An article that covers some of my Towers gripes

[Phrazbit]

http://insidethezona.com/2013/09/diamondbacks-quit-talking/

I do not get what he hopes to accomplish with his media statements about pursuing trades.

Also, anyone hear his comments about how the Diamondbacks lack of roles was a good thing because players play better when they're uncomfortable? Just baffling stuff.

 

[BC867]

http://insidethezona.com/2013/09/diamondbacks-quit-talking/

I do not get what he hopes to accomplish with his media statements about pursuing trades.

Also, anyone hear his comments about how the Diamondbacks lack of roles was a good thing because players play better when they're uncomfortable? Just baffling stuff.

I agree with you about Towers' comment about players playing better when they're uncomfortable. That may work in a sprint, but not a marathon. A 162-game schedule is a marathon.

As I posted earlier this evening in another thread . . .

I have a philosophy that there is a major difference between being tired and being weary. Playing a 162-game schedule makes you tired. But you can sleep off being tired.

Coming to the ballpark every day not knowing if you're playing, where you're playing, will you play two games in a row, etc., makes you weary. You can't prepare adequately, especially emotionally. You can't sleep that off. It weighs on you.