But all successful teams have one constant: leadership.
Chemistry in the clubhouse.
It can extend winning streaks and snap losing streaks. The Mets have great chemistry, and that’s been been of the biggest reasons New York sits in second place in the competitive NL East.
...You want leadership? There are no better in this sport than Johan Santana and David Wright, who lead the “right way.” They don’t do it for the world to see by throwing over a table or scolding a teammate. They do it by example. The younger players see Wright and Santana are the first to arrive, embrace their responsibility to the media, and compete.
...The numbers don’t lie. The Mets are 16-10 at Citi Field and 12-12 on the road, the formula for a winning season. They’re also 15-8 against the National League East, which is why they are only one and half games from the top spot in the division. What they lack in talent they make up for in resiliency, and that speaks to team chemistry. I have never been around a team that pulls for each other like this team — even when one player is in competition with another for playing time.
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1. depletion Posted: May 30, 2012 at 01:01 PM (#4143056)Regards,
Tim
Unless they don't.
I'm surprised Braves pitchers can figure out how to tie their shoes.
Lassus, Hairston's line is now .264/.309/.549/.859/135. He's still not hitting right-handers, but that's pretty awesome.
I answered your note in the chatter, but you may have been gone. Taking a cue from Banta, I believe, it would be bad luck for me to speak anything but ill of Hairston at this point. Therefore, I hate his fat, ugly, bald, old head on our team.
catered chicken?
Keep on keepin on. My disdain for Nickeas hasn't translated into any similar performance spike.
I'll stand by my preseason prediction of 70-75 wins for this team, but surely it's not much of a stretch to imagine them overachieving and winning 80-85 games and contending for a wild card. As for "chemistry", nothing has been conclusively established other than the fact that teams with winning records are often said to have chemistry and teams with losing records are said to lack it.
Hey those are two things!
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