I wrote a piece on Blake Sabol and the San Francisco Giants catching conundrum in March, cheekily comparing Sabol to the greatest band of all time while referring to Patrick Bailey as the pitching coach Andrew (amazing how far off my radar he was).
Some things have changed since then, and some things haven’t. The Beatles cultural cache has not waned in these past 9 months (miraculously!), Andrew Bailey is no longer with the organization, and the not-related Patrick seems primed to be behind the Oracle dish for a long time. If Joey Bart wasn’t feeling a bit like the Fredo of the bunch back in the spring, he certainly is now: frustrated, stepped over, drunkenly walking up to Bailey at the team holiday party and shouting: “I can handle things…not like everyone says, like I’m dumb…I’m smart, and I want respect!