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Originally Posted by BBGiovanni
That was one of the dumber narratives I've seen make the rounds in the tabloids. He *JUST* went in the clubhouse last week or so and said he was proud of them, everyone is trying hard, enjoy your orange slices and gatorade, etc. Then the next week, 280 characters about how they can't hit (and IIRC he had another tweet like that a couple of weeks before the Gipper speech, plus the GM talking in a press conference about how the injured players don't hydrate/stretch). It's almost like what the owner says to the players (or worse, in public about the players) doesn't magically imbue the bats with power.
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I didn't know Steve Cohen had visited the clubhouse. I was sarcastically referring to Terry Collins's famous "Las Vegas" speech in 2016, since 60-62 (our record if we get the expected L tonight) is where we were when that speech kicked in and we got hot down the stretch, that year.
My point was that Rojas would NEVER tear the players a new one like that. When Cohen tweeted, Ron Darling referenced people saying the team was working hard (was that Cohen's clubhouse visit?) and pointed out that hard work is the MINIMUM one should expect; winning takes more than that.
(It reminds me of Urinatingtree [a YouTuber, real name Steve Linkowski] doing a video on the Washington [name redacted]s a few years ago, where the GM was praising the players for showing up early and working hard. As Linkowski said, "that's every football team,
ever".
Fake hustle won't get you anywhere. That's how Pete Rose got his nickname; during a spring training game against the Yankees, he sprinted to first after a walk, and Mickey Mantle went "oooh, look at Charlie Hustle there" sarcastically. That's not why Rose was a success.
"Hard work" won't do **** for the Mets. They can either get angry…or start scheduling tee times for October. Their choice.)