Personally, I think the clubhouse in 2011 and 2012 was so disfunctional that nobody “fit in”; there was nothing to fit into. It didn’t bubble over until Aug 2011 but I think the issues were there all year.
As for the 3 players I mentioned, one thing they all have in common is an infectious personality. All three are extremely outgoing and people just tend to like them. We all know people who are like that.AGon always struck me as an introverted guy who would just as soon come to the park, get his work in, play the game and then shower and go home (JD Drew was a player who was even more that way; Yaz may be the ultimate example in Red Sox lore). A quiet personality who people don’t just automatically gravitate to.
And I think Max is right, AGon was the cost of the Dodgers taking Crawford.