Isn't the greater point that those hustling plays that performed well should be judged on their performance and not their hustle? The entire point is that productive players are better than hustlers. If a player hustles and makes himself productive that great and he should be applauded for it. If a player doesn't hustle as much and is still productive, he should also be applauded. If a player has great talent and crazy desire and hustle, he's michael jordan. oh wait, baseball. trying harder doesn't necessarily work. I don't know if you meant to convey this, but to add on, hustle is usually reflected in performance. The guy who runs out every groundball and gets on base an extra time or two, that shows up in measures of production.