In his letter to the American Association, Wingnuts manager Kash Beauchamp was attempting to make one of two points. Either:
1. The league wants me to be sorry? Here’s a 10-paragraph (or however many) e-mail. I’ll show them how sorry I am. I’ll overdo it.
Or:
2. I’ve put a lot of thought into it the last few days and I really am sorry for going overboard and bringing so much negative attention to myself and the team.
I’m 25 and not as cynical as some people in this business who have been around a while and have become embittered by sports constantly changing for the worse. I understand that outlook. But I hope Kash, who I’ve come to know well and have a good relationship with, wouldn’t pull the wool over my eyes and express contrition to me just to sell the letter. I don’t think he would do that.
Kash in defense mode and Kash in humble mode are two very different people. In the days immediately following the incident, people came after him pretty hard and he felt the need, for some reason, to stand his ground and say he wouldn’t have changed anything and express no remorse.
Now that the attention has died down, I think Kash has gotten off defense mode and thought about all of it and realized that really nothing good has come from it. He’s a smart guy, so he has the capability to be playing the league and not really be sorry at all. But I truly believe he learned from this and will change. At least I hope so, because I’d like to see him stay in Wichita.
I hope that’s the last I write about all of this. Everybody deserves to move on now. Let’s get back to baseball.