Millar: Lou's disorganization hurt team

[Little Slide Rooter]

How about we all agree to this:

 

No dropped flyballs or strikeouts were caused by Lou posting the lineup late. True.

Sure it's easy to make a simple statement like that, but it's likely not just the lineup issue that people were unhappy with. As far as "chemistry" in the sense of players playing well together then I'd have to say that doesn't matter very much in baseball. But as far as players' moods, I think it can be extremely important. No matter what sport it is, individual or team, your mindset DOES affect your performance. I know that for me personally, when I start getting frustrated with myself or my team, I am much more likely to strike out or shoot an airball or whatever it is. Then the problem just snowballs.

 

It shouldnt. Theres nothing that annoys me moe than terms like clubhouse cancer. Maybe in basketball and football where the team has to work as a unit the entire time, then maybe it could have an effect, but I can imagine that in baseball, players not getting along would cause guys to strike out or botch a simple play.

[Mark Priors Calves]

The players just want to know how much they can get their drink on the night before a game.

[CUBZ99]

How about we all agree to this:

 

No dropped flyballs or strikeouts were caused by Lou posting the lineup late. True.

Sure it's easy to make a simple statement like that, but it's likely not just the lineup issue that people were unhappy with. As far as "chemistry" in the sense of players playing well together then I'd have to say that doesn't matter very much in baseball. But as far as players' moods, I think it can be extremely important. No matter what sport it is, individual or team, your mindset DOES affect your performance. I know that for me personally, when I start getting frustrated with myself or my team, I am much more likely to strike out or shoot an airball or whatever it is. Then the problem just snowballs.

 

It shouldnt. Theres nothing that annoys me moe than terms like clubhouse cancer. Maybe in basketball and football where the team has to work as a unit the entire time, then maybe it could have an effect, but I can imagine that in baseball, players not getting along would cause guys to strike out or botch a simple play.

 

That view is incredibly unrealistic. Sure there are people that don't really care about how they are perceived or whether or not they get along with their co-workers etc, but by and far most people are affected by such things.

[Rob]

Just because I enjoy being difficult...

 

As Cubs fans, we should all endeavor to remember that Tinker and Evers didn't talk to each other for thirty three years (seven on field with the Cubs) as a result of a fistfight. They're both in the Hall of Fame now. Furthermore, that happened at the end of 1905. Remember our record in 1906? 116-36. That's good for a .763 winning percentage, highest of all time. Oh, and we went to the world series the next 3 years, including our last two wins.

 

Proof positive that getting our players pissed off at each other is the only way for the Cubs to succeed.

[Little Slide Rooter]

How about we all agree to this:

 

No dropped flyballs or strikeouts were caused by Lou posting the lineup late. True.

Sure it's easy to make a simple statement like that, but it's likely not just the lineup issue that people were unhappy with. As far as "chemistry" in the sense of players playing well together then I'd have to say that doesn't matter very much in baseball. But as far as players' moods, I think it can be extremely important. No matter what sport it is, individual or team, your mindset DOES affect your performance. I know that for me personally, when I start getting frustrated with myself or my team, I am much more likely to strike out or shoot an airball or whatever it is. Then the problem just snowballs.

 

It shouldnt. Theres nothing that annoys me moe than terms like clubhouse cancer. Maybe in basketball and football where the team has to work as a unit the entire time, then maybe it could have an effect, but I can imagine that in baseball, players not getting along would cause guys to strike out or botch a simple play.

 

That view is incredibly unrealistic. Sure there are people that don't really care about how they are perceived or whether or not they get along with their co-workers etc, but by and far most people are affected by such things.

 

And whether these people are major league baseball players or fry cooks at White Castle, if they let it affect them to much, they usually dont keep their jobs.

[Yeti]

 

And whether these people are major league baseball players or fry cooks at White Castle, if they let it affect them to much, they usually dont keep their jobs.

unless their boss doesnt give a flying f@#% either

[Sammy Sofa]

And whether these people are major league baseball players or fry cooks at White Castle, if they let it affect them to much, they usually dont keep their jobs.

 

Right. Players whose performances who are that easily swayed by their moods aren't going to last long on a team or sometimes even in baseball period. People who are that prone to regular emotion-based performance fluctuations are usually on a Milton Bradley-level when it comes to their emotional health and mindset, and that's just not very common. Professional baseball players simply are not the emotional roller coasters/lightweights (to the point that it regularly impacts their performance on the field) that some people are convinced they are. That's one of the reasons WHY they're professional baseball players and Joe Blow who stunk in his high school game because he was dumped never got beyond that point.

[Soul]

Millard can go suck eggs for all I care.

 

Soriano's comments mean more to me, but ultimately he's not likely to deliver a WC to our lives either.

 

I said for months and months that Lou was mailing it in, so I guess it's nice to receive the confirmation.

 

Really, these comments, and these people, just don't mean enough to me for a strong reaction either way.

 

Give me the World Series and I'll care what comes out of your mouth.

[Soul]

MillaR

 

Stupid iPhone auto edits.

[Omar]

Millar is just pissed he got released out of spring training last year.