Comments on: Baseball is being ruined by the “cult of individualism,” says some guy

By: bennyblanco1

bennyblanco1 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:12:13 +0000

halladaysbicepts spewing more hate about the Mets??? I cant beleive it.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:02:25 +0000

Incidentally, the original name of that sculpture was “Man Shitting Without Newspaper.” They changed it to “The Thinker” so they could show it on Sesame Street.

By: ditto65

ditto65 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:09:12 +0000

Except when you tax the highest payrolls and redistribute that wealth tot the wealthy owners that are under no obligation to use those funds to improve their team.

Lesson there, kiddies? Communism is corrupt.

By: ditto65

ditto65 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:01:24 +0000

I’m thinkin’ ‘bicepts proves and disproves his own theory in the same post. Awesome.

By: spudchukar

spudchukar — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:52:53 +0000

Your confused JW, that is the cause of the downfall of the Roman Empire.

By: spudchukar

spudchukar — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:51:27 +0000

So cepts, your real name is Jack Handey, author of “Deep Thoughts”?

By: b7p19

b7p19 — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:46:44 +0000

Sorry Len, couldn’t do it here. The point was missed. At least we are once again reminded that the Phillies are the greatest thing to ever grace this earth.

By: The Baseball Idiot

The Baseball Idiot — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:27:53 +0000

Someone has to say it: TEAM CHEMISTRY

By: jwbiii

jwbiii — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:22:45 +0000

That aside, anyone who has taken a decent Western Civ course in the past 25 years or so knows that our society’s focus on the individual at the expense of the collective is something that began — or, rather, re-emerged — in the Renaissance, not some time in the 1980s Silly person. It began with the DH in 1973.

By: philly56

philly56 — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:15:49 +0000

Communism has no place in American baseball.

By: royalsfaninfargo

royalsfaninfargo — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:58:38 +0000

This is a stupid premise for article. Shouldnt Salon.com go back to examining those very important Sarah Palin emails?

By: skerney

skerney — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:56:45 +0000

The confrontation between individuals is the best component of baseball. Pitcher against batter, one on one. No double teaming like the NBA, no linebackers and free safetys double tackling, no goons with sticks shoulder checking you. Just two individuals trying to use their skill, ability, and brains to best the other guy.

By: yankeesfanlen

yankeesfanlen — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:49:02 +0000

And just to be equitable about the whole matter, let’s all “thumbs up” this post no matter what anyone says.

By: yankeesfanlen

yankeesfanlen — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:45:55 +0000

What this quasi-political, theorectical and rhetorical claptrap has to do with baseball is well beyomd my supposed University of Phoenix education.
I guess the answer is- Leave ARod Alone!

By: halladaysbicepts

halladaysbicepts — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:44:04 +0000

This David Sirota guy is a deep thinker, much like myself. I tend to agree with his viewpoint that great individual athletes sell themselves and that the team collective somehow suffers because of it. It is an intangible that is not easily defined.

Look at a team like the Mets. Individually, they have many players that are making some real coin. But collectively, they have not played to their capabilities as their salaries dictate because the team as a whole does not function well together.

Unlike the Phillies, who not only make a lot of coin individually, but also play like a real team, that genuinely like one another. But, that’s a topic for another day.

By: tmohr

tmohr — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:41:39 +0000

If you’re interested in reading TFA, it’s at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/14413523 (article 7)

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:39:58 +0000

“I don’t like your jerk-off name. I don’t like your jerk-off face. I don’t like your jerk-off behavior, and I don’t like you, jerk-off”

This pretty much sums up my feelings for both David Serota and the whole Salon website.