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Originally Posted by Parallex
I don't care for unwritten rules that result in suboptimal play. With regards to "leadership" here's the thing... leaders lead... if the guys follow Bautista then he's the leader if they don't then he's not. You can't arbitrarily declare X the leader because you like the cut of his jib or whatever. Doesn't work that way.
Besides all that Bautista is good at baseball... I like guys that are good at baseball. The Jays just need more guys that are good at throwing it.
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Im not saying he isn't good hes a great baseball player, many of us just don't like his attitude. When your number 3 guy is consistently chirping away at the umps and showing them up, there's always a chance that they call you might not get borderline calls down the line. Baseball players play baseball, Bautista needs to keep his mind on playing baseball rather than picking fits with people.
I understand the whole leadership argument. Problem is Bautista, until this year, was the best player on this team and to me the best player is one of the leaders of the clubhouse. He has a reputation of being thrown out of games, showing up umps, and he'll will even show up management. While you think it might not matter, I believe it does after watching the development of Brett Lawrie and how he got into arguments with umps, I couldn't help to think that Bautista didn't play a part in it, even if it may not be directly.