Some Phillies Links For You, September 7, 2010: Holiday Schedule, Farm Report, Swaggerin' Braves

True. One thing’s for sure: if they decide to turn Aumont into a target in 2012 or 2013, then Aumont will not be able to win them over with success. Any such success would only be met with resentment.

That’s essentially what happened to Donovan McNabb. Whatever valid criticism McNabb might actually have deserved (not much, IMO, but maybe a little), the fact is that his successes were seen not as mitigating factors, but as further provocations, because they suggested that Cataldi’s behavior at the 1997 draft was wrong. It was pretty obvious all along that Cataldi wanted McNabb to fail and was happy when the tide of public opinion started to shift against McNabb over the last few seasons. The more McNabb succeeded early on in his career, the more Cataldi seethed internally.

Been too long since I’ve seen AN, but Elias with his arms outstretched from Platoon would work for this as it does for many occasions.

What’s amazing is Soviet sport scientists determined 30-40 years ago that constant repetition of an athletic activity esp. a technical one (batting, golf swing for example) makes no appreciable difference in perfornance. It’s not like playing an instrument….an athletic movement is much more neuromuscularly complex and demanding. In fact, something like batting practice everday not only could contribute to adrenal fatigue but over conditioning of the nervous system which can lead to reinforcing bad muscle memory. So essentially your exposing connective tissue (like baseball doesn’t have enough non-contact injuries) and the adrenal system ( why do you think chew is such a part of baseball. Stimulant use is a symptom of adrenal fatigue/overtraining) to more stress for not much of anything in return. Point is, alternating days between batting practice, bunting , and fielding wouldn’t effect players’ slugging prowess.