Vmart wrote:
Who's face does Jeter ever get in? H20 was captain and he wasn't much of the vocal type either. Chandler is the wise choice for Captain it can only enhance his standing on the team to be more vocal and when the quiet one speaks most listen to what he has to say.
Baseball is not that kind of game, and I don't necessarily mean yelling at a teammate on the court. (I have images of Bird, Magic, Jordan, and even Kobe going over to teammates and talking to them about what
was happening on the court vs what
should be happening.) None of us are ever in those huddles on the mound to hear what is going on. Basketball has nothing comparable to the dugout, either- where a leader can do things pretty much out of sight from spectators. I find him to be one of the most boring players in the professional sports, to be honest- you learn nothing from his interviews, but he stays clean, doesn't say anything to provoke, does everything right on the field, and you know he is an influence behind the scenes.
I remember the Mets beating Houston in the 1986 playoffs, and Keith Hernandez went out to speak on the mound- this is from an article in 2006:
Thorne (an announcer) prodded Gary Carter and Keith Hernandez to discuss ''clearly an interesting discussion'' on the mound in the 16th inning of the epic sixth game in Houston, after both teams had staged electrifying rallies.Legend has it that Hernandez bluntly warned Carter not to call for Jesse Orosco to throw any fastballs to Kevin Bass. Well, it's more than legend. In the Champagne-soaked clubhouse, Hernandez told reporters, ''I said, 'Kid, if you call another fastball, I'm going to come to home plate and we're going to have to fight.' '' Hernandez added, ''Kid told me, 'We're not going to fight.' ''
Orosco, who was not present on Tuesday, was virtually absent in the winning clubhouse in 1986, telling us he could not remember a thing. Wise decision. Hernandez has long since realized he would never have spoken so bluntly to a future Hall of Fame catcher like Kid Carter.
''I didn't say it to Gary,'' Hernandez told Thorne and a banquet hall full of fans. ''I did say it to Jesse. Jesse had nothing left on his fastball. I said, 'If you throw a fastball, I'll knock you on your fanny,' but I said it mostly for comic relief.''
Carter, asked for his version, replied: ''I don't remember Keith saying anything to me. If he had, I would have said, 'Here's the catching gear.' But he's the leader out there. If he said something to Jesse, so be it. We went to the World Series.'' And Carter laughed out loud.
That is what I mean by leadership.
Just don't think that Chandler has leadership ability, or even wants to be a leader. Being a leader puts a lot on your shoulders. I was a solid HS athlete, but I had no pretensions of being a leader, and never wanted the responsibility. It is not something that any person can do. Not a criticism...just a fact.
No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities- C.N. Bovee
7/26/2010 12:50 PM
