DMN: Wraps up the 2008 season

[George S. Patton]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... 5c720.html

[ponyte]

I sure hope next year is better than this year (and last year, and the year before, and the year before that and the year...).

[OR-See-Nee]

1. A sincere thanks to the DMN for this article. Some complain about the lack of coverage by DMN, but I thought this article was appropriate.

2. I didn't realize or remember that the 3 strikes rule hit 17 players. "We saw more strikes than you can imagine" according to Orsini. Amazing.

3. The "Culture of Winning" is a consistent theme with JJ. I wonder if JJ truly knew how bad the psychological situation (a "culture of losing?") here was (and is), or if it took him by surprise.