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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Because it's self-aggrandizing schlock.
Most of the people giving the guy an ovation have no earthly idea who he is, it's just the new guy to them. Well where the hell was their ovation for Cishek? Broxton? Piscotty?
This was just a bunch of 'gee shucks' fans wanting to feel good about themselves so they applauded a guy who's done nothing to help this team win and in fact has actively impeded those efforts.
When everyone's special, nobody's special. If you're giving standing ovations to throwaway trash like Brandon Moss just because he's wearing the birds on his chest, then the ovations mean absolutely nothing.
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I don't see it as recognizing someone special as just "welcome to the team" and as such (particularly for Piscotty,) there is something to recognizing someone new. Different fans every night, but I get the consistency arguments as well.
Now if he continues to suck, gets released and returns here as a Marlin and the fans give him a standing O, then I could see the level of angst. One time, welcome, not a problem.