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Outlawscotty · « **on:** August 27, 2018, 09:15:10 am »

juliogotay · « **Reply #1 on:** August 27, 2018, 09:44:40 am »

Good piece. Good post.

jbm · « **Reply #2 on:** August 27, 2018, 10:20:09 am »

I enjoyed that read. Didn’t know Bregman speaks Spanish.

Bench · « **Reply #3 on:** August 27, 2018, 10:24:14 am »

I knew Bregman spoke Spanish but didn't realize he started that process in high school. I assumed it was something that came along in the pros.

That Gattis anecdote at the end!

toddthebod · « **Reply #4 on:** August 27, 2018, 10:38:29 am »

I guess the days of players smoking cigarettes are not over.

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I walk into the tunnel that connects the clubhouse with the dugout and see Reddick, sitting in a padded cafeteria chair with his elbows on his knees, smoking a Marlboro and checking his phone. The next day, at about the same time in the same chair, Evan Gattis sat smoking a Marlboro and staring contemplatively at the wall across from him.

JimR · « **Reply #5 on:** August 27, 2018, 10:46:11 am »

Screw the Osuna is the cause bs.

Lots of folks still smoke. Why would baseball players not be among them?

toddthebod · « **Reply #6 on:** August 27, 2018, 11:13:57 am »

Quote from: JimR on August 27, 2018, 10:46:11 am

Screw the Osuna is the cause bs.

Lots of folks still smoke. Why would baseball players not be among them?

Because they are athletes.

MRaup · « **Reply #7 on:** August 27, 2018, 11:26:20 am »

Quote from: toddthebod on August 27, 2018, 11:13:57 am

Because they are athletes.

And athletes obviously never do anything harmful to their bodies or make bad decisions...

Bench · « **Reply #8 on:** August 27, 2018, 11:30:41 am »

I'm more amazed that they were allowed to smoke in the facilities.

toddthebod · « **Reply #9 on:** August 27, 2018, 11:38:50 am »

Quote from: MRaup on August 27, 2018, 11:26:20 am

And athletes obviously never do anything harmful to their bodies or make bad decisions...

Of course not. But it is still surprising given the amount of training that these guys do, that any still smoke.

JimR · « **Reply #10 on:** August 27, 2018, 11:41:19 am »

Quote from: toddthebod on August 27, 2018, 11:13:57 am

Because they are athletes.

Lots of athletes smoke and use other forms of tobacco. Not sure why you are surprised.

MRaup · « **Reply #11 on:** August 27, 2018, 11:41:48 am »

Quote from: toddthebod on August 27, 2018, 11:38:50 am

Of course not. But it is still surprising given the amount of training that these guys do, that any still smoke.

I'd bet that Reddick and Gattis probably have been smoking since they were 14 or so.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #12 on:** August 27, 2018, 11:58:35 am »

Quote from: MRaup on August 27, 2018, 11:41:48 am

I'd bet that Reddick and Gattis probably have been smoking since they were 14 or so.

Reddick is from Georgia. No way he waited until junior high school to start smoking.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #13 on:** August 27, 2018, 12:12:24 pm »

Quote from: Bench on August 27, 2018, 11:30:41 am

I'm more amazed that they were allowed to smoke in the facilities.

Same here. I wonder if they let any employee smoke anywhere or if there are designated areas.

mrpink · « **Reply #14 on:** August 27, 2018, 12:24:50 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on August 27, 2018, 12:12:24 pm

Same here. I wonder if they let any employee smoke anywhere or if there are designated areas.

We took a tour of MMP years ago. It was fascinating overall and I recall walking past the designated smoking room. The tour guide mentioned the only person who used it was Kaz Matsui’s translator/masseuse.