Thursday, April 30, 2009

Team rivalries

There is an article up in The Sporting News by recently retired Tigers pitcher, Todd Jones which in so many words says that all the "heated rivalry" stuff and hatred among teams is really just a fan thing and the players don't much get involved in that. Yes, Jason Varitek and Arod probably don't like each other but that is the exception as most players are friendly with each other, socialize with each other and frequently have dinner together after the games. Jones indicates that generally players do not dislike one team more than another.

Gulp. I guess I have always known this but................................YA DIDN'T HAVE TO SAY IT!

2 comments:

Captain Canuck said...

it's like when I was 6, and I saw some wrestlers who were in my home town, eating together in a restaurant, at the same table!
WHAT!? They hate each other! Fight! Fight!

Contrary Guy said...

I once heard a story about 2 wrestlers (antagonists in the ring) driving to a show when they got into an automobile accident. Unfortunately, onlookers came around to view the wreckage which forced one of them to have to flee the scene in order not to be seen chumming around with his mortal enemy. Great stuff.