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I am in the same boat as you.
I am in the same boat as you.
I mean, I am kind of impartial about Especially ’cause baseball having captains is kind of an unusual thing in itself.
I mean, I am kind of impartial about Especially ’cause baseball having captains is kind of an unusual thing in itself.
It’s not unheard of.
It’s not unheard of.
I don’t mind it, but again, it’s just not common.
I don’t mind it, but again, it’s just not common.
Well, ’cause obviously soccer, there are captains, you wear the armbands.
Well, ’cause obviously soccer, there are captains, you wear the armbands.
The NFL, you have the captain’s patches.
The NFL, you have the captain’s patches.
in the NHL, you get letters.
in the NHL, you get letters.
In other sports, I mean, captain culture is a huge thing.
In other sports, I mean, captain culture is a huge thing.
Baseball is not one of those sports, and Steve Cohen, in the full interview, the full clip, he kinda touched on that.
Baseball is not one of those sports, and Steve Cohen, in the full interview, the full clip, he kinda touched on that.
I mean, he’s like, “In baseball, this doesn’t really happen.”
I mean, he’s like, “In baseball, this doesn’t really happen.”
And I mean, I think in a baseball– in a locker room like baseball, where the camaraderie is so unique in its own right, I mean, I think even without naming a captain, there will be leaders or older guys or whoever.
And I mean, I think in a baseball– in a locker room like baseball, where the camaraderie is so unique in its own right, I mean, I think even without naming a captain, there will be leaders or older guys or whoever.
I mean, there will be certain guys in the clubhouse that people will just gravitate to anyway, which I think is kinda what Steve Cohen is getting at.
I mean, there will be certain guys in the clubhouse that people will just gravitate to anyway, which I think is kinda what Steve Cohen is getting at.
I mean, the locker room’s sorting out.
I mean, the locker room’s sorting out.
There’s a bunch of layover personnel changes every year.
There’s a bunch of layover personnel changes every year.
I mean, I think leaving it up to the players is probably the safest option.
I mean, I think leaving it up to the players is probably the safest option.
I think there’s, I’m trying to find the right word.
I think there’s, I’m trying to find the right word.
I was gonna say dichotomy.
I was gonna say dichotomy.
I don’t think that’s it.
I don’t think that’s it.
I think it’s a juxtaposition where at our level, obviously, like Pete is a captain on our team.
I think it’s a juxtaposition where at our level, obviously, like Pete is a captain on our team.
Shout out Pete the captain.
Shout out Pete the captain.
Captain Pete.
Captain Pete.
But Captain Pete.
But Captain Pete.
But we have three other captains as well as Pete, but it’s also different because here you guys have a lot of self-guided training.
But we have three other captains as well as Pete, but it’s also different because here you guys have a lot of self-guided training.
You do not have regiments where you’re with the team all the time, every day, compared to professionals who get paid, so they don’t need a guy their age or younger than them or whatever on the team as a captain telling them what to be doing.
You do not have regiments where you’re with the team all the time, every day, compared to professionals who get paid, so they don’t need a guy their age or younger than them or whatever on the team as a captain telling them what to be doing.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
But like with Pete and the other guys, like usually they’re in the group chat telling the dudes what’s up, giving us updates.
But like with Pete and the other guys, like usually they’re in the group chat telling the dudes what’s up, giving us updates.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Well, us, I don’t have to practice, but giving the dudes updates, whatever else, dudes you can rally around, guys you’re around frequently.
Well, us, I don’t have to practice, but giving the dudes updates, whatever else, dudes you can rally around, guys you’re around frequently.
So I think it’s definitely different because like we’re doing it for free.
So I think it’s definitely different because like we’re doing it for free.
They’re getting paid to do it.
They’re getting paid to do it.
So you really don’t need captains in baseball.
So you really don’t need captains in baseball.