Patrick Saunders wrote a column in the Denver Post about new Rockies manager Walt Weiss. A word cloud from the piece, some from Saunders, some from other players or managers, some from Weiss himself:
- “Dirty”
- “Gritty”
- “caked with infield dirt”
- “cheeks streaked with a mixture of sweat and eye black”
- “a blue-collar player, blue-collar all the way”
- “ultimate professional”
- “down-and-dirty player”
- “an intense competitor”
- “intense competitor”
- “a grinder guy”
Just in case you weren’t clear on how the story lines in Colorado were going to be framed next season.
I would love it, though, if one day I saw a player referred to as “kind of a white collar guy” who “keeps his jersey clean” and is “a moderate competitor.”