Required reading regarding chemistry

[200tang]

i know... I always felt thou Lookout landing was second class to USSmariner...but after looking a few blog post...seems the quality has gotten better. ALso worth to note, the person who posted this was not an admin of the site nor author..it was in the fanpost section.

Yeah, Sec 108. I'm wondering if there's any relation to Section 331.

http://section331.com/

/shrug

[acetoolguy]

....and you get to the end and all these posters start making comments and taking the article in wildly different directions and out of context.....I'm just glad that never happens on here.

[dps]

I don't entirely buy the premise that the CEO of UPS doesn't care if his executive staff doesn't get along.

[HoustonGM]

I don't entirely buy the premise that the CEO of UPS doesn't care if his executive staff doesn't get along.

I think it's not that he doesn't care if they don't get along, but that he doesn't care if they don't get along so long as the job gets done in an efficient manner.

[Jeffy25]

I think it's not that he doesn't care if they don't get along, but that he doesn't care if they don't get along so long as the job gets done in an efficient manner.

ding ding ding.


that's all they give a **** about....trust me.

[haveacigar]

I don't think it was a particularly compelling article. I agree with the premise in its entirety, but there just wasn't a whole lot of evidence or support for his argument.

[HoustonGM]

I don't think it was a particularly compelling article. I agree with the premise in its entirety, but there just wasn't a whole lot of evidence or support for his argument.

There's just as much evidence for all the people that talk about how important chemistry is, though. I thought it was well written and makes a ton of sense.

[Alloutwar]

Good premise, worthwhile read.

Of course there's a lack of evidence on either side, maybe some highly educated player that witnessed these events for 10-20 years could come out and reflect to give us another viewpoint.

[haveacigar]

well it does a good job of discrediting the pro-chemistry argument, but that's about it.

[MichelleWie]

Baseball is a unique sport. You really don't have to rely on someone else to have individual success. It's basically batter vs. pitcher I think for this reason chemistry is less important. Think about Football for instance where just about every position relies on another to be succesfull. QB needs the line to block, recievers to catch the ball, run good routes, etc,etc..

[HoustonGM]

well it does a good job of discrediting the pro-chemistry argument, but that's about it.

That's all anybody really can do.

Baseball is a unique sport. You really don't have to rely on someone else to have individual success. It's basically batter vs. hitter. I think for this reason chemistry is less important. Think about Football for instance where just about every position relies on another to be succesfull. QB needs the line to block, recievers to catch the ball, run good routes, etc,etc..

Very true. I recall bringing up this point myself in previous threads, regarding both chemistry and a player's ability to "make those around him better." I buy both of those arguments for sports like football and basketball where there is a constant interaction between teammates. Baseball, though, is a much different sport.