Pedro Martinez: One of Many Reasons

When teams are winning consistently, everybody talks about chemistry. When you go 70-92. it is often said that the team "has no chemistry." Winning creates chemistry. Losing creates empty clubhouses 30 minutes after the game is over. When Billy Wagner became the unofficial spokesman for the team after some pretty bad losses at the beginning of the 2008 campaign, he was critical of some of his teammates because they had long left the clubhouse before the questions began. "Why ask me?" he said, "I wasn't even in the game."  Well, neither was anybody else. No chemistry, everyone complained. When Jerry Manuel took over and claimed that he would go "gangsta" on players who didn't try, everyone loved it. The players started to heat up, and they won games that they were losing under Willie Randolph. They stayed to talk after the games. Wow, now they have chemistry. Same players, same team, different approach.  Ultimately, chemistry has always been about winning. I like to watch the ... (link)