I think you touched on this in an earlier newsletter but the real question in regard to Manny is whether Hotseat Preller and his lackey Shildt are afraid of incurring Machado’s wrath. Toward the end of last year, Kevin Acee in his big piece on clubhouse morale seemed to hint that other Padres players feared getting on the wrong side of Manny.
Great stuff, as usual... But I'm not entirely comfortable with the use of "gentle" as a verb. :-)
I think you touched on this in an earlier newsletter but the real question in regard to Manny is whether Hotseat Preller and his lackey Shildt are afraid of incurring Machado’s wrath. Toward the end of last year, Kevin Acee in his big piece on clubhouse morale seemed to hint that other Padres players feared getting on the wrong side of Manny.