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Cleveland's manager Eric Wedge a week or 2 ago reiterated what Tony Larussa said by saying this, "You may have 2 maybe 3 players on every team that cares about winning and playing for the team, the rest are just looking for their big paydays and care less about how the team does and more about how they look."

After watching the Indians this season as all the big players got hefty raises and watching other teams, I tend to agree with that assessment. There truly are very few teams right now playing as a team. Maybe the Reds, the White Sox, the Tigers and of course the Twins (they always play as a team), but it truly does seem like the players just don't care much anymore about winning.

The StL Cards definately have fallen apart and aren't plying as a team, neither are the Yankees, the Red Sox,

What is your take and how true are the statements by LaRussa and Wedge? Is it true in your opinion?

How do baseball and more importantly we the fans correct this?

I feel the players need more incentive laden contracts and fewer guaranteed payouts. They want to make millions then run out every fly ball, play every day as if it is your last day, and take pride in the team and show some community involvement and fan appreciation.

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