Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 13, 2008
Older Immaturity

Matt Treanor and Kevin Gregg discuss problems in the Marlins clubhouse during 2007.

''It's the understanding of the seriousness of what we're doing here. They're having a good time, and that's what we want to do, but there's a fine line that has to be drawn, and sometimes, we went under that line of where we needed to be -- before, during and after games,'' said Gregg, who obviously won't publicly identify line-crossers.

Gregg said Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera -- both now with Detroit -- were cast in a role ''where they were looked up to'' and they ``handled some things differently than I would have handled them. Being a first-year guy, I wasn't in a spot to say some things that probably should have been said.''

Treanor was more blunt: ''If you can't handle your business, I don't think you should be joking and laughing,'' he said. ``If you give a half-hearted effort because you'd rather be joking around in the clubhouse or worried what's going on after or before the game, you're not here doing your job. Maybe this year, I'm going to assume more of a leadership role . . . if I see stuff like that. This year, our clubhouse is going to be about business.

Funny, the 2007 team was a year older than the 2006 team that actually competed for the wild card. Maybe firing Girardi wasn't such a good idea.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:45 AM | Team Evaluation | TrackBack (0)
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"Maybe firing Girardi wasn't such a good idea."

Ya think? ;)

Posted by: SleepyCA at February 13, 2008 06:20 PM
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