pan6467

Ah contrare mon ami...... I see it the opposite. In our lives we are paid to do a job to the best of our ability, the way we do our job reflects upon the company. If we do our jobs wel, the company does well and everyone prospers (SHUSH.... this is my fantasy).

However, athletes, professional TEAM athletes, are paid to play their best to win games.

Now, as Wedge implied and more than just succinctly, you have 2 maybe 3 players busting ass on every play, the rest are more worried at their Offensive stats or their ERA and K's and not about the game or winning.

Basically, it's the "why dive for that ball and try to make a play when I may hurt my rib?" Even though the player could have gotten to it. Or the guy in Center who lays up on the fly ball and is willing to give up the double because he may run into the wall and get injured.

I find what Wedge and LaRussa said to be true, players just don't play hard or for their team anymore.

You don't see players out there hustling, running out every fly ball, doing the little things to win games for the team. And that is what they are paid for.

A player gets paid to fill seats so that the team can make money. WINNING is the only thing that will fill seats on a consistent basis. If you are only playing for that paycheck and so you care more about your stats then where your team is...... you ain't doing what you were paid for.

If you refuse to lay down that sac bunt because it won't help your BA (didn't hurt it either but...), or run out a fly in hopes there is an error then you aren't playing 100%, are you?

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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"