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And there's a doozy (as alluded to before)
Rasmus' struggles led to recent postings critical of the organization on a baseball website's message board.
A posting under Tony Rasmus' screen name compared the club's handling of Colby to changes it has tried to impose on pitcher Anthony Reyes. The posting implied that Colby no longer trusts La Russa and noted, "Heck, I don't."
Tony Rasmus said Friday that one of Colby's younger brothers posted the criticism under a borrowed screen name. The elder Rasmus said he is "humiliated" by the resulting firestorm and is too embarrassed to speak to Mozeliak or Jeff Luhnow, vice president of scouting and player development.
"I don't believe they would believe it," Tony Rasmus said. "I'd feel I was just compounding the problem."
The post was removed from the site earlier this week. Rasmus plans to change his screen name and said he has banned his high-school-age sons from posting.
In place of the critique, Rasmus posted an apology that read, in part, "There is no major conspiracy taking place as the posts imminating (sic) from this screen name made it out to be. Colby is just a 21-year-old player who is struggling. There is no one to blame but the opposing pitchers. Although it may appear differently, we are not all insane here at the Rasmus household. Sorry for the confusion."
Tony Rasmus, in his ninth season as head baseball coach at Russell County (Ala.) High School, insists he does not want Colby traded, as the deleted posting suggested.
Nor does he believe his son the victim of poor organizational advice.
A posting under Tony Rasmus' screen name compared the club's handling of Colby to changes it has tried to impose on pitcher Anthony Reyes. The posting implied that Colby no longer trusts La Russa and noted, "Heck, I don't."
Tony Rasmus said Friday that one of Colby's younger brothers posted the criticism under a borrowed screen name. The elder Rasmus said he is "humiliated" by the resulting firestorm and is too embarrassed to speak to Mozeliak or Jeff Luhnow, vice president of scouting and player development.
"I don't believe they would believe it," Tony Rasmus said. "I'd feel I was just compounding the problem."
The post was removed from the site earlier this week. Rasmus plans to change his screen name and said he has banned his high-school-age sons from posting.
In place of the critique, Rasmus posted an apology that read, in part, "There is no major conspiracy taking place as the posts imminating (sic) from this screen name made it out to be. Colby is just a 21-year-old player who is struggling. There is no one to blame but the opposing pitchers. Although it may appear differently, we are not all insane here at the Rasmus household. Sorry for the confusion."
Tony Rasmus, in his ninth season as head baseball coach at Russell County (Ala.) High School, insists he does not want Colby traded, as the deleted posting suggested.
Nor does he believe his son the victim of poor organizational advice.
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