True, except I sorta believe, over time, if you get the less important outs, you won't need to get the more important outs. And if you can't do the former, I'm not going to give you many opportunities to do the latter.
Van, my man: big time sports radio, in addition to the scorching hot takes, usually features free stuff. Giveaways. "Fifth caller gets this." "Ninth caller gets that." "Sign up on the show page to win 2 free tickets to this weekend's big tractor pull at the civic center/airport/tire shop" etc etc. When can we expect similar free swag here on the whine line?
It's almost like you're saying a player's on field performance should dictate whether or not they get a pass for everything else. And/or writers and team officials should keep their mouths shut about potential developing problems until the full damage is done.
Reusse is a smart guy, who knows people and knows baseball. We'll see how it plays out, but I wouldn't be quick to dismiss out of hand what he has to say.