Hal McCoy Is Trying Too Hard

This never happened

According to Hal McCoy, Homer Bailey isn't in the majors because he's not a great kid.

Paul Janish, a great kid, is here. Jay Bruce, a great kid, is here. Homer Bailey is not here. And notice I didn’t use the word great.

You wonder, just wonder, now that he has seen Janish and Bruce leave Louisville, along with Andy Phillips, can Bailey just adjust his attitude and work ethic, show some spunk instead of snarkiness and get himself up here.

It was no accident that Bruce got pie-faced and water soaked by his teammates after his debut and hardly any teammate paid attention when Bailey was here last year. Bruce is well-liked. Bailey is aloof. A loner. There is a reason for that.

Yep he nailed it. Jay Bruce, and Paul Janish got the call to the majors because they are great people. Is it that easy? Now that McCoy has dropped this bomb on all the minor leagues I expect thousands of call ups in the next 24 hours.

Of course its easy to explain Hal McCoy's problem seeing why Bailey isn't in the majors. Oh look I can take cheap shots also, but at least I'm not doing it to a 22 year old kid because he didn't give me a great interview.