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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Good Guys Finish First
In the National League, at least. (Yeah, I'm up watching it.)
When I say good guys, I mean it. Remember this story? (The Colorado Rockies' players voted to give minor league coach Mike Coolbaugh's widow a full share of their post-season earnings.) Nothing against the D-backs, but that right there made Colorado my favorites for the post season.
Then there's this. No, there are no forced conversions on the pitcher's mound, and I kind of doubt they're performing baptisms in the hot tub in the therapy room. Not all of the players and staff are Christians- it's not a requirement for employment or anything like that.
But, they did make a conscious choice to run their team with morals and ethics. They try to hire people with character. It seems as if they require something vaguely resembling *gasp* decent behavior from their employees. (One former player complained about not being able to have a Playboy in his locker... is there a reason why he had to have that in his locker... at work?-) Why is that such a bad thing?
Plus... it was cool to have the CEO say "Praise God" and know he really meant it.
When I say good guys, I mean it. Remember this story? (The Colorado Rockies' players voted to give minor league coach Mike Coolbaugh's widow a full share of their post-season earnings.) Nothing against the D-backs, but that right there made Colorado my favorites for the post season.
Then there's this. No, there are no forced conversions on the pitcher's mound, and I kind of doubt they're performing baptisms in the hot tub in the therapy room. Not all of the players and staff are Christians- it's not a requirement for employment or anything like that.
But, they did make a conscious choice to run their team with morals and ethics. They try to hire people with character. It seems as if they require something vaguely resembling *gasp* decent behavior from their employees. (One former player complained about not being able to have a Playboy in his locker... is there a reason why he had to have that in his locker... at work?-) Why is that such a bad thing?
Plus... it was cool to have the CEO say "Praise God" and know he really meant it.
