(Bad) Teamwork & Leadership Lesson

Frequent readers of ML&TN know that I sometimes use sports examples to talk about leadership. For example, during football season, I talked alot about Joe Gibbs (good leadership) -- and Terrell Owens (bad leadership).

Now, from my fantasy baseball league's website (The Roto Times), comes this story (which I found sadly humourous) ...

07.19 The Blue Jays designated Shea Hillenbrand for assignment on Wednesday, according to the AP. Hillenbrand was apparently chastised during a team meeting before the game and refused to sit in the dugout with his teammates. He was upset because he wasn't in the starting lineup for the second straight game and nobody in Toronto's front office congratulated him on adopting a baby girl last weekend. The Blue Jays have 10 days to trade, release or send him outright to the minors.