Bench players should be able to run, throw and play a couple of different position. Hitting from a bench player is a luxury. The other skills are a necessity. Nava had an extraordinary OBP. Without that, he is a zero.
Showalter was patting himself on the back for his genius in gamesmanship for outsmarting farrell. The beauty of baseball is that brains has little to do with success. Many stupid people have been good managers.
Yep, I understand. I was just pointing out that "good riddance" is not in the spirit of accord and might spur nastiness when he returns. Do we really need to go down that road all over again?