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   From: jds31NOSPAM@dukeNOSPAM.edu   
      
   gododgersgo wrote:   
   > On Friday, 24 September 2004, DodgerBlue2131 (db2131@dodgers-dodgers-   
   > mushroom.com) wrote the following:   
   >   
   > :Team chemistry is seen by many as one of the most important factors in   
   > :the success of a great team.  The attitude instilled on such a team is   
   > :what drives said team to perform over and above any rational expectation   
   > :arising from an appraisal of their physical talents.   
   > :   
   > :When one player disrupts the chemistry of his team via his own selfish   
   > :wants and desires, when he subverts the good of the team for his own   
   > :ends, that player has become, for that time, a cancer to the team.   
   > :   
   > :The Dodgers have such a problem player at this time.  As should be   
   > :obvious to anyone in Dodger Blue, I'm writing about Sean Green.   
   > :   
   > :To be sure, Green is a great player and a reasonably good person.   
   > :However, he's hurting the Dodgers with this grandstanding nonsense about   
   > :whether or not he should play during Yom Kippur.   
   > :   
   > :Of course he should play.  He's under contract.  If he doesn't play, the   
   > :Dodgers should fine him.  If you don't show up to work tomorrow, are you   
   > :going to be paid for that day?  Hell no, you're not.   
   > :   
   > :Further, Green is hurting his team by drawing the spotlight onto himself   
   > :rather than on his team and their drive to October.  Such selfishness   
   > :should not be rewarded.  The Dodgers didn't sign up for the kind of   
   > :narrow-minded parochialism Green is espousing.   
   > :   
   > :What of supporting your fellow man?  Are his teammates not his fellows?   
   > :Does Green's presence in the lineup not help them?  Has Green thought of   
   > :the families of those his selfish act could harm?  If the Dodgers make   
   > :it to the playoffs, millions of dollars will be added to the economy in   
   > :Los Angeles and the surrounding area.  If the Blue miss the post-season   
   > :by one game, perhaps a class action suit against Green would drive home   
   > :the point that his "faith" has no place in his decision whether or not   
   > :to play.   
   > :   
   > :Here's hoping Sean Green and his narrow-minded "faith" are traded in the   
   > :off-season.  The Dodgers just don't need this kind of headache.   
   > :   
   > :--   
   > :DodgerBlue2131   
   > :   
   > :GO DODGERS!   
   >   
   > You said it!  I've got nothing against Jewish people.   
   >   
   > Having said that, Green's decision is selfish and hurts his team!   
   >   
   > Hell with him!   
   >   
   It was probably included in his contract.   
      
   Dumbass.   
      
   Having said that, g'mar chatimah tovah.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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