Great post. :cpoints:
Ya, the vets in the clubhouse got wrapped around the axle in Griffey's point of view, resenting his PT cut on his behalf as it were... that seems to have been the beginning of the end...
Perhaps a touch naive on my part, and on the front office's, to assume that a handshake deal with Griffey would produce a friendly end to his career. Emotions wind up riding high.
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As we discussed with 95Mariners offline ... last year, Wok’s ultra low key style worked out because Griff, Sweeney and indeed Branyan seemed to practically manage the clubhouse for him..
This year, the raingear isn’t holding up well in the hurricane…
May not be Wakamatsu's fault in any way, but his personality may just not be up to the sorts of issues that a chronically-losing franchise faces... am being forced to revise my earlier accolades, not because they're losing, but because of the dynamics that are evolving underneath Wok...
Not many here are Bobby V fans but there is a lot to be said for that kind of heavyweight personality in this situation...
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