Monday, October 20th, 2008
This principle is neither coined by any famous scientist nor is it rocket science. Its pretty simple and worked wonders for the Tampa Bay.
It was Joe Maddon who devised this principle, simple put as - “9 = 8″; and took this as the theme for the 2008 season. The meaning of this slogan that Maddon relayed to his team was this; 9 players playing hard for 9 innings would be enough to gain one of the 8 playoff berths by the end of the regular season. This principle has so far worked successfully for the team. And the most important thing that he concentrated upon while implementing his theme was- fitness of the players.
Speed, defense and pitching are now the new axioms for baseball and with the game getting cleanesed up so much of the pollution (steroids), Maddon made sure that he took the right steps to reduce his overweight players by giving them only the best diet pills.
With so many diet pills available in the market, Maddon preferred to play safe with pills like Liptovox and Patentrim. And he is seeing the positive results as his players feel more energetic now and can concentrate for longer hours, thereby benefiting the entire team to play well and please their fans.