for the team?

As a Padre fan, and San Diego resident, I’d take Adrian back in a heartbeat; but you can keep this  Kirk guy (If he ever actually really lived here – Kardashians? That’s so LA).  Gonzalez is a Pro.  He goes out every day and plays hard.  Sorry he’s not a good interview, I know how you love your “idiots”.

Excellent read!

Seriously, did they pay you to write this crap?

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Adrian other than his being victimized and bashed by this insipid article. Adrian had an exemplary year last year, viewed in the light of his coming from the Padres. Just wait for this year, kids, he’ll be even better.
As for you, Kirk, I would, if I were you, consider another line of work. Construction, maybe?

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