I'm trying to understand, but I don't understand!
Indeed, I don't understand how a baseball player can be proud to say in an interview that for him, baseball is not his priority. To reiterate by claiming that it is simply a job.
In my opinion, it is an insult to his bosses, his teammates and especially the fans, who, unlike him, have baseball at heart and their favorite team is a priority in their lives!
This is a lack of tact, class and professionalism.
The Anthony Rendon case
It was none other than the already controversial Los Angeles Angels third baseman, Anthony Rendon, who made this statement.
To justify himself, the 33-year-old athlete said his priorities in life were his family and his faith and that baseball was just a job to support himself and his family.
In life, we cannot be against virtue. It is normal for family to be a priority. It comes before everything. He also has the right to have faith, so much the better for him.
On the other hand, I think it would be possible to have more than one or two priorities in life. If his family is a priority, his work to provide for them should be a priority then!
The problem there, unlike the vast majority of ordinary people, is that Rendon does not fear for his job security. He doesn't fear the end of the month either. Inflation, the increase in interest rates, the cost of a grocery basket, the price of a liter of gasoline, he doesn't care about all that. Rendon is sitting out his seven-year, $245 million contract. He laughs in the face of ordinary citizens like you and me, because his natural talent in life earns him $35 million annually, whether he works or not!
He doesn't like his job and work for paycheck only
Since he signed his big contract four years ago, Anthony Michael Rendon, his full name, only played 200 games out of a possible 546. I did the math for you, it's a participation rate of 36.63%. Since he doesn't like his job, this makes him really happy.
I'm going to speculate here, but I'll explain what is most likely happening in his case:
Since Rendon doesn't like baseball, he doesn't take his training seriously. As he doesn't take his training seriously, he gets injured. Since he doesn't like his job, he doesn't take his rehabilitation seriously. Since he doesn't take his rehabilitation seriously, he doesn't play, and since he doesn't like baseball, it makes him happy.
To quote Eugène Ionesco in The Bald Singer: Take a circle, caress it, it will become vicious. That’s exactly what Rendon does.
By the way, I'm not the one making up the fact that our dear Rendon doesn't like baseball. I'm also not making up the fact that he's basically a terrible human being. The Passion MLB team has already covered the subject numerous times.
Like here, where he said that a baseball season is way too long and that there should be fewer games. Following this claim, his former teammate, Jonathan Papelbon, another middle number, confirmed that Rendon hated baseball. I tend to believe Papelbon, despite his faults.
Imagine poor Mike Trout, who absolutely wants to win with the Angels and who is stuck with a guy like that as a teammate in his quest for victory…
Or here, where we told you that he had physically attacked a supporter.
Or here, where he was arrogant with journalists who are only doing their job, which is to be the link between fans who love baseball and the team.
In short, Anthony Rendon is a real disgrace. I strongly suggest that he go to work for a day in a shop, in a school or hospital so that he can see how lucky he is to play baseball. Because yes yes, his work is a game, after all!
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