Murray Chass on Eaton
November 9th, 2008 by MattRetired New York Times baseball writer (and Hall of Famer) Murray Chass, has an interesting column on his website about Adam Eaton being on the outside looking in for the Phils’ World Series run.
Consider this snippet:
Asked if the Phillies’ pitching coach, Rich Dubee, worked with him to fix his problems, Eaton said, “I don’t know if Rich knew what was wrong. He didn’t see a lot of me, when I was good, for him to look at video and know what I’m supposed to look like. For him to try to create something when he didn’t know what it used to be, it’s kind of tough.”
When Eaton returned to the Phillies, he didn’t pitch, not even in relief. There were a few times the Phillies needed a starter, but it was never Eaton. Why not? “You’d have to ask them,” he said. “I didn’t ask them. There wasn’t necessarily a lot of communication.”
The whole article is a real window into how Eaton handled watching the playoff run from his living room. Right where he belonged.
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