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No doubt about it - without question: Ken Griffey Jr. When you have player attitude problems you're not going to have a championship team unless you have overwhelming talent a la Big Red Machine. Griffey is not a 100% team player. He is playing a personal game and receives special consideration. Obviously the managers have not had free reign in dealing with him as he should have been dealt with. The first time he stood in the batter's box, and it happens occassionally, the manager should have sent the trainer to first base as a signal - "You hustle like everybody else. Anything else is not fair to your teammates. They want to win. You being in scoring postion could make the difference in winning and losing." In the major leagues you don't give the opposing team a free base. If that didn't cure the problem, the second time it happened a pinch runner should have been sent to first base. And if management won't back up the field manager maybe the wrong ownership is in place.
If Griffey goes maybe Dunn will wake up.
How's the chemistry in San Francisco with Bonds doing the same thing - playing a personal game? Are they a championship team? How does their record compare with Cincinnati?



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/03/2007 06:18AM by CHARLES.