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Originally Posted by BaseballMan
The whole motivation excuse is hogwash.
How do you determine a player was not motivated unless he is not showing up to practice or something like that?
Maybe the other teams were better.
Maybe the owner wasn't motivated to get better players.
Do you really think the majority of players were thinking i don't need a championship and all the rewards and recognition that comes with it?
I'll just take it easy cause i got my pay. Sure there may be a few bad apples and i will blame the players for not studying, paying attention and making mistakes but i don't know if i can feel comfortable saying the players weren't motivated to win. Just because a team loses doesn't mean the players don't wanna win.
I guess maybe when a team is terrible but even then there are teams they wanna beat and stats they wanna get. I just can't see it in a team in the run for the playoffs.
If a player can't get motivated for the playoffs he is in the wrong occupation.
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But, maybe the Cubs were over motivated and it caused them to press and try too hard....yeah that's it, I could tell by the way they walked to the plate and the way they ran the bases.
