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Originally Posted by RchW
After a losing championship game or series one would never say that it sucks to lose but at least we had good chemistry. OTOH after winning it all one would never say that the championship is great but out team chemistry sucked.
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I respectfully disagree. Often, you'll hear players, coaches, or front office personnel (not just from baseball, but other team sports) try to cushion the blow of losing a championship by finding something positive to reflect upon. How hard they tried. How much more they still have to achieve, etc. And not just for public consumption. In a way, it can be more "team building" to lose as a team than win as individuals.
On the other side of the argument, look at the Baltimore Ravens. The team wins the Superbowl, then subsequently gets gutted from within by financial opportunism. Players demand the big bucks because they're a champion who, as it turns out, just so happen to to have their contract up for extension. Also, some players leave the team because, although they won the championship, they were individually willing to put up with some crap in order to win. Now that the winning is done, they're gone, man!
Anyhow, regardless of the inner workings of OOTP, it sure seems that a foundation exists that we might see as a "chemistry" factor. Even if it's a random effect on the game, some might see it as "chemistry" while others may never experience it.
Sure is fun though, isn't it?