I don't believe that yelling at someone improves his fastball. On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Dan DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't believe in coincidences. > > Dan D > Central NJ USA > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Tom Salemi <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:44 AM > *Subject:* Team Meeting > > So maybe a manager can't or won't make a stand .... but can players? > > Read the report on the team meeting. Is the better record merely a > coincidence? Or were Beckett & Co. dragging it and had to be called out? > > > > > > If the Red Sox rally to make the postseason, they might look back to a > players-only meeting on May 11 as a turning point. > > <http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/page/Great-American-Race-yankees-red-sox-rays-tigers-angels-rangers-battle-for-supremacy-040412> > GREAT > AMERICAN > RACE<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/page/Great-American-Race-yankees-red-sox-rays-tigers-angels-rangers-battle-for-supremacy-040412>The > Junior Circuit is poised for epic > AL pennant > chases<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/page/Great-American-Race-yankees-red-sox-rays-tigers-angels-rangers-battle-for-supremacy-040412> > this > season. > The night before, right-hander Josh > Beckett<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/player/josh-beckett/104633?q=josh-beckett> > had > allowed seven runs in 2 1/3 innings and the Sox had lost to the Indians at > Fenway Park 8-3. > Designated hitter David > Ortiz<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/player/david-ortiz/85214?q=david-ortiz>, > the team's longest-tenured member, called the meeting, and apparently it > was a doozy. > "Heated," was the adjective one player used. > The hitters challenged the pitchers to "step it up," according to two > sources. The overall theme was that each player needed to take > responsibility. > The effect was immediate, and positive. > The Red Sox won their next five games, and since the meeting have won > seven of nine overall. > > <http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/lists/What-has-led-to-the-recent-troubles-the-Red-Sox-have-experienced-051112> > RED > ALERT<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/lists/What-has-led-to-the-recent-troubles-the-Red-Sox-have-experienced-051112>The > Boston Red Sox used to beMLB's lovable > idiots<http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/lists/What-has-led-to-the-recent-troubles-the-Red-Sox-have-experienced-051112>, > but fans are no longer amused. > There is no way to know how the rest of their season will play out, > whether the Sox will surge after their injured players return or whether > manager Bobby Valentine, after a rocky first seven weeks, will find the > right touch. > But one criticism of the Sox toward the end of last season was that some > of their players acted with a sense of entitlement. The > fried-chicken-and-beer episode was the most vivid example of such behavior. > On May 11, led by Ortiz, the players took a stand. > Maybe it was a start. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Red Sox Citizens" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Red Sox Citizens" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/redsoxcitizens?hl=en.
