My own take on that, is that being out-of-shape is a much lighter shade of gray than Taijuan's "who's yo boss" shtick before he's ever done anything in sports.
Let's not get into the "no human being is perfect, so what's the difference between partying hardy with the druggies, vs playing too much Mario Kart" moral relativity. ;- )
I'm not going for the "too many Doritos is the same moral failing as getting busted in the back seat of the bus with my 17th GF" shtick ... not even that Taijuan necessarily did that.
Coaches will look at a 17-year-old kid with questionable drive as somebody who needs a little sports coaching. This turned out to be the case with Strasburg. He went to college and got after it.
But any of them, such as me, look at a MySpace page like Taijuan's as a kid they've got to worry about in the locker room.
But, again, it could be that Taijuan is a pretty good kid at heart. The M's obviously think so.
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