06-12-2003, 08:19 PM
Hi,
"Yep, my fault, I had an illegal bat, I expect to pay the consequences." What more could he say?
And I respect him for that. No attempt to pass the buck or to cover up.
As I see it, the accountability issue boils down to this: your equipment, your profession, you damned well better know what is in your hand, or for that matter, in your golf bag.
Yep. Which is why *owning* any illegal equipment is like juggling nitro -- a slip and you're dead. Had he not had a corked bat in the first place, it wouldn't have shown up at the wrong place.
. . . with a smile on his face. That last bit matters, and I wish more Pro Ball players would remember that.
Seems that a lot of them got into ball playing because they loved it, but are still in it just for the money. When that translates into the rude behavior some of them show, then I think they should get canned. Maybe they could take up tennis :)
--Pete
"Yep, my fault, I had an illegal bat, I expect to pay the consequences." What more could he say?
And I respect him for that. No attempt to pass the buck or to cover up.
As I see it, the accountability issue boils down to this: your equipment, your profession, you damned well better know what is in your hand, or for that matter, in your golf bag.
Yep. Which is why *owning* any illegal equipment is like juggling nitro -- a slip and you're dead. Had he not had a corked bat in the first place, it wouldn't have shown up at the wrong place.
. . . with a smile on his face. That last bit matters, and I wish more Pro Ball players would remember that.
Seems that a lot of them got into ball playing because they loved it, but are still in it just for the money. When that translates into the rude behavior some of them show, then I think they should get canned. Maybe they could take up tennis :)
--Pete
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