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Originally Posted by Crazy Edgar
Well, Frank, my philosophy is more or less from the Scioscia school more so than the typical AL style. As a Yankees fan I admit that watching the games can be torturous and monotonous due to the fact that they take every pitch and games last over 3 hours. I'm more of an old school Pete Rose-Ty Cobb, fire in the belly type of player . Guys like that- Cervelli, Paul O'Neil, Bubba Crosby for example- always appealed to me more than the big money guys like A-Rod. Aside from Jeter and a handful of others they just don't seem to have the passion I enjoy from the young and hungry baseball players who go out on the field to make a point through the "dirty" work aspects of the game.
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Thats what happens when you make your first couple million i guess.
The guys who want it the most constantly make adjustments to get to The Show while some of them think that they can continue to do what has gotten them to high A ball and they will make it eventually. The Cubs had Bryan Lahair last year, who always was making adjustments until it finally worked well enough that he got his moment in the sun and a few million bucks to play in Japan if nothing else, while someone like Felix Pie never wanted to fix his loopy swing (I call it a poor impression of Jim Edmonds).
Some guys have the fight in them, but once they get set for life, that fight gets dialed down because, lets face it: its about the cash and whatever else comes after can be taken or left. Thats why we root for the Juan Pierres (where is Mr. Pierre?) of the world because they always show up early to do shit like bunting drills.
Grinder ball only gets you so far though. You still need that natural talent.