You hear the word “accountability” all the time in sports. When it’s demanded by a manager, it often leads to a big payoff. Remember a game between the Mets and Brewers at Citi Field in late August? Cooper Pratt, two months into his major league career was pulled from the game by Pat Murphy because, having failed to execute a sacrifice bunt earlier in the game, Pratt did not run hard out of the box on a pop up near the right field line that fell between three Mets fielders. Pratt should have been at second base, but his lack of hustle forced him to hold on at first. Murphy would not tolerate that mistake, especially from a rookie. Well, look at Pratt and the Brewers now. That’s how you establish a winning culture, whether running hard out of the batter’s box is someone’s “cup of tea” or not.
Between innings, the Clemson baseball PA announcer asked all veterans to please rise. The team then emptied out of the dugout and went into the stands to shake hands and thank each and every veteran in attendance
“Push through, because you guys have it. You have the talent. Believe in each other."
Darryl Strawberry said this on June 1st. The @Mets were 24-34. Since then — 59-34. Straw knew.
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If all he did was Coming To America, The Lion King, and Field of Dreams, he would still be a legend. But no, he did so much more and was also DARTH FREAKIN VADER!
RIP to an icon in every sense of the word. The voice of our childhoods in more ways than one
There was nothing worse than getting invited to play Wiffle Ball and then you get there and some motherfucker pulls out these pieces of shit as if that was fucking okay in the slightest.