Ignorant

ig⋅no⋅rant

  [ig-ner-uhnt] Show IPA

–adjective

1.	lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.

2.	lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact: ignorant of quantum physics.

3.	uninformed; unaware.

4.	due to or showing lack of knowledge or training: an ignorant statement.

Straight up, I cannot stand ignorant people. Obviously we are all ignorant in certain areas and subjects, but please don't talk about things in a public forum when you don't know anything. Many of you may know that I am a very big fan and supporter of Alex Rodriguez. I 100% excuse him for not being "clutch." (It is simply not true, but for those who want to take one series performance and judge him based on it, I will cater to you.)

Lately, Rodriguez has been struggling a bit, since returning from hip surgery. He has hit just .213, but manages to get on base a beastly 37.1% of the time. If that is not a sign of respect from opposing pitchers, I don't know what is.

When hitters slump, they tend to spiral down even further and get over-anxious, chasing bad pitches that "wasn't you" or should have "leave that." For someone to not fall into that hole and manage to keep his approach sound enough to still help the team generate runs and score, is something clearly very undervalued.

I read in the New York Post today that when Arod pinch hit (said to be the hardest thing to do in baseball) for someone late in the game on Saturday, he "merely drew a walk." How ignorant can you be? If they don't pitch to you, they don't pitch to you. Let me take you through the at-bat pitch by pitch:

1. 94mph fastball- low, 1-0
2. 86mph - up and away, 2-0
3. fastball- strike at the knees, 2-1
4. 94mph fastball- inside, 3-1
5. 95mph fastball- inside, ball four.

It should be known that the strike that he took, crossed the lower half of hit knees and was deemed "borderline" by the announcer. He never saw a single pitch in the wheelhouse. Do you want him to chase?

Lastly, lets review the situation of the game. He came up with a man on first, top of the 8th, his team down 2-1, and nobody out. On the first pitch, the runner stole second. After Arod's plate appearance, it was first and second, nobody out, his team down by a single run.

"Merely drew a walk."