"You got to celebrate when you're doing well," Sheffield said. "You got to be up there on the top...

"You got to celebrate when you're doing well," Sheffield said. "You got to be up there on the top step of the dugout letting teams know, 'We're going to beat you.' If you do that, teams will quit a lot of times."

Sheffield, on grit.

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Ah, this got all screwed up

Link here.

by jasondg on May 4, 2009 10:00 AM EDT reply actions

But

When Jose Reyes celebrates and tries to pump guys up, doesn’t he get the “immature” label?

by Reg Dunlop on May 4, 2009 10:32 AM EDT reply actions

Yes

But let’s be clear — immature AND arrogant.

by jasondg on May 4, 2009 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions

Gary Sheffield wrote a book?

I did not know that.

I like the idea of him calling Voltron a “silent assassin.” Voltron should totally be a ninja.

'Oh yes, I know all about that duty-of-a-citizen stuff. It doesn't go. There are exceptions to every rule, and this was one of them. When a man risks his liberty to come and root at a ball-game, you've got to hand it to him. He isn't a crook. He's a fan.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on May 4, 2009 10:48 AM EDT reply actions

The Iron Sheff

does know the missing ingredient – it’s what you rub on your knee when it’s not feeling too good. He’s not sure what it is, but someone told him it’s grit.

by Mount17 on May 4, 2009 11:21 AM EDT reply actions

I like the premise.

I was so mad at this team in early ’08 for buying into that BS b/c of the popular media opinion that they “woke up the Marlins.” The season should not have come down to a Tom Glavine start on the last day of the season, period. Making Reyes “tone it down” and trying to “act like professionals” accomplished one thing: it made took the focus off of what really matters: winning effing baseball games.

By not doing elaborate handshakes and by “toning it down” they played right into the hands of the media and the rest of the NL East. They let these people get inside their heads. Just be yourselves, and if that means Jose Reyes has a handshake for everyone on the 40 man roster and the security guards, then so be it. Screw the Phillies, screw the Braves, and most of all, screw the media. Who cares what anyone thinks. If they don’t like it, tell them to bring it and try to stop it.

by SQUAD on May 4, 2009 11:37 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs