Chicago Cubs: Apparently, Kris Bryant is a “Loser”

This guy is definitely the moral compass we’ve all been looking for.

First of all, does Molina even like St. Louis? I mean, he obviously likes winning and they’ve had a good team almost the entire time he’s been playing.  He probably likes the fans, who are, admittedly, very passionate and knowledgeable about their Redbirds. He also undoubtedly likes their money, as he’s been paid handsomely in his time there.  But, we’re not talking about any of those things.

Kris Bryant said no one wants to go there because the city is boring, not because the team stinks or the fans aren’t great. He’s also making jokes and talking to Cubs’ fans at a Cubs’ convention. Think he might be trying to excite the fans by degrading the enemy and giving his own fans something to cheer about during a long, cold winter?  (Think he maybe talked to his former friend and teammate Dexter Fowler about the differences between St. Louis and Chicago?  Or better yet, maybe his current teammate, Jason Heyward?)

Why is Molina even listening to anything that comes out of the Cubs’ Convention? Better yet, why does he even care? His team has added Paul Goldschmidt and Andrew Miller, probably the two biggest names so far this winter. Dude, grab a Snickers and chill out with an umbrella drink on a beach somewhere.

If you look at what Molina wrote on his Instagram page, it’s grammatically incorrect stream-of-consciousness that ridicules Bryant for being stupid when his own hashtag reads “#cerorespectforthisstupidplayers.” So, just to get this straight- another player is stupid for saying a city you just happen to play baseball in is boring, but saying “this stupid players” is cool?  Forget the grammatical faux pas, and we’re still left with Molina disrespecting another player when his whole issue with the feigned affront is a lack of respect. Things that make you go hmmm.

Como el tigre o el gato pequeño?

To make Bryant’s inane offense even more ludicrous, Marcell Ozuna and John Brebbia (he of the 1.6 career WAR) both felt the need to pipe up from their social media gallery, again calling Bryant a “loser,” and insinuating Bryant is a “little cat” rather than a “tiger.”

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I feel the need to pull out the Gene Wilder/Willy Wonka meme and change it to ask, “Tell me again, Marcell what have you ever won?”  Since Ozuna and Brebbia are such experts on being winners, we should definitely take them at their word in believing that Kris Bryant is a crybaby loser and that St. Louis is a super exciting city for visiting players and fans.

Maybe Ozuna should do a little homework on the “little cat,” because since Bryant’s arrival, the Cubs have won 400 games, a World Series, six playoff series, and two outright Central Crowns while tying for a third this past season.

In that same time span, St. Louis has won one Central Crown (while Ozuna was playing with the incredibly “successful” Miami Marlins) and was bounced by the Cubs in the playoffs. Oh, and the “little cat” also has a Rookie of the Year and an MVP trophy sitting on his little mantle.  How many of either do you have, Marcel? How ’bout you, John?

What is there to do in St. Louis anyhow?

I went to the zoo in St. Louis when I was a kid.  I also went to Purina Farms.  We had a great time! There’s Grant’s Farm and the Anheuser Busch Brewery Tour.  Then there’s always the Gateway Arch. I honestly don’t know what else there is to do in St. Louis besides go to Busch Stadium because I haven’t been there since the early 1990s. I couldn’t tell you about the nightlife or what there is for fans and players coming in for a series.  However, according to both Dempster and Bryant, it’s not the most exciting place in the world.  It’s definitely not the cultural, historical, social, or even sporting destination that Chicago is.

In addition to the lack of appealing attractions in the city, not all players seem to enjoy the Cardinals’ way or how the team has been run in recent history.  Judging by the Sports Illustrated story on Tommy Pham from last season, it doesn’t seem like he’s a big fan and will be clamoring for a return to the Gateway City any time soon.

Regardless of how anyone feels about the city of St. Louis, or whether players actually want to go there in free agency, it seems to me this a case of a player issuing an off the cuff, all-in-good-fun statement that most baseball fans and players would agree with or, at worst, treat with indifference.  And, somehow, Molina, Ozuna, and Brebbia somehow all took offense to the most innocuous of comments because they just happen to play baseball in the city of St. Louis.

Hopefully, winter will be over soon, so dramatic inanity like this won’t clog headlines and we can see what happens on the field between KB and the Redbirds.