{"id":121495,"date":"2015-08-27T13:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monkeywithahalo.com\/?p=12749"},"modified":"2015-08-27T13:00:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T18:00:29","slug":"do-the-angels-care-the-monkey-investigates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/do-the-angels-care-the-monkey-investigates\/","title":{"rendered":"Do the Angels care? The Monkey investigates…"},"content":{"rendered":"
Exhibit\u00a0A As a result, we’ll have to resort to more crude methods of assessing the presence of a heart. Fortunately, I have the ability to divine this from words, words like those screamed by Jered Weaver during Tuesday’s win when he yelled at Mike Trout and Kole Calhoun for their lack or urgency in communicating who would catch a flyball, resulting in a double. While we didn’t hear the tirade that gross display of not caring triggered, Jered Weaver did explain it after the fact<\/a>, on the record:<\/p>\n “It wasn’t directed toward the guys in the outfield at all,’ Weaver said. “It was just more trying to get the guys fired up, trying to get guys motivated. I haven’t really been that vocal this year. It’s been obviously not the way I wanted my season to go.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n You know what that translates to? A team with no heart. Teams with a heart wouldn’t need to be yelled at to know how to catch a flyball. A common misconception in baseball is that you catch with your glove, but those who follow the game closely know you catch with your\u00a0heart.<\/p>\n Did Trout or Calhoun catch the ball? No. Therefore, no heart!<\/p>\n Compounding their guilt is the way the Angels responded to this rant. Oh, sure, they came back from that reckless heartlessness to win the game, but these tin men showed up the very next game to get one-hit by Justin Verlander. Their brief display of heart the game before was just window dressing. Weaver knew that, which is why he admitted the team needed to be “fired up.” Brave, intelligent fans could also see right through the charade:<\/p>\n @karlravechespn<\/a> funny you mention the Angels I turned them off and am watching the llws hahahah!! Good call @Angels<\/a> have no heart!!<\/p>\n — Sean \ud83d\udd95\u270c\ufe0f\ud83d\ude11 (@Baseball_Fan_34) August 27, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n<\/em>Determining whether or not a team has heart\u00a0would seem like an easy task. Alas, we lack access to medical records thanks to privacy laws. THANKS, OBAMA!<\/p>\n\n