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.
2 Comments
I don’t understand. If you want this to be the last time you write about the incident, then why did you write more about it. Let it go – move on and give the Wingnuts and Kash a chance. We all need to give them positive support and let this drop. No one is perfect and we sure don’t need to keep going on about it. There are some fans in Wichita who are negative enough, they don’t need to keep the fires going. If you would have listened to the game last night, you would know the Wingnuts did a lot of good things and had a win. Why not talk about that?
blonde… your high horse just left town w/o you. For many of us, this issue wasn’t/isn’t over until there is contrition from Kash. I think we are seeing that now, which is a step in the right direction. Don’t kid yourself, Jeff is undoubtedly bombarded with emails and questions about it. Why did he write about it again (if he wants it to die down), is he HAS to. It’s still a story, and it’s still an emotional issue until it’s resolved within the community. Too many of us didn’t appreciate the antics. Jeff isn’t negative about it, just reporting the facts and the thoughts via blog that are on his mind. he isn’t being negative for not liking what Kash pulled. I hope that part 2 is what it is, Kash is sorry and moving on. Blonde, save your rage for your dog when you get home.