Good to see the Arod curse is alive and well. What a choker!>>
Not to mention Matsui. They may be great players, but they're not team> players.
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Good to see the Arod curse is alive and well. What a choker!>>>
Not to mention Matsui. They may be great players, but they're not team>>players.>
In what way are they not team players?
There's no chemistry there - they stay isolated for the most part. Yes, A-Rod's all chummy with Jeter, but Jeter's chummy with the entire team. Matsui might face a barrier in not speaking English, but he generally carries himself with little emotion - a Steinbrenner Yankee, but not a teammate. Both of those players have enjoyed star status on their past teams, and perhaps they developed a mindset of being separate from the rest.
Lance Freezeland 11 October 2005 21:57:11 [ permanent link ]
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:03:57 -0400, Steve <smalpert@hackmit.edu> gave us:>Tarkus wrote:>> On 10/11/2005 8:56:32 AM, Steve wrote:>>>Jim Reid wrote:
Good to see the Arod curse is alive and well. What a choker!
Not to mention Matsui. They may be great players, but they're not team>>>players.
In what way are they not team players?
There's no chemistry there - they stay isolated for the most part. Yes, >A-Rod's all chummy with Jeter, but Jeter's chummy with the entire team. > Matsui might face a barrier in not speaking English, but he generally >carries himself with little emotion - a Steinbrenner Yankee, but not a >teammate. Both of those players have enjoyed star status on their past >teams, and perhaps they developed a mindset of being separate from the rest.
So what?
-- Lance
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Edward Ruggeri 11 October 2005 23:18:32 [ permanent link ]
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:57:11 -0500, Lance Freezeland <freezelandlaw.nospam@consolidated.net> wrote:
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:03:57 -0400, Steve <smalpert@hackmit.edu> gave> us:>> Tarkus wrote:>>> On 10/11/2005 8:56:32 AM, Steve wrote:>>>> Jim Reid wrote:>
Good to see the Arod curse is alive and well. What a choker!>
Not to mention Matsui. They may be great players, but they're not >>>> team>>>> players.>
In what way are they not team players?>
There's no chemistry there - they stay isolated for the most part. Yes,>> A-Rod's all chummy with Jeter, but Jeter's chummy with the entire team.>> Matsui might face a barrier in not speaking English, but he generally>> carries himself with little emotion - a Steinbrenner Yankee, but not a>> teammate. Both of those players have enjoyed star status on their past>> teams, and perhaps they developed a mindset of being separate from the >> rest.>
So what?
I agree. Who cares? Did the Yankees lose the series because of chemistry, or the inability to get a clutch hit, in addition to a terrible start by Randy Johnson and another crumby one by Mike Mussina?
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:57:11 -0500, Lance Freezeland > <freezelandlaw.nospam@consolidated.net> wrote:>
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:03:57 -0400, Steve <smalpert@hackmit.edu> gave>> us:>>> Tarkus wrote:>>>> On 10/11/2005 8:56:32 AM, Steve wrote:>>>>> Jim Reid wrote:>>
Good to see the Arod curse is alive and well. What a choker!>>
Not to mention Matsui. They may be great players, but they're not>>>>> team players.>>
In what way are they not team players?>>
There's no chemistry there - they stay isolated for the most part. >>> Yes, A-Rod's all chummy with Jeter, but Jeter's chummy with the>>> entire team. Matsui might face a barrier in not speaking English,>>> but he generally carries himself with little emotion - a>>> Steinbrenner Yankee, but not a teammate. Both of those players have>>> enjoyed star status on their past teams, and perhaps they developed>>> a mindset of being separate from the rest.>>
So what?>
I agree. Who cares? Did the Yankees lose the series because of> chemistry, or the inability to get a clutch hit, in addition to a> terrible start by Randy Johnson and another crumby one by Mike> Mussina?
They apparently lost because A-Rod is only chummy with Jeter, and presumably Matsui isn't chummy with anyone. No idea how chummy the rest of their players were who had shitty performances, but clearly they need more chummy and less shitty. -- "The owners are the alcoholic who blames the liquor store for being located on the corner." - John Delcos, (Westchester, NY) Journal News
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:57:11 -0500, Lance Freezeland > <freezelandlaw.nospam@consolidated.net> wrote:>
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:03:57 -0400, Steve <smalpert@hackmit.edu> gave>> us:>>
Tarkus wrote:>>>
On 10/11/2005 8:56:32 AM, Steve wrote:>>>>> Not to mention Matsui. They may be great players, but they're not >>>>> team>>>>> players.>>
In what way are they not team players?>>
There's no chemistry there - they stay isolated for the most part. Yes,>>> A-Rod's all chummy with Jeter, but Jeter's chummy with the entire team.>>> Matsui might face a barrier in not speaking English, but he generally>>> carries himself with little emotion - a Steinbrenner Yankee, but not a>>> teammate. Both of those players have enjoyed star status on their past>>> teams, and perhaps they developed a mindset of being separate from >>> the rest.>>
So what?>
I agree. Who cares? Did the Yankees lose the series because of > chemistry, or the inability to get a clutch hit, in addition to a > terrible start by Randy Johnson and another crumby one by Mike Mussina?
Good gawd, man, can you not read?!?!?!?
It's pretty obvious that ARod hit poorly because he never went bowling with Matsui. And that Johnson and Mussina had poor starts because they never had Sheffield and Bernie over to their houses for tea.
