I suspect a fair number of people would have hated Trey less had he never been to Japan. But they think he is bringing “Japanese baseball” over here, and don’t like it.

See Ned Yost. Manages in a nearly indistuingashble way from Hillman, but is American through and through in terms of baseball background and so he gets not a fraction of the shit for doing the exact same things- Dumb bunts, dumb steals, dumb lineups, dumb PH, dumb bullpen management.

taller.

shorter.

often enough.