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Years ago during a wrestling practice in college, I was taken down and for a split second, mainly due to frustration, I did not cover up and the other wrestler through a leg in and really began working me over - my situation went from bad to worse.  The coach who happened to be focusing on us yelled at me in frustation and definitely without any sympathy, "Tad, you deserve that."
Figgins may work harder than any player on the team, and he may have lost focus due to poor situation he found his team due to the run just scored against them.  But that loss of focus can not be tolerated - mentally you must have that laser beam focused and for the sake of your team not take any plays off. 
Figgins did take the play off it may have just been a mental lapse due to frustionation, but nonetheless he took the play off.  And Wak as a manager can not allow that lapse to continue to go, it amounts to lazy, lackadaisical which will get a manager fired quicker than poor club house atmosphere.  Wak had to draw the line somewhere especially after the constant base running gaffs.
Yes being called lazy may have tweaked Figgins to no end, but in that one instance he was Lazy, he did not have the burning fire to compete and go after the ball.  Wak could not let that go and I applaud him for it.  Now if he would only say something to our plump third baseman.