Why do "elite" athletes get treated so differently from us regular folks? Julie and I wondered last night at the Ranger game how our (so-called) closer, Coco Cordero, was treated by his teammates after the scrape-by win last night. Did they yell at him? Did they ignore him? Or did they pat him on the back and say "there's always next time."
Apparently if you have an actual "closer" in the big leagues, it is imperative that they continually be pumped up and have their egos stroked, or they could have some kind of mental breakdown. Well, isn't that what's already happening? If it's not a physical reason, and the Rangers say he's healthy there, then doesn't some kind of mental block exist to make him keep blowing saves?
And why does he get free pass after free pass? If I were to screw up at work continually and was not doing the job I was getting paid to do, I don't think anyone would try to keep pumping me up. I think they would fire me after three, maybe four times tops.
I think that along with the market dictating that teams overpay players these days, they also seem to be creating weak, mentally affected whiny babies. I say either make this guy earn his keep, or replace him!
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Or let the damn starting pitcher throw the entire game if they are WINNING!
What do you do when you send a closing pitcher to the minors? Other pitchers (and position players) are sent down to practice, where they play full games until they have their game back. They only have to mess up a few times, or be in a batting slump, to be sent down.
How does a closer get in any practice? How can you "have it" in the bull pen when warming up, and completely screw up when you get in the game?
And you are right, Julie. Why do we cater to pitch count, etc? Pitchers in The Old Days would pitch the entire game. None of this bringing in pitchers to face one batter. Ech! Why don't they put us in charge???
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