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Originally Posted by Balticfox
Some of the Youtube comments are telling:
That kind of player, that kind of stuff, is a cancer in the locker room and steadily destroys a team. More MLB managers should have the gumption that Bobby Cox had when he took over the Toronto Blue Jays in 1982 and put an end to the silly contract perks. Cox was reported to have told Cliff Johnson and others "I don't care what your contract says. That horsecrap (personal limousine to the game rather than the team bus) ends right now if you want to play for this team."
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I'd like to see data backing up the oft asserted claims about locker room dissension impacting on field performance and, vice versa, the claims about players adding value because they were great "clubhouse leaders." There have certainly been dysfunctional winning teams.