DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Tigers' clubhouse was somber an..

Thomas wrote:
> xpenenyx.DeleteThis@earthlink.net wrote:
> > On 7 Sep 2006 14:55:40 -0700, kingdomsofa.DeleteThis@hotmail.com wrote:
> >
> >>> http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/recap?gameId=260906106
> >> I've read the earlier thread about the pros and cons of Dmitri's
> >> release and was surprised to see no discussion of the impact on team
> >> morale.
> >>
> >> The guarded comments so far make it clear that Dmitri's team mates are
> >> uncomfortable with what happened and how it happened. Whatever the
> >> real reasons for Dmitri's release, I can't help wondering if those
> >> reasons justified the risk of destroying team morale on the eve of a
> >> crucial road series against the team that is breathing down their neck.
> >
> > Since we don't know the reason what's to say that his release
> > didn't/won't have a positive effect on team morale.
>
> The fact that it has already clearly negatively effected team morale.
>
> Whether or not it was good for the team is up in the air at this point.
> I think it wasn't, as his performance was better than his replacement's.
>
> The effect on team morale has already been made clear though.
>
> -Thomas

Absolutely 100% wrong. Danny Knobler, in the clubhouse during the time
in question, stated quite clearly the mood was not somber and refuted
this report.

There is no "fact" that it "has already clearly negatively effected
(sic) team morale." I'll take Danny Knobler's word over some AP
writer. As for Tiger quotes, I certainly don't expect them to come out
and say "Thank God he's gone." They're professionals, and they're
being professional.

>From what I've heard from more than just a few sources, DY is a cancer
in the clubhouse, selfish, and at times very quick to play the race
card. He's jovial, comical and that's what the camera sees, but I
doubt the Tigers cut him just to spite themselves. Where there's
smoke...

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Hank

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>
> Thomas wrote:
>> > IF, as was being
>> > rumbled about in some media outlets this morning, it was precipitated
>> > by
>> > some unhappiness with having been pinch hit for, then it was a message
>> > to
>> > the rest of the team.
>>
>> Yeah, that message being "we don't care about creating a positive
>> clubhouse, we don't want these issues handled by the team as a whole,
>> we're just going to make brash decisions that could gut the morale of
>> the team at any moment. Deal with it."
>>
>> Great message.
>
> I normally think the BK Lounge is a looney-tune,


pot/kettle



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but I must say Thomas,
> I have no idea where you are coming from. Under what set of facts do
> you/did you see or hear or feel or envision this 'message' you
> contrived above being any part of reality? BK is dead on this time.
> Sorry to say.
> SC
>