Minor League Discussion & Boxes 5-8-2008

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on this one, i'll have to stick up for the cubs. when you get drafted by a team, you need to conform to their way of preparation and throwing between games. you can't just do what you've always done, or what your dad thinks is best. if you let pawelek do his own thing then you have to let everyone do their own thing, and you've got a system where there's no organizational philosophy. even if the cubs aren't doing it the way they should be - i don't know that i can fairly judge on this matter - they certainly have the right to coach guys in the way that they want.

I will say that if you're going to invest $1+M in a kid, you should have talked to him enough to find out that he's not going to want to conform, though.