Quote:Gus was disappointed by it.  Just as he was last year.

 

Not a crime for anyone else to be disappointed, either.  Especially when it's a pattern.

 

I probably wouldn't have noticed myself had he not been the only one.

 

Whether he cares or not, he's "that guy."

 

If it's just no big deal, the team wouldn't be bothering to try to get him in.  They have tried.

 

It's not about Clemons.  It's about team.  100% participation.  That doesn't mean 100% effort.  Doesn't take a lot of effort just to show.

 

Had he not been the only one the outrage would have been dispersed among those players not showing up.  It wouldn't diminish it one bit on this board.  People look for things to be angry about with this team. 

 

I'm fairly certain his absence isn't going to fracture the team in the locker room.  It didn't last year.  It didn't in Seattle.  It won't this time either.

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