Rob Dibble will probably spend his next two days off clubbing baby seals.

 

(That's Rob Dibble on the left in the MASN TV booth high above Nationals Park. Photo by Nationals Enquirer staff.)

Score another one for the Internet. As reported earlier this afternoon everywhere, Rob Dibble will take at least the next two games off to let his latest incendiary comments blow over -- you know, the ones where he said Stephen Strasburg should just suck it up and pitch through the pain. Ray Knight will sit in Rob's chair next to Bob Carpenter (here's hoping Ray brought his telestrator pen!) for the next two games. The deposed Village Idiot of Nats Town, Stan Kasten, had a fantastic take on Dibs' days off, via Nationals Journal:

"Rob asked for some time off. Perhaps he's not feeling well. But I'm not a doctor, nor have I seen his records. So I shouldn't say anything more about it."
(Stan Kasten, via Nationals Journal, 8/25/2010)

Good one, Stan! Say what you want about Ol' Dibs, but the guy is a pro -- he's playing up his role as heel of NatsTown to perfection. Unfortunately this isn't pro wrestling. But personally, it feels like we've reached a tipping point, where listening/reading everybody bashing Rob Dibble has almost become more annoying than listening to Rob Dibble.

NTP Nate offers some good advice as usual: mute button.

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Comments

[DVDA]

Dibble is an all star commentator. I would be greatly dissapointed if he left DC. The hypersensitive PC-types are pacifying America.

[yourmom]

This isn't a PC thing. He fucking sucks. He's dumb as shit and has never been funny. Oh, and he is retarded. See? Got nothing to do with PC.

[natsfan1a]

Disclaimer: I don't find listening to Dibble annoying, but I do find the bashing annoying. Actually, more like sad. It's not everybody. Just some very vocal bloggers, imho (present company excepted). If the team were to let him go over targeted attacks by bloggers, I'd be very disappointed. What sort of precedent does that set?

I also don't understand why, if people find him so annoying, they listen to his tv and radio broadcasts. I'm assuming that they do, because they quote excerpts from both in their screeds against him. Mostly, I'm just not a fan of ad hominem attacks or smear campaigns, which all of this is starting to feel like to me. I just don't get the all the vitriol. If you don't like it, then don't listen. Kind of like I do with some blogs (again, nothing against this one).

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listening/reading everybody bashing Rob Dibble has almost become more annoying than listening to Rob Dibble.

[Adam]

Has anyone else noticed the back and forth with Dibs' comments. I loved him when he was the ultimate homer; getting up in arms about blown calls and blasting the team for poor defense. But lately it seems he's taken a step (or been directed to?) towards just plain critical of the team, especially with his latest comments. I liked the passionate Dibs, I don't like Dibs the jealous, glory-day fogey.

[Robert Wayne]

I didn't like Dibble when he was pitching for Cincinnati and I don't like him now.