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I would take it, but what is Garza's contract? If they are looking to stay under the cap, that is a concern.
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You almost got it right. I never said that leadership doesn't make a good player better. Of course it does, but leaders in baseball are rare, because it is has always been an individualized game, and it is more so today since team play like hitting behind runners etc. has essentially gone out the window as sabremetirics has dominated the sport. There's no situational hitting any more-- among other things. These were the the things that set the team player apart. The team players were the leaders. In baseball there are less opportunities for leaders to assert themselves.
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I don't see this happening to any significant extent in baseball. I think a hitter like Pujols (or when the Sox had Manny and Ortiz) makes the hitters around him better, but that has nothing to do with leadership.
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My point is that it is much harder to know about the type of leader a guy is in the clubhouse. Our only window into that aspect is what the players teammates, coaches and managers say about the guy. I haven't heard anything negative about Ortiz from those sources throughout the years, but i ahve heard a lot positive about him It's been written and said a lot about Jeter in the NY Press. He leads by example in how he prepares himself and how he plays the game. But he is not a go to guy in the clubhouse. He's not an active clubhouse leader. I think leadership in baseball is vastly overrated. It's a game that lends itself to individualism. You don't need someone to pass you the ball or block for you to be successful. Some of the best players in history were very selfish people. There have been very few leaders that I have seen in baseball that make a difference-- Fisk and Bench were two of them. Those don't grow on trees.
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A QB could demonstrate great field generalship but be a dick in the clubhouse. Both are aspect of leadership. We can observe one and not the other.
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Leadership in football is much easier to gauge, because teams are designed around their QBs. Their leadership is demonstrated on the field and most fans would make a judgment about their leadership in that context. We still don't know what the guy is like in the clubhouse. He could be a great field general, but a dick in the clubhouse.
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I thought you suspected that his plate discipline was PED induced?
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Do you blame him for Theo leaving?
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Beltran would give the team more versatility, but he's only a year younger than Ortiz.
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Maybe they are low balling him forcing him to take the Orioles offer. Of course, they'll have their toadies and lackeys in the press paint Ortiz as a selfish ingrate for not taking their offer.
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During games NESN would have Heidi highlight some new concession at Fenway or on the road and seh would sample the food. She did look sexy eating the pulled pork.
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No one eats like Heidi. I'll miss her.
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Yeah sure. He can't even remember how many outs there are. Francona will look like John McGraw and Connie Mack rolled into.
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Justin Verlander Wins 2011 AL Cy young Unanimously
a700hitter replied to User Name's topic in Other Baseball
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Bard IMO is the best choice for closer at this point. These bums and retreads mentioned in the article should not be considered for the closer job and they would scare me as the 8th inning guy. At this point, I am inclined to go with Aceves for the 8th and take the huge step down in performance from what we have enjoyed for the last couple of years in the 8th inning. Maybe Jenks loses a 100 lbs by spring training so he's only overweight by 50 lbs and he can give some quality late innings. As for Lidge, Nathan, and Broxton, I have very little no more faith in them than I do in Jenks.
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From today's Herald. The highlighted portion scares me: Nathan, Lidge or Broxton? The late innings will be real cliffhangers if these are our options. Broxton flat out sucks. He lost his confidence and he has been a repeat visitor to the DL. He's Eric Gagne --Part II. Lidge will keep the cardiac care centers filled to capacity in Boston during the baseball season. Joe Nathan is damaged goods-- straight from the dumpster.
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Justin Verlander Wins 2011 AL Cy young Unanimously
a700hitter replied to User Name's topic in Other Baseball
I would trade Ellsbury for Verlander, but probably not any other pitcher. Verlander really had a break out year. What an arm!
