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Continued from page 5
“I didn’t understand why the
Cubs did what they did,” he said.
“They told me after the season was
over that I was going to be in their
plans for many years to come and
that I was one of the few players that
was untouchable.
“Obviously that wasn’t true and I
was really upset about it.”
Things, however, have turned out
alright for Palmiero. Last season, he
finished third in, the American
League with a .319 mark and he led
the league with 191 hits.
This year he’ll embark on only his
fourth full major league season, he’s
only 26-years-old and he’s already a
solid leader of a young and fast-
moving team.
j Palmiero considers himself a
| leader, but not really a vocal leader.
"1 don’t consider myself a talka-
| live type leader,” Palmeiro said. “I
, like to lead by my actions on the
field. I especially try to help a young
player coming up. I think when a
young player comes up and he’s
ireated with respect and he’s treated
like one of the veterans, then they’re
more comfortable and they’ll play
better.”
With the Rangers needing to fill
some holes in their lineup with new
players this year, the helping hand
1 of Rafael Palmeiro could ease the
| perennial also-rans into a pennant
] contender.
WudeL from page 5
Teams have to pay players wun
exorbitant contracts, and also pay-
! their plane fares, wash their soiled
i jerseys, and pay for other amenities
inherent to the game. These fees
build up.
Networks have on-air personali
ties, cameramen, key grips, truck
drivers, and others to pay.
But commercials impair the game
for the players and the fans. Com
mercials after a touchdown are fol-
I lowed by more advertisements on
1 the other side of the ensuing kickoff.
The waiting is the hardest part.
Networks are all too eager to take
I advantage of any break in the action,
j TV timeouts extend a two-hour con-
j test to over three hours, and distress
j an otherwise happy fan.
Pain. Rules are being imple-
I mented to take the pain factor away
I from the game.
Granted, no one really wants
I these competitors to suffer unplea-
j sant injuries, but football is a contact
] sport and pain is a reality of the
I game.
Unlike the violence of boxing,
j where padded gloves are all that
stand in the way of consciousness or
I the lack thereof, football players are
] given a suit of hard plastic armor to
j protect themselves from head to toe.
But certain people don’t feel its
enough. Such is the case with the in-
| the-grasp rule to protect the ever-
| fragile quarterback.
The quarterback is the leader of a
| team’s attack, but is given favoritism
by pansy rules that keep them from
| being thrown to the ground. In the
| good book of football definitions
1 that is considered a tackle.
These players should be subjected
to the same kind of punishment as
their 10 fellow teammates. A quar-
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So let the men play.
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