Same antics, different uniform. Photo via socialmediaseo.net
Hey here’s a shock. Former Nat Nyjer Morgan was involved in a benches-clearing brawl. Again. And then just to make sure the national media had his attention, he took it upon himself to tweet some insults directed towards Albert Pujols.
(side note: boy how has Twitter changed the way players express themselves or get national headlines? Every PR staff in the country must slap themselves on the head multiple times a week, watching their clients whose reputations have been meticulously professionally managed for so long completely blow it time and again by getting a twitter account and going off.)
For everyone who criticized Rizzo for trading Morgan (for essentially nothing) at the end of spring training, here’s exhibit 1-A as to why. Stats and production are important, but team chemistry and clubhouse issues are more important. If your entire team can’t stand a guy, it becomes a divisive issue and a distraction. Sometimes you have to have addition by subtraction, and Morgan was a great example of the Nats removing a distraction before it festered. We can find a center-fielder/lead-off hitter who doesn’t incite brawls every couple of months.
[…] Not in so many words; i think he just referred to him as “she” in a tweet. I posted my response here, and lots of other pundits have a similar message; par for the course for Morgan. He’s […]
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