quote:Originally posted by Bighit15:
If they were low producers they would get fired not arrested. Top producers were given a slap on the wrist. Not every work environment is in a vacuum.
And that's it right there. There were some serious discipline problems with two players on the LE team. The guy who was hitting a ton was (although 'handled' by his teammates
) given a severe dirty look by management. The guy who was an average producer had his PT cut.We all hate to see this kind of behavior invade our sport, and we're all dismayed to see this, steroids, drugs, whatever allowed multiple chances given when we all know talented, well behaved young men who were never given a chance to show what they could do. Boy, you'd think life wasn't fair.
Parents share blame, IMHO, with the schools and programs along the way that treated the talented player as a cut above in aspects other than play, AND professional baseball. In the minors, a player is pretty much owned and it's certainly not the case (as in MLB) that the 'workers' make salaries with more zeroes than management. To me, the minors would be the place to make sure the prospects comport themselves in public in keeping with the philosophy of the club.