One day after Eric Bickel said he ‘would puke’ if the Commanders hired Eric Bieniemy as their new head coach, the EB hate train moved to its next stop: Nats Park?
Well, maybe in a time machine, as something a former National recently said irked Eric to the point of hatred.
“It confirmed a prior and makes me hate this guy – so Anthony Rendon, a guy that's making about $300 million playing baseball, is complaining that the season is too long,” Eric said. “I think there's some validity possibly, but this is a game that's giving you this spectacular life, and he's complaining that the season is too long - and that according to Jonathan Papelbon, he looks like he hates baseball, and that's what it looks like. 0He looks miserable out there, he plays 50-60 games a year, gets in a fight…you know what? I might hate him more than anybody in baseball right now, you ungrateful bastard!”
“He doesn't play that much baseball!” Cakes laughed, and as JP reminded EB that Rendon was part of the Nats’ World Series run, Eric still didn’t care, and Cakes couldn’t believe it.
“I remember Mike Rizzo had nothing but glowing things about his character, and when he was here with the Nats, he just seemed like he couldn't have been a nicer guy or better teammate,” Johnny said. “There's a completely different image of him now.”
“He always had that aura about him though, that was kind of indifferent,” Bish replied. “You didn't really know if he was too high, too low, if he was really into the game, if the wins or losses affect him.”
“Clearly at this point they don't,” EB shot back. “He's a miserable guy. I HATE Anthony Rendon. Write an article about that! I hate him. I agree that 162 games in 185 days, that's asking a lot, no question about it, but you know what? The sacrifices you've given? You signed the contract, like a $245 million deal, you barely play because you obviously don't love it – just quit, give the money back. I couldn't hate him more right now.”
We did write an article about it, EB, and you can listen to the Junkies’ entire discussion around his feelings above!