Dominic Smith deserves his own thread

[Benjamin Grimm]

I admire him so much.

[whippoorwill]

Me too!

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

More power to him.

[RealityChuck]

I've always been rooting for him as he came up through the minors, though only because of his stats. Seeing his attitude, starting last spring when he essentially lost any chance at starting to Pete Alonso, yet showed no bitterness, and cheered Pete along, impressed me mightily.



And after last night, I'm even more impressed. He's a real mensch.

[ashie62]

I do too. He may outlast Brodie.

[Benjamin Grimm]

It's so much nicer to have guys like him on our team than someone like Aubrey Huff.

[The Hot Corner]

Count me among the Dominic Smith fans. He seems like a good guy and he has obviously worked hard to earn his place on the roster.

[Edgy MD]

=RealityChuck post_id=44867 time=1598579566 user_id=82]
I've always been rooting for him as he came up through the minors, though only because of his stats. Seeing his attitude, starting last spring when he essentially lost any chance at starting to Pete Alonso, yet showed no bitterness, and cheered Pete along, impressed me mightily.



And after last night, I'm even more impressed. He's a real mensch.

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: It's so much nicer to have guys like him on our team than someone like Aubrey Huff.

Aubrey Huff, btw, is at it again with a (say it with me folks) "since deleted tweet" where he praised the Kenosha shooter.

Not the cop but the 17 y/o who killed two in one of the ensuing protest/riots. Called him a "national treasure".

[batmagadanleadoff]

That guy, at some point, hadda be Curt Schilliing's roommate.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

What a great band name: The Since-Deleted Tweets.



The whole Dom Smith angle is just fascinating.



The initial hype, followed by iirc, some smartassy comment from (I think-does anyone else remember this?) Keith Law tearing him down as a young prospect, chatter about his weight and attitude, dismissal that eventually permeated the fan base, amazon comeback. Currently he's way better than Alonso, and the very soul of the team

[MFS62]

=RealityChuck post_id=44867 time=1598579566 user_id=82]
And after last night, I'm even more impressed. He's a real mensch.

[MFS62]

The Nets owners have heard the message, too. They are donating $50 million to prove it.:

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/25/brooklyn-nets-nba-owners-50-million-create-economic-mobility-black-community.htmlhttps://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/25/brooklyn-nets-nba-owners-50-million-create-economic-mobility-black-community.html

The Brookyn Nets' owners will donate $50 million over 10 years to support economic mobility in the Black community.

Later

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: What a great band name: The Since-Deleted Tweets. The whole Dom Smith angle is just fascinating. The initial hype, followed by iirc, some smartassy comment from (I think-does anyone else remember this?) Keith Law tearing him down as a young prospect, chatter about his weight and attitude, dismissal that eventually permeated the fan base, amazon comeback. Currently he's way better than Alonso, and the very soul of the team

I believe I am confusing Law's comments on Greg Vaughn's brother, whatever his name was, for Smith. Anyway.

[LWFS]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: What a great band name: The Since-Deleted Tweets. The whole Dom Smith angle is just fascinating. The initial hype, followed by iirc, some smartassy comment from (I think-does anyone else remember this?) Keith Law tearing him down as a young prospect, chatter about his weight and attitude, dismissal that eventually permeated the fan base, amazon comeback. Currently he's way better than Alonso, and the very soul of the team I believe I am confusing Law's comments on Greg Vaughn's brother, whatever his name was, for Smith. Anyway.

Possibly, but there was definitely quite a bit of whinging about the weight/supposedly diminished defensive range during Dom's first couple of minor-league scuffles.

[G-Fafif]

Dominic Smith deserves his own follow-up article.

“On that day, we didn't talk about it,” he finally says. “Everybody pretty much walked around like nothing's happening in the world. Obviously we have a job to do, so we kind of leave politics out of the locker room and kind of focus on the task at hand.” So he decided to kneel. Afterward, some of his teammates told him they were disappointed in the gesture—but not for the reason he'd feared. “They were pretty upset that I didn't tell them that I was going to take a knee,” he says. “Because they wanted to be there by me while I did it and to show their support out there on the field.” It's worth mentioning that those players could still have demonstrated once they saw him go down, or even on their own. But in a sport as conservative as baseball, their reaction is progress. And he saw even more progress the next day, when he headed to the park fully expecting to play. Manager Luis Rojas called a team meeting at 3 p.m. The players and staff discussed how much Smith's words had affected them. They decided they didn't want to play that night—and that they wanted to make a statement. After discussions with the Marlins, they settled on a plan: They would take the field at 7:10, as scheduled, and stand for the national anthem. Then they would pause for a 42-second moment of silence, in honor of Jackie Robinson, and walk off the field. They would leave a Black Lives Matter T-shirt on home plate. “To see my team rally behind me, and show their support for me, my community, where I come from—it was something that I've never felt before,” Smith says now. “And I felt very honored.” Smith spoke, and people listened. In some ways, the moment was small. But it was also crucial. Smith's message that night resonated: He matters. The kids at Baseball Generations matter. Black lives matter. The worst night of his season was the most impressive of his career.

https://www.si.com/mlb/2020/09/17/dominic-smith-new-york-metshttps://www.si.com/mlb/2020/09/17/dominic-smith-new-york-mets