PB: You mentioned that Peter Angelos pushed for him. There was not the assumption at that point that you guys had received this surefire middle-of-the-lineup bat. Everyone knew about his power potential, but it was not a sure thing. Why did it work? What happened that made it work?
BS: In Texas he had all these gaudy numbers he was putting up. I think you saw it some with Joey Gallo with Texas. There was Manny [Machado] and [Jonathan] Schoop later. Through it, he was in a real comfort zone. Both those players were very useful pieces for us, to say the least. And so was Koji. Was being around Mark beneficial to Chris as he was developing?
BS: We had a lot of fun. I think Mark really made Chris not take himself so seriously and more importantly not take it home with him. I used to talk to Chris. I think Mark was cut from that same cloth. Believe me, they were two competitive guys. PB: How significant did Chris become to the next group of guys in the way that you talked about the Mark Reynolds relationship with him?
How significant did he become to the next guys that were coming to the big leagues? BS: He tried a lot. Jim Thome and I used to talk about this and still do. They basically did not think that he would ever reach the heights that he reached in Baltimore in Texas. He just thought that was a good fit for us.
Thank goodness he did. PB: Did you know anything then that there was a chance, because of who he was or anything about him, that the contract would become a challenge for him? I remember at first base [during BP] one time. I knew there was some talk going on. During BP I was talking to him. He knew that. But how many of us would walk away from that? Put yourself in his shoes.
Chris wore it on his sleeve. It ate at him, not being able to return statistically what the contract dictated. Angelos felt a real commitment to the city to try to bring Chris back. At the time, everybody was clamoring for it and loved the idea. It was kind of a behind-the-scenes thing. It was impossible to duplicate some of the seasons he had had there.
PB: A lot has been made in recent years about his unwillingness to adjust. Was it fair for him to face the criticism in recent years for an unwillingness to adjust? He wanted the guy who finished this year with a 0. Only that scenario never presented itself. A former NBA player has issued an apology after his daughter was seen at a youth basketball game in Orange County throwing a vicious sucker punch that left another girl with a concussion.
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